Another language, Wakhi, from eastern Iran as well as parts of Pakistan, China, Tajikistan and Afghanistan, is believed to be spoken by less than a handful of people in New York, according to the ...

The Wakhi community relied on barter and in return for their goods people would build the women huts and houses. Afroze earned enough to build two homes, one in Shimshal and another further away ...

A Wakhi home sports an embroidery of Prince Karim Aga Khan IV, the current imam of Ismaili Muslims. He has an estimated 15 million followers in more than 25 countries, including 20,000 in Gojal.

And eventually another Wakhi will appear to thresh, to prod his oxen over cut wheat—3,600 rotations, by my calculation, for each disk of bread. It’s all a circle. Salopek crosses the Wakhan ...

A wakhi khana usually houses a joint family, and the head of the household is called kalani khana. Male members are responsible for farming and weaving woolen cloths, ...

The Wakhi people of Shimshal valley have maintained the tradition for centuries. Women take the herd to high-altitude pastures of Pamirs and keep it there for months.

Wakhi elders perform their traditional dance at the inauguration of the five-day Wakhi festival at Lok Virsa in Islamabad.—Dawn ...

Two Pakistani women, including a shepherdess from Gilgit-Baltistan’s remote Shimal Valley, have made it to BBC’s 100 inspiring and influential women of 2023 list.. BBC on Tuesday revealed its ...

Three of the last Wakhi shepherdesses: Sakina (left), Thai Bibi (centre) and Annar (right) For centuries, Pakistan's Wakhi shepherdesses have trekked to remote mountain pastures to graze their ...

Wakhi Pamiri people despite their diaspora spread across four countries on the Pamir high plateau namely Pakistan, Afghanistan, Tajikstan and China share close linguistic, cultural and religious ...

The Wakhi community relied on barter and in return for their goods people would build the women huts and houses. Afroze earned enough to build two homes, one in Shimshal and another further away ...