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Ikhbal, 15, (white veil) recently married, is kept hidden being a large red hanging cloth, inside a yurt, where she will stay for a few days. She will sleep there with her husband, be fed etc. Later, she will move to her husband's home. At the camp of Tash Seri (Mustafa Qol's camp). ..Trekking through the high altitude plateau of the Little Pamir mountains, where the Afghan Kyrgyz community live all year, on the borders of China, Tajikistan and Pakistan.

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Contained in galleries: Pamir, Winter 2012

Ikhbal, 15, (white veil) recently married, is kept hidden being a large red hanging cloth, inside a yurt, where she will stay for a few days. She will sleep there with her husband, be fed etc. Later, she will move to her husband's home. At the camp of Tash Seri (Mustafa Qol's camp). ..Trekking through the high altitude plateau of the Little Pamir mountains, where the Afghan Kyrgyz community live all year, on the borders of China, Tajikistan and Pakistan.