Travel across nostalgic Tajikistan through the high Pamir Mountains and the region of Gorno-Badakshan, today under growing Chinese influence. Inhabited by the Pamiri community, the East holds striking cultural differences with the West, due to the Ismaili

Pamiri wedding of Said Ulloh (from Khorog) and Sitora (from Barsem village in Ghund valley). August 09

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Passage to Pamir