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Evening at the shepherd place of Aq Jilga, one of the first winter Kyrgyz camp when you arrive in the plateau. Near Bozoi Gumbaz..Shogh Demon (white cloth on head) smoking opium with Ergich Boi (read head cloth) and Mir Ab-u Din (cap). .About 200 yaks are kept around this shepherd place..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

Evening at the shepherd place of Aq Jilga, one of the first winter Kyrgyz camp when you arrive in the plateau. Near Bozoi Gumbaz..Shogh Demon (white cloth on head) smoking opium with Ergich Boi (read head cloth) and Mir Ab-u Din (cap). .About 200 yaks are kept around this shepherd place..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.