Language:
English
Pages:
1 Online-Ressource
Series Statement:
eHRAF World Cultures
Keywords:
Pamir
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Bevölkerung
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Pamir
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Pamir
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Bevölkerung
Abstract:
The Pamirians are an ethnic subgroup of the Tajiks and include various named groups, some of whom live in Afghanistan and Pakistan. The dialects of these groups are mostly mutually unintelligible. Western Iranian Farsi of India and the Dari language of Afghanistan are lingua francas. Grain and legume agriculture and animal husbandry are the primary economic activities. The Pamirians belong to the Isma'ili sect of Islam. This file contains one document that was originally published in the Encyclopedia of World Cultures, 1994. It is a cultural summary of the Pamir peoples that includes information on their history, settlement patterns, economy, kinship, marriage, family, sociopolitical organization, and religion
Note:
Culture summary: Pamir Peoples - Lidia Monogarova, assisted by Richard Frye (translated by Paul Friedrich) - 2002
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