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Laundry

Up in the minority ethnicity Kalash villages, right on the Afghan border, life goes on as it always has. This woman, in her daily dress..traditional Kalash, pounds the laundry in the water channel of snow melt running by her home. Although in Pakistan this is a dangerous spot. We have been a couple of times and not long after this visit, insurgents came across the Afghan border and committed acts of violence in this village. They wish the locals to convert from their traditional beliefs to hard line Islam.
It is a very remote area of the world, hard to get to, but so very interesting.
I am glad to live in a safe place..and to have a washing machine!
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Annemarie said:

this is a fantastic image Diana
13 days ago ( translate )

Annemarie said:

Happy Sunday.
Peace!
13 days ago ( translate )

©UdoSm said:

Rough manners, but a great picture...
13 days ago

Anton Cruz Carro said:

Very nice picture, Diana. With hard-line Islam, even those bright colors in women's clothing would have disappeared. Have a great Sunday, my friend.
13 days ago

Loose_Grip/Pete said:

Great pic Diana.
I remember doing fieldwork in the mountains of northern Portugal in 1970 and in the villages seeing women washing their laundry in streams like this which really surprised me. The dictatorship still in power then kept peple poor and uneducated but thankfully all has changed now.
13 days ago

Günter Klaus said:

Ich mag dieses schöne Blau-Violett in ihren Gewand liebe Diana,das schaut toll aus,schön hast du diese Frau bei ihrer Arbeit fotografieren können :))

Wünsche noch einen schönen Sonntag,liebe Grüße Güni und eine herzliche Umarmung :))
13 days ago ( translate )

Gudrun said:

A fantastic photo! Traditional dress and hard manual work but keeping their dignity. Hopefully they can protect their traditional beliefs against the hardliners.
13 days ago

William Sutherland said:

Excellent capture!

Admired in: www.ipernity.com/group/tolerance
13 days ago ( translate )

Makrofan said:

Sehr schöne Aufnahme!
13 days ago ( translate )

Jean-Paul said:

Tolle Doku!
13 days ago ( translate )

Doug Shepherd said:

A wonderful capture of traditional ways Diana. Why one group of people feel the need to impose their will upon another I will never understand.

All the best, Doug
13 days ago

Malik Raoulda said:

Sublime et excellente prise bien renseignée et admirablement partagée.
Je vous souhaite une bonne et heureuse journée dominicale paisible.
13 days ago ( translate )

Don Sutherland said:

Outstanding capture of this tradition.
13 days ago

Keith Burton said:

A lovely capture of this lady going about her daily tasks................it looks like very. hard work!

What sort of a world do we live in when people have to risk their lives just doing the washing?
13 days ago

Peter_Private_Box said:

Hi Diana
A wonderful and interesting picture, which I like very much!
Very nice composition with great colours.
Shame those from Afghanistan have to cause so much trouble... Should never have been allowed to rule a country!
Best Wishes, Happy Monday, a nice week ahead, and stay safe!!
Peter
13 days ago