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  • Inside Er Ali Boi's mud house. Matthieu Paley shows images from previous years on his computer..The Kyrgyz settlement of Ech Keli, above Chaqmaqtin lake, Er Ali Boi'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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  • Matthieu Paley showing images on his camera to Kyrgyz women in Afghanistan...The Kyrgyz settlement of Ech Keli, above Chaqmaqtin lake, Er Ali Boi'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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  • A wall full of Pakistan history, including many images of Benazir Bhutto. In Baltistan province, Karakoram mountains. Pakistan.
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  • Matthieu Paley filing images on his computer..The Kyrgyz settlement of Ech Keli, above Chaqmaqtin lake, Er Ali Boi'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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  • Inside Er Ali Boi's mud house. Matthieu Paley shows images from previous years on his computer..The Kyrgyz settlement of Ech Keli, above Chaqmaqtin lake, Er Ali Boi'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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  • A boiled goat is being prepared for the guests, during a wedding ceremony.<br />
The Kyrgyz settlement of Ech Keli, above Chaqmaqtin lake, Er Ali Boi's camp.<br />
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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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  • Kyrgyz girls slide large plastic jerry cans back to their family’s camp after hacking a hole in the frozen river to fetch water. Men handle herding and trading; much of the hard labor of daily life falls to the women.<br />
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The Kyrgyz settlement of Tchelab, near Chaqmaqtin lake, Haji Bootoo Boi's camp.<br />
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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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  • A Wakhi men uses a leaf of Rhubarb as hat to protect himself from the sun. Trekking up and along the Wakhan river, the only way to reach the high altitude Little Pamir plateau, home of the Afghan Kyrgyz community.
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  • An afternoon snack for Er Ali's daughters. Kyrgyz mostly eat meat, bread, dairies in summer, and salty tea year round.<br />
Biting a sheep bone.<br />
Summer camp of Muqur, Er Ali Boi's place.<br />
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Trekking through the high altitude plateau of the Little Pamir mountains (average 4200 meters) , where the Afghan Kyrgyz community live all year, on the borders of China, Tajikistan and Pakistan.
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  • Pegich, young wife of Er Ali Boi (married 2 years), the richest  "sane" man in Pamir, bakes bread. Er Ali Boi is one of the rare Kyrgyz to spend winter in a yurt.<br />
Campment of Esh Keli.<br />
Winter expedition through the Wakhan Corridor and into the Afghan Pamir mountains, to document the life of the Afghan Kyrgyz tribe. January/February 2008. Afghanistan
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  • Butter is highly prized and kept inside the stomach of a sheep. Daily life at the Khan (chief) summer camp of Kara Jylga.<br />
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Trekking through the high altitude plateau of the Little Pamir mountains (average 4200 meters) , where the Afghan Kyrgyz community live all year, on the borders of China, Tajikistan and Pakistan.
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  • Ikhbal (hiding under the white veil) and sister Irasia arriving at Tash Seri camp (Mustafa Qol's camp) and being welcomed with "Borsot" (fried dough), yoghurt and tea by the local women of Tash Seri.<br />
With Ikhbal, the recently married woman  moving for the first time to her husband's camp. She just exchanged the red veil of the unmarried girl for the white veil signifying that she is now a married woman.<br />
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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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  • Woolook Bu is happy to have a new yak for the family herd. This young calf is just 1 day old. <br />
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Daily life at the Khan (chief) summer camp of Kara Jylga.<br />
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Trekking through the high altitude plateau of the Little Pamir mountains (average 4200 meters) , where the Afghan Kyrgyz community live all year, on the borders of China, Tajikistan and Pakistan.
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  • Daily life at the Khan (chief) summer camp of Kara Jylga. Yak milk. <br />
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Trekking through the high altitude plateau of the Little Pamir mountains (average 4200 meters) , where the Afghan Kyrgyz community live all year, on the borders of China, Tajikistan and Pakistan.
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  • A young Kyrgyz girl with a headache cures herself with yoghurt. Kitshiq Aq Jyrga.<br />
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Trekking through the high altitude plateau of the Little Pamir mountains (average 4200 meters) , where the Afghan Kyrgyz community live all year, on the borders of China, Tajikistan and Pakistan.
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  • Kyrgyz herders adore their smartphones, which they acquire by bartering and keep charged with solar panels. The gadgets, which first appeared in the Afghan Pamir in 2010, are useless for communication—cellular service doesn’t reach the isolated plateau—so they’re used to play music and take photos. Phones, like all imported goods in the Pamir, are brought on the back of yaks or horses.<br />
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Wedding celebration at Kitshiq Aq Jyrga.<br />
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Trekking through the high altitude plateau of the Little Pamir mountains (average 4200 meters) , where the Afghan Kyrgyz community live all year, on the borders of China, Tajikistan and Pakistan.
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  • Ayeem Khan milks the family yak usually twice a day - morning and evening.<br />
Summer camp of Muqur, Er Ali Boi's place.<br />
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Trekking through the high altitude plateau of the Little Pamir mountains (average 4200 meters) , where the Afghan Kyrgyz community live all year, on the borders of China, Tajikistan and Pakistan.
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  • A goat and sheep herd is leaving in the morning. Wolf attack on livestock is common and shepherd are often armed.<br />
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Campment of the "second" Sary Tash. Ustad's Ghulam's camp.<br />
Winter expedition through the Wakhan Corridor and into the Afghan Pamir mountains, to document the life of the Afghan Kyrgyz tribe. January/February 2008. Afghanistan
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  • The only surviving chicken in the Afghan Pamir, lost a leg to frost bite. Er Ali Boi bought 15, but only one left is alive. Pamir is too high and cold for chicken breeding.<br />
Ech Keli, Er Ali Boi's camp, one of the richest Kyrgyz in the Little Pamir.<br />
Trekking with yak caravan through the Little Pamir where the Afghan Kyrgyz community live all year, on the borders of China, Tajikistan and Pakistan.
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  • Six-year old Susaï is fetching water near camp in a spring claimed as one of the sources of the Oxus, also known as Amu Darya, Central Asia’s largest river.  Its waters define most of Afghanistan’s borders with other nations to the north.<br />
Summer camp of Muqur, Er Ali Boi's place.<br />
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Trekking through the high altitude plateau of the Little Pamir mountains (average 4200 meters) , where the Afghan Kyrgyz community live all year, on the borders of China, Tajikistan and Pakistan.
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  • Chinor wears the traditional 6-braids of an unmarried girl - she will have 2 long braids when married. For practical reasons the braids are buttoned to the back of her dress, keeping the long hair out of the way as she does her various chores around camp.<br />
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Daily life at the Khan (chief) summer camp of Kara Jylga.<br />
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Trekking through the high altitude plateau of the Little Pamir mountains (average 4200 meters) , where the Afghan Kyrgyz community live all year, on the borders of China, Tajikistan and Pakistan.
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  • Wild onion picked up and eaten raw. Trekking up and along the Wakhan river, the only way to reach the high altitude Little Pamir plateau, home of the Afghan Kyrgyz community.
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  • The interior of a yurt with a man drinking tea.<br />
Blankets filled with yak and sheep wool pile up against the inside wall of the yurt to insulate it from the constant winds. The floor carpet - bartered against 2 sheep - was acquired by Toorsoon in the lower valleys of Pakistan, a 10 days round trip leading over a 5000m pass. The wooden poles – over hundred years old - are handed over, generation after generation.<br />
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At the Kyrgyz settlement of Bozoi Gumbaz, before Chaqmaqtin lake, Amon Boi's camp.<br />
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Trekking through the high altitude plateau of the Little Pamir mountains (average 4200 meters) , where the Afghan Kyrgyz community live all year, on the borders of China, Tajikistan and Pakistan.
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  • Portrait of Marbet (7 years old), returning from looking over sheep outside. Her red cheecks are due to cold weather.<br />
Campment of Tshar Tash (Haji Osman's camp), in the Wakhjir valley, at the source of the Oxus.<br />
Winter expedition through the Wakhan Corridor and into the Afghan Pamir mountains, to document the life of the Afghan Kyrgyz tribe. January/February 2008. Afghanistan
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  • Amur Turching catches his horse with a lasso. Near Moron town, Khövsgöl province.
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  • Young monks playing while listening to the High Lama speak at a ceremony near Khovsgol Lake.<br />
More than a hundred people traveled by horse and foot to hear Mongolia's high Lama speak at a ceremony honoring the placement of the first stone for the Dayan Derkh monastery, which is currently being rebuilt in Khövsgöl Province. The original structure was destroyed in 1938 by Soviet purges.
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  • Modern Mongolia: a nomadic Mongolian family moves campment, carrying their satellite dish and their yurt on a cart pulled by yaks.
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  • A participant to a camel race festival in Bulgan. Road trip with a Jeep in the Gobi region.<br />
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Travels in the Gobi desert region.
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  • A buddhist temple in Dalanzadgab town.
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  • Dead livestock due to the extreme cold. In the Gobi Gurvan Saikhan national park. Road trip with a Jeep.
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  • Details of riding boots.<br />
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A participant to a camel race festival in Bulgan. Road trip with a Jeep in the Gobi region.<br />
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Travels in the Gobi desert region.
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  • A couple, both teachers, sit in their home in Bulgan town to watch the classic black and white movie called Casablanca on their television.<br />
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Travels in the Gobi desert region.
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  • Trekking in the Gobi Gurvan Saikhan national park.
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  • A young boy on horseback carrying a long pole to herd his livestock.
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  • An eagle hunter, called Aksakal (= white beard), returns home on horse back after hunting for rabbits, wolves and snow leopards, in Western Mongolis, in the Province of Bayan Olgii, at the base of the Tsaast uul mountain. this hunting practice is the traditional hunting technic among Mongolians, Kazaks, Kyrgyz etc
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  • Deep in the Pamir mountains, a nomad brings his herd of yaks back to camp after a heavy snowfall in one of High Asia's remotest region.  The sunset light is blue and orange.
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  • The yarz or juniper tree can grow in altitudes up to 3800m. The inhalation of the smoke of burning juniper branches was once used to help shamans reach the world of "fairies". The tree still holds a special place in the heart of the Pamiri people..From Zan Kuk to Zardibar ("yellow door"). ..Trekking back down from the Little Pamir, with yak caravan, over the frozen Wakhan river.Trekking down and along the Wakhan river, the only way to exit the high altitude Little Pamir plateau, home of the Afghan Kyrgyz community.
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  • During a Buzkachi game, a player broke his leg. With the nearest hospital in Faizabad being 2 weeks away, this Kyrgyz man will have no other choice but wait for his injury to heal...Wedding celebration at Kitshiq Aq Jyrga...Trekking through the high altitude plateau of the Little Pamir mountains (average 4200 meters) , where the Afghan Kyrgyz community live all year, on the borders of China, Tajikistan and Pakistan.
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  • A Kyrgyz man tethers a yak which will be used to carry load on a caravan.  Daily life at the Khan (chief) summer camp of Kara Jylga...Trekking through the high altitude plateau of the Little Pamir mountains (average 4200 meters) , where the Afghan Kyrgyz community live all year, on the borders of China, Tajikistan and Pakistan.
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  • Ooroon Boi's family arriving to the summer camp during migration..Daily life at the Khan (chief) summer camp of Kara Jylga...Trekking through the high altitude plateau of the Little Pamir mountains (average 4200 meters) , where the Afghan Kyrgyz community live all year, on the borders of China, Tajikistan and Pakistan.
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  • In the kicthen making "nan", the flat bread. Daily life at the Khan (chief) summer camp of Kara Jylga...Trekking through the high altitude plateau of the Little Pamir mountains (average 4200 meters) , where the Afghan Kyrgyz community live all year, on the borders of China, Tajikistan and Pakistan.
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  • Woolook Bu is happy to have a new yak for the family herd. This young calf is just 1 day old. ..
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  • All of the Khan's wordly goods. Moving with the Khan (chief) family from the Qyzyl Qorum camp to the summer camp of Kara Jylga, on the south side of the wide Little Pamir plateau...Trekking through the high altitude plateau of the Little Pamir mountains (average 4200 meters) , where the Afghan Kyrgyz community live all year, on the borders of China, Tajikistan and Pakistan.
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  • Nomads by necessity, the Kyrgyz move seasonally across Afghanistan's Pamir, a high altitude plateau stuck between China, Tajikistan and Pakistan, where the world's highest mountain ranges converge..Today, the Khan's family is leaving for their summer camp. Everything they own needs to be tied to the back of yaks, including a dozen teapots, a cast-iron stove, a car battery, two solar panels, a yurt, and 43 blankets...Moving with the Khan (chief) family from the Qyzyl Qorum camp to the summer camp of Kara Jylga, on the south side of the wide Little Pamir plateau...Trekking through the high altitude plateau of the Little Pamir mountains (average 4200 meters) , where the Afghan Kyrgyz community live all year, on the borders of China, Tajikistan and Pakistan.
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  • The Khan family has just emptied out their winter mud house. They are on their yearly migration to the southern part of the Plateau where they will stay in yurts for several months...At the Qyzyl Qorum camp, the Khan's (chief) winter camp...Trekking through the high altitude plateau of the Little Pamir mountains (average 4200 meters) , where the Afghan Kyrgyz community live all year, on the borders of China, Tajikistan and Pakistan.
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  • Wild onion picked up and eaten raw. Trekking up and along the Wakhan river, the only way to reach the high altitude Little Pamir plateau, home of the Afghan Kyrgyz community.
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  • A yak caravan making its way up a dangerous pass. Trekking up and along the Wakhan river, the only way to reach the high altitude Little Pamir plateau, home of the Afghan Kyrgyz community.
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  • A Yak is slipping on the frozen Wakhan river. Between Zang Kuk and  Zard-e Bar shepherd house..Going back down to Sarhad village with a yak caravan led by 2 Wakhi traders: Shur Ali and Roz Ali...Trekking down the Wakhan frozen river, the only way down to leave the high altitude Little Pamir plateau, home of the Afghan Kyrgyz community.
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  • Two Wakhi traders are going down to the lower valleys with a yak caravan. .Going back down to Sarhad village with a yak caravan led by 2 Wakhi traders: Shur Ali and Roz Ali...Trekking down the Wakhan frozen river, the only way down to leave the high altitude Little Pamir plateau, home of the Afghan Kyrgyz community.
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  • Kyrgyz girls slide large plastic jerry cans back to their family's camp after hacking a hole in the frozen river to fetch water. Men handle herding and trading; much of the hard labor of daily life falls to the women...
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  • A Kyrgyz caravan progressing over the plain of Mirzo Murad, before reaching the Little Pamir plateau. They are coming down to Sarhad village to trade, a 5 days journey...Trekking up the Wakhan frozen river, the only way up to reach the high altitude Little Pamir plateau, home of the Afghan Kyrgyz community.
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  • A Kyrgyz caravan progressing over the plain of Mirzo Murad, before reaching the Little Pamir plateau. They are coming down to Sarhad village to trade, a 5 days journey...Trekking up the Wakhan frozen river, the only way up to reach the high altitude Little Pamir plateau, home of the Afghan Kyrgyz community.
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  • Matthieu Paley's tent in the morning. It is -30 C. Trekking up the Wakhan frozen river, the only way up to reach the high altitude Little Pamir plateau, home of the Afghan Kyrgyz community.
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  • A horse and yak caravan approaches the frozen Wakhan river, the only way up to the Little Pamir, the abode of the Afghan Kyrgyz, one of the remotest high altitude community in the world.
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  • A filed of Colza, also known as rapeseed, in the village of Sarhad...In Sarhad village, inhabited by Wakhis people. It is the end of the jeepable road in the Wakhan corridor, and the beginning of the trek up to the Little Pamir where the Afghan Kyrgyz live.
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  • A custom officer stamps a passport, on the entry point into Afghanistan, from Tajikistan, at the town of Ishkashim.
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  • Two Kyrgyz women returning home after watching over the yak herd..In and around Ech Keli, Er Ali Boi's camp, one of the richest Kyrgyz in the Little Pamir...Trekking with yak caravan through the Little Pamir where the Afghan Kyrgyz community live all year, on the borders of China, Tajikistan and Pakistan.
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  • Details of shore of frozen Chakmaktin (meaning Flint Stone) Lake..In and around Ech Keli, Er Ali Boi's camp, one of the richest Kyrgyz in the Little Pamir...Trekking with yak caravan through the Little Pamir where the Afghan Kyrgyz community live all year, on the borders of China, Tajikistan and Pakistan.
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  • Chinor, daughter of Abdul Walli..In and around the campment of Kyzyl Qorum, campment of the former deceased Khan, Abdul Rashid Khan...Trekking with yak caravan through the Little Pamir where the Afghan Kyrgyz community live all year, on the borders of China, Tajikistan and Pakistan.
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  • Detail of the mustache of Haji Roshan, son of Abdul Rashid Khan, former Khan of the Little Pamir and current contested "Khan" of the Little Pamir..Kyzyl Qorum, campment of the former deceased Khan, Abdul Rashid Khan...Trekking with yak caravan through the Little Pamir where the Afghan Kyrgyz community live all year, on the borders of China, Tajikistan and Pakistan.
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  • Bibi Zoora. Haircuts on young Kyrgyz girls. Sary Tash campement...Trekking with yak caravan through the Little Pamir where the Afghan Kyrgyz community live all year, on the borders of China, Tajikistan and Pakistan.
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  • A young Kyrgyz girl falls asleep on the floor, exhausted..Camp of Manara (Sufi camp), near the borders with China and Tajikistan...Trekking with yak caravan through the Little Pamir where the Afghan Kyrgyz community live all year, on the borders of China, Tajikistan and Pakistan.
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  • The winter mud house of the late Haji Abdul Rashid Khan, who died here in December 2009. He had led his people for 30 years at the time of his death. He was the last khan, not just among the Afghan Kyrgyz, but among any group of Kyrgyz, or Turkic-speakers, anywhere. His son recently took over the title of Khan. But being young and inexperienced, he has so far failed to rally his community...Kyzyl Qorum, campment of the former deceased Khan, Abdul Rashid Khan..Trekking with yak caravan through the Little Pamir where the Afghan Kyrgyz community live all year, on the borders of China, Tajikistan and Pakistan.
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  • Kalsahnikov and lambs - Aziz house..In and around the campment of Kyzyl Qorum, campment of the former deceased Khan, Abdul Rashid Khan..Trekking with yak caravan through the Little Pamir where the Afghan Kyrgyz community live all year, on the borders of China, Tajikistan and Pakistan.
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  • Led by Kyrgyz men, a caravan of Bactrian camels carrying goods for the next camp..From Ech Keli to Kyzyl Qorum..Trekking with yak caravan through the Little Pamir where the Afghan Kyrgyz community live all year, on the borders of China, Tajikistan and Pakistan.
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  • Marks on the ice of the yaks sliding..Trekking up to the Little Pamir with yak caravan over the frozen Wakhan river.
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  • The view around Kabul, capital of Afghanistan...Flight with Kodiak plane from Kabul to Kret village (Wakhan Corridor), over the Panshir valley.
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  • Wakhi family. .Winter expedition through the Wakhan Corridor and into the Afghan Pamir mountains, to document the life of the Afghan Kyrgyz tribe. January/February 2008. Afghanistan
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  • Rice dish names Pilaf or Pulau. Groom's house. In Imit (just past Khandut), wedding celebration of Tawakal Shoh with famous singer/dancer named Alowat..Wakhi wedding ceremonies only takes place in teh winter months. The Wakhi do most of their business with Afghan Kyrgyz..Winter expedition through the Wakhan Corridor and into the Afghan Pamir mountains, to document the life of the Afghan Kyrgyz tribe. January/February 2008. Afghanistan
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  • Women fetching water..Wakhis outside in Sarhad, the first village coming down from the Little Pamir.
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  • Wakhi winter shepherds known as "Shpunds" arriving at their settlement of Kher Metek, on the edge of the Little Pamir. They often look over Kyrgyz sheep and yak herds for payment in animals. .Winter expedition through the Wakhan Corridor and into the Afghan Pamir mountains, to document the life of the Afghan Kyrgyz tribe. January/February 2008. Afghanistan
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  • Maland and our donkey on the way our of to Wakhjir valley, source of the Oxus river..Winter expedition through the Wakhan Corridor and into the Afghan Pamir mountains, to document the life of the Afghan Kyrgyz tribe. January/February 2008. Afghanistan
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  • Portrait of Susaï (6 years old), Sultan's daughter..Campment of Tshar Tash (Haji Osman's camp), in the Wakhjir valley, at the source of the Oxus..Winter expedition through the Wakhan Corridor and into the Afghan Pamir mountains, to document the life of the Afghan Kyrgyz tribe. January/February 2008. Afghanistan valley, at the source of the Oxus..Winter expedition through the Wakhan Corridor and into the Afghan Pamir mountains, to document the life of the Afghan Kyrgyz tribe. January/February 2008. Afghanistan
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  • Girl learning to read Koran at Haji Osman:Bibi Hawa (11 yrs old) and Marbet (6) . They start learning at 6 years old. They are taught only in winter 3 months/year..Campment of Tshar Tash (Haji Osman's camp), in the Wakhjir valley, at the source of the Oxus..Winter expedition through the Wakhan Corridor and into the Afghan Pamir mountains, to document the life of the Afghan Kyrgyz tribe. January/February 2008. Afghanistan
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  • One of the sheep herd of the richest man in the Pamir, Afendi Boi, is taken out early morning by Mirzo, hired Wakhi shepherd. Afendi Boi has 2000 goats (before, had 5000!), 500 yaks, 3 horses and gold..Campment of Burgut Yor (Afendi Boi's camp, completely addicted to opium)..Winter expedition through the Wakhan Corridor and into the Afghan Pamir mountains, to document the life of the Afghan Kyrgyz tribe. January/February 2008. Afghanistan
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  • Opium pipe burning..Opium users inside Ooroon Boi's house, son of the Khan. Winter expedition through the Wakhan Corridor and into the Afghan Pamir mountains, to document the life of the Afghan Kyrgyz tribe. January/February 2008. Afghanistan
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  • Opium users inside Ooroon Boi's house, son of the Khan. Winter expedition through the Wakhan Corridor and into the Afghan Pamir mountains, to document the life of the Afghan Kyrgyz tribe. January/February 2008. Afghanistan
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  • Woman washing her hair. .Campment of Ortobil (Sufi), all the way at the end of the Little Pamir, near the Tajik/China border. .Winter expedition through the Wakhan Corridor and into the Afghan Pamir mountains, to document the life of the Afghan Kyrgyz tribe. January/February 2008. Afghanistan
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  • Bactrian Camel running away..Campment of Ortobil (Sufi), all the way at the end of the Little Pamir, near the Tajik/China border. .Winter expedition through the Wakhan Corridor and into the Afghan Pamir mountains, to document the life of the Afghan Kyrgyz tribe. January/February 2008. Afghanistan
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  • Old Kyrgyz tumb..Campment of Ortobil (Sufi), all the way at the end of the Little Pamir, near the Tajik/China border. .Winter expedition through the Wakhan Corridor and into the Afghan Pamir mountains, to document the life of the Afghan Kyrgyz tribe. January/February 2008. Afghanistan
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  • Ghulam Ustad's sons looking for their sheep herd's return..Campment of the "second" Sary Tash. Ustad's Ghulam's camp..Winter expedition through the Wakhan Corridor and into the Afghan Pamir mountains, to document the life of the Afghan Kyrgyz tribe. January/February 2008. Afghanistan
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  • Nassim packs his yurt. His young wife died recently. He himself almost died from pneumonia. He must move to his brother's campment with his young daughter so his wife's brother takes care of him..Campment of the "second" Sary Tash. Ustad's Ghulam's camp..Winter expedition through the Wakhan Corridor and into the Afghan Pamir mountains, to document the life of the Afghan Kyrgyz tribe. January/February 2008. Afghanistan
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  • Looking for the lamb in the evening. Wolf attack on livestock is common..Campment of the "second" Sary Tash. Ustad's Ghulam's camp..Winter expedition through the Wakhan Corridor and into the Afghan Pamir mountains, to document the life of the Afghan Kyrgyz tribe. January/February 2008. Afghanistan
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  • 10 days old Gul Ash is being fed boiled yak milk by her mum (Kelt Baig's Wife), whose nipples are too painful to breast feed. Gul Ash died 4 days later, as infant can not digest rich yak milk. The mum has had 10 pregancy in her life. Only 1 son lived (Mohammed Achim), she lost 9 children, 5 daughters, 4 sons. This is found quite commonly in the Little Pamir. The Afghan Kyrgyz community has the highest infant mortality in the world (estimated at 30%). .Campment of Sary Tash..Winter expedition through the Wakhan Corridor and into the Afghan Pamir mountains, to document the life of the Afghan Kyrgyz tribe. January/February 2008. Afghanistan
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  • Kelt Baig, whose wife lost 9 child out of 10 pregnancy..Campment of Sary Tash..Winter expedition through the Wakhan Corridor and into the Afghan Pamir mountains, to document the life of the Afghan Kyrgyz tribe. January/February 2008. Afghanistan
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  • Woman and her child at the campment of Tash Seri..Winter expedition through the Wakhan Corridor and into the Afghan Pamir mountains, to document the life of the Afghan Kyrgyz tribe. January/February 2008. Afghanistan
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  • On the road to the end of the Wakhan Corridor..Winter expedition through the Wakhan Corridor and into the Afghan Pamir mountains, to document the life of the Afghan Kyrgyz tribe. January/February 2008. Afghanistan
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  • Visit of a rehab center for opium addict in Khandud. Portraits of patients, all Wakhis..Winter expedition through the Wakhan Corridor and into the Afghan Pamir mountains, to document the life of the Afghan Kyrgyz tribe. January/February 2008. Afghanistan
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  • Visit of a rehab center for opium addict in Khandud. Portraits of patients, all Wakhis. Afghanistan
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  • Buzkachi (central asian horse game) season starts in winter in Tajikistan, Dushanbe. En route to Afghanistan's Wakhan Corridor.
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  • Two young twin contestants at a Nadaam horserace (about 20 Km speed race). Youngest racer are between 5 and 7 years old.<br />
Winning a race is quite the feat—prizes for winners include horses, and sometimes cars.<br />
Near Moron town, Khövsgöl province.
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  • Scientist doing research studies on the Taimen: the world's biggest salmon fish, near Khovsgol Lake, in the Egg-Ur watershed region.
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  • A Buddhist shrine. In the Gobi Gurvan Saikhan national park. Road trip with a Jeep.
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  • Trekking in the Gobi Gurvan Saikhan national park.
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  • A Mongolian woman in Dalanzadgab,
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  • A herder takes a break after a day herding his animals. Many of his animals died because of the extreme cold. <br />
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Road trip with a Jeep in the Gobi region.
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  • A young Kyrgyz girl with a headache cures herself with yoghurt. Kitshiq Aq Jyrga...Trekking through the high altitude plateau of the Little Pamir mountains (average 4200 meters) , where the Afghan Kyrgyz community live all year, on the borders of China, Tajikistan and Pakistan.
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  • Nemat Ullah, son of Abdul Walli..Installing solar panels that charge car batteries to provide electricty, mainly for light bulbs and 2 way radios...Daily life at the Khan (chief) summer camp of Kara Jylga...Trekking through the high altitude plateau of the Little Pamir mountains (average 4200 meters) , where the Afghan Kyrgyz community live all year, on the borders of China, Tajikistan and Pakistan.
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  • A red cloth is stuffed in the boot of all present at the funeral, a sign of respect for the person that recently died. Attending the funeral of Haji Osman Boi (one of the Rais-e Shura, a chief Council) in Andemin camp. ..Trekking through the high altitude plateau of the Little Pamir mountains (average 4200 meters) , where the Afghan Kyrgyz community live all year, on the borders of China, Tajikistan and Pakistan.
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  • It is late June and two of the Khan's daughter's venture outside their mud hut after a hailstorm at the family's autumn camp beside the Aksu river. The nomads sometimes stop here for a few weeks between migratory seasons if grass for their herds is too scarce at the summer or winter camps...Daily life at the Khan (chief) autumn camp (called Teramo Jai - place of Autumn), beside the Aksu river...Trekking through the high altitude plateau of the Little Pamir mountains (average 4200 meters) , where the Afghan Kyrgyz community live all year, on the borders of China, Tajikistan and Pakistan.
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