{"id":68070,"date":"2017-10-07T21:15:10","date_gmt":"2017-10-07T16:15:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pamirtimes.net\/?p=68070"},"modified":"2017-10-07T21:17:21","modified_gmt":"2017-10-07T16:17:21","slug":"the-last-shepherdesses-of-pamir-in-pakistan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pamirtimes.net\/tg\/2017\/10\/07\/the-last-shepherdesses-of-pamir-in-pakistan\/","title":{"rendered":"The last shepherdesses of Pamir in Pakistan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"p1\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/profile\/esra-tat.html\" rel=\"author\">By Esra Tat<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/profile\/camille-delbos.html\" rel=\"author\">Camille Delbos<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>| Al-Jazeera<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><strong>Shimshal Valley, Pakistan<\/strong>\u00a0&#8211;\u00a0Nestled in the Karakorum Range in northern\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/topics\/country\/pakistan.html\" target=\"_self\">\u041f\u043e\u043a\u0438\u0441\u0442\u043e\u043d<\/a>, the remote Shimshal Valley adapts each year to the rhythm of the mountains, with the transhumance &#8211; the seasonal movement of people with their livestock &#8211; led by women.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">The Wakhi ethnic community who reside here are proud of this unique women-led tradition.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">In springtime, a handful of women and a few men settle an ephemeral hamlet at an altitude of over 4,600 metres. They spend five months in harsh, isolated conditions, with only basic comforts and a three-day walk to the nearest village.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">The Shimshal Valley &#8211; \u00a0home to 1,750 residents &#8211; was only connected by road to the Karakorum Highway in 2003, after 18 years of construction. The road has facilitated better access to major cities, resulting in higher\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/topics\/issues\/education.html\" target=\"_self\">education<\/a>\u00a0and employment for the people of this remote valley.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">The desire of the Wakhis for better education led young people &#8211; both girls and boys &#8211; to leave for cities, initially to study, which gave them better employment opportunities.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Faced with these conditions, the end of this singular feminine pastoralism seems inevitable. The shepherdesses of Pamir are conscious of living the last years of a beautifully harsh tradition; of being the custodians of a fading ancestral knowledge.<\/p>\n<p>Originally posted at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/indepth\/inpictures\/2017\/03\/shepherdesses-pamir-pakistan-170312094639687.html\"><strong>AL JAZEERA<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\nVisit link for more photographs and description<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Esra Tat,\u00a0Camille Delbos\u00a0| Al-Jazeera Shimshal Valley, Pakistan\u00a0&#8211;\u00a0Nestled in the Karakorum Range in northern\u00a0Pakistan, the remote Shimshal Valley adapts each year to the rhythm of the mountains, with the transhumance &#8211; the seasonal movement of people with their livestock &#8211; led by women. 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