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Humans of the Himalayas : The Wakhi People

Wakhi Girls

Wakhi Girls

Living literally on the Roof of the World or the Bam-I-Duniya are the Wakhi people, who predominantly live in the Wakhan Corridor, the narrow strip of Afghan territory that traditionally separated the British Empire from Tsarist Russia in days of the old. Also called the Khik at present they live in the Wakhan of today's Badakhshan region located in northeastern Afghanistan and southeastern Tajikistan.

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tags: wakhan, afghanistan, wakhi, pamirs
categories: Himalayan People
Saturday 07.28.18
Posted by Prashant Mathawan
 

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