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A UNHCR staff member assists displaced families waiting to receive winter cash assistance in Kabul. UNHCR and partners have distributed winter cash payments to 1,000 displaced families in the Afghan capital. ; Nearly 700,000 people have been forced from their homes in Afghanistan since the beginning of 2021, joining 2.9 million Afghans already internally displaced across the country at the end of 2020. On 15 August, the Taliban took control of the country. The withdrawal of foreign aid has crippled the economy and led to a humanitarian crisis, with some?22.8 million people?in the country facing food insecurity.
Old Kalash Man with Chitrali Pakol on his head with flowers and smile
"The souls of emperors and cobblers are cast in the same mold...The same reason that makes us wrangle with a neighbor creates a war betwixt princes."
Michel de Montaigne
Grande conchiglia "Pakol", Mendi Valley, Southern Highlands, Papua Nuova Guinea.
Queste grandi conchiglie ( Melo melo ) vengono scambiate dalle zone costiere alle alte montagne, dove diventano oggetti di grande valore. Sono modellati e levigati e indossati dagli uomini come pettorali in danze cerimoniali. Ma anche, essendo molto preziosi, possono far parte del dono per lo sposalizio.
Alcuni "Pakol" hanno disegni geometrici, realizzati con piccoli punti, di triangoli lungo il bordo superiore. Più raramente una figura intera, rappresentante un antenato, è incisa – sempre utilizzando piccoli punti – sulla superficie della conchiglia.
per un esemplare analogo si veda “ Art of the New Guinea Highlands” , de Young Museum, SF p.480
Esposizione e pubblicazione Parcours des Monde 2022
provenienza CHRIS BOYLAN – OCEANIC ART, Australia
Bailer Shell “Pakol”, Mendi Valley, Southern Highlands,
Papua New Guinea.
These large Bailer Shells ( Melo melo ) are traded up from the coastal areas into the high mountains, where they become objects of great value. They are shaped and polished, and worn by men as pectorals in ceremonial dancind. But also, being very valuable, can be part of bride price.
Some ‘Pakol” have geometric designs, made with tiny dots, of triangels long the top edge. More rarely a full figure, representing an ancestor, is engraved – again using small dots – into the surface of the shell. For a similar example see “ Art of the New Guinea Highlands” , de Young Museum, SF p.480
prov. CHRIS BOYLAN – OCEANIC ART, Australia
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© Eric Lafforgue
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The Hunza (Burushaski and Urdu: ہنزہ) is a mountainous valley in the Gilgit–Baltistan region of Pakistan. The Hunza is situated in the extreme northern part of Pakistan.
The state bordered the Gilgit Agency to the south and the former princely state of Nagar to the east. The state capital was the town of Baltit (also known as Karimabad); another old settlement is Ganish Village.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hunza_Valley
Aliabad (Burushaski/Urdu: علی آباد ) is the administrative and commercial center of the Hunza–Nagar District of Gilgit–Baltistan, Pakistan (formerly in the State of Hunza, Northern Areas of Pakistan).
Like most localities in Hunza–Nagar, Aliabad lies along the Karakoram Highway, which crosses this mountainous district.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aliabad,_Hunza
The Hunza (Burushaski and Urdu: ہنزہ) is a mountainous valley in the Gilgit–Baltistan region of Pakistan. The Hunza is situated in the extreme northern part of Pakistan.
The state bordered the Gilgit Agency to the south and the former princely state of Nagar to the east. The state capital was the town of Baltit (also known as Karimabad); another old settlement is Ganish Village.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hunza_Valley
Karimabad (Urdu: كريم آباد) is the capital of Hunza Valley in Gilgit-Baltistan, northern Pakistan. Baltit is the old name of Karimabad.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karimabad,_Pakistan
The Hunza (Burushaski and Urdu: ہنزہ) is a mountainous valley in the Gilgit–Baltistan region of Pakistan. The Hunza is situated in the extreme northern part of Pakistan.
The state bordered the Gilgit Agency to the south and the former princely state of Nagar to the east. The state capital was the town of Baltit (also known as Karimabad); another old settlement is Ganish Village.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hunza_Valley
Karimabad (Urdu: كريم آباد) is the capital of Hunza Valley in Gilgit-Baltistan, northern Pakistan. Baltit is the old name of Karimabad.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karimabad,_Pakistan
The Hunza (Burushaski and Urdu: ہنزہ) is a mountainous valley in the Gilgit–Baltistan region of Pakistan. The Hunza is situated in the extreme northern part of Pakistan.
The state bordered the Gilgit Agency to the south and the former princely state of Nagar to the east. The state capital was the town of Baltit (also known as Karimabad); another old settlement is Ganish Village.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hunza_Valley
A man takes a drag from a cigarette as he slowly starts his walk down the mountain. Taken near Jabal Al Jais, on the UAE/Oman border.
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www.ericlafforgue.com
© Eric Lafforgue
www.ericlafforgue.com
© Eric Lafforgue
www.ericlafforgue.com
© Eric Lafforgue
www.ericlafforgue.com
