The Kirghiz of Afghanistan /

The Kirghiz of Afghanistan are a group of some 2,000 pastoralists living on a bleak mountain plateau in a narrow isthmus of land between the borders of the Soviet Union and China. For nine months of the year heavy snows cover the ground, which was formerly used only by the Kirghiz for their summer p...

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Other Authors: Nairn, Charlie (Director), Shahrani, Nazif (Contributor)
Format: Electronic Video
Language:English
Published: London : Royal Anthropological Institute, 1975
Series:Disappearing world
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