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Balti students after school, in Baltistan, a province bordering Kashmir, located in the heart of the Karakoram. Baltis have tibetans origins and their language is an archaic form of tibetan. They are now Shia Muslim, and were buddhist 600 years ago. Pakistan

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Contained in galleries: "1999", the first year

Balti students after school, in Baltistan, a province bordering Kashmir, located in the heart of the Karakoram. Baltis have tibetans origins and their language is an archaic form of tibetan. They are now Shia Muslim, and were buddhist 600 years ago. Pakistan