thephotosocietyのインスタグラム(thephotosociety) - 12月29日 02時14分

Photo by @bethjwald // As we approach the new year, winter has an icy grip on large parts of the US, and I am remembering wintery travels around the world - snowy landscapes, sun low on the horizon, icy winds and frosty breaths, short days, long nights and gathering in the dark around the fire. In this archival photo, taken in 2004 on Kodachrome slide film, Wakhi women milk yaks in a snowstorm at a shepherds’ camp in the Big Pamirs at the end of the Wakhan Corridor, a remote region in northeast Afghanistan; young yaks huddle in a a stone corral. The Wakhi are the indigenous people of the Wakhan and they eke out a spare living as agro-pastoralists in this high, cold landscape, growing a few high altitude crops in the valleys and grazing their sheep, goats and yaks in mountain pastures, which they share with their Kyrgyz neighbors, who live nomadically on the higher plateaus, and trade with the Wakhi for grains and other supplies. Life in the Wakhan is hard and impoverished for many – there is little medical care, only basic education, high infant mortality and opium addiction are significant problems and the winter months are particularly brutal, but the Wakhi are proud of their culture, their ability to survive and their freedom on the “Bam-i-Dunya” or Roof of the World. Recognizing the beauty, the mountain ecosystems that support wildlife including snow leopard, bear, wolves, ibex and Marco Polo sheep, and the unique cultures of the Wakhan, the Afghan government declared the whole district a National Park in 2014. I have been celebrating this season with posts of snow and ice, cold beauty and hard times, waiting, hoping for the light to return. See more at @bethjwald #Afghanistan #wakhancorridor #Afghanpamirs #Pamirs #mountainculture #Badakshan #roofoftheworld #bamidunya #wakhi #Wakhilife #Wakhan #nationalpark #onassignment #centralasia #agropastoralist #yak #nikonnphotography #nikon #wintersolstice #lightanddark #winterlandscape #frost #analogphoto #realfilmphotography #throwbackthursday #kodachrome #onassignment @thephotosociety @ilcp_photographers @natgeocreative

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