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Laundry

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!

Eva Lewitus, Gabi Lombardo, Walter 7.8.1956, Damir and 33 other people have particularly liked this photo


30 comments - The latest ones
 Annemarie
Annemarie club
this is a fantastic image Diana
3 weeks ago.
 Annemarie
Annemarie club
Happy Sunday.
Peace!
3 weeks ago.
 ©UdoSm
©UdoSm club
Rough manners, but a great picture...
3 weeks ago. Edited 3 weeks ago.
 Anton Cruz Carro
Anton Cruz Carro club
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.
3 weeks ago.
 Loose_Grip/Pete
Loose_Grip/Pete club
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.
3 weeks ago. Edited 3 weeks ago.
 Günter Klaus
Günter Klaus club
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 :))
3 weeks ago.
 Gudrun
Gudrun club
A fantastic photo! Traditional dress and hard manual work but keeping their dignity. Hopefully they can protect their traditional beliefs against the hardliners.
3 weeks ago.
 William Sutherland
William Sutherland club
Excellent capture!

Admired in: www.ipernity.com/group/tolerance
3 weeks ago.
 Makrofan
Makrofan club
Sehr schöne Aufnahme!
3 weeks ago.
 Jean-Paul
Jean-Paul club
Tolle Doku!
3 weeks ago.
 Doug Shepherd
Doug Shepherd club
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
3 weeks ago.
 Malik Raoulda
Malik Raoulda club
Sublime et excellente prise bien renseignée et admirablement partagée.
Je vous souhaite une bonne et heureuse journée dominicale paisible.
3 weeks ago.
 Don Sutherland
Don Sutherland club
Outstanding capture of this tradition.
3 weeks ago.
 Keith Burton
Keith Burton club
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?
3 weeks ago.
 Peter_Private_Box
Peter_Private_Box club
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
3 weeks ago.
 GrahamH
GrahamH club
Having taught English language to Hazara Afghan refugees here and having heard many first hand accounts from those people's dealing with the Taliban I'm also concerned about their future. Thankyou for for going there and telling/showing us Diana.
3 weeks ago.
 tiabunna
tiabunna club
A great capture of washing as hard work. Sadly, so many of the world's problems involve religious extremists. Big huggss, Diana.
3 weeks ago.
 Patrick Brandy
Patrick Brandy club
Belle photo de cette dame qui travail dure agréable journée.
3 weeks ago.
 J. Gafarot
J. Gafarot club
The silly real World.
What a place to be born by. this year... this suntime.
Happy new week my friend.
3 weeks ago.
 Percy Schramm
Percy Schramm club
Fantastic impression of the daily life. Wish you a fine week ahead, Diana !
3 weeks ago.
 Jaap van 't Veen
Jaap van 't Veen club
Daily life; beautifully captured.
3 weeks ago.
 Roger (Grisly)
Roger (Grisly) club
Great shot of this lady doing the regular weekly things D
2 weeks ago.
 Nicole Merdrignac
Nicole Merdrignac club
Photo superbe et très intéressante. Bonne soirée. Nicole .
2 weeks ago.
 Denis Croissant
Denis Croissant club
So I'm not the only one!
2 weeks ago.
 * ઇઉ *
* ઇઉ * club
A fabulous shot, Diana!
This kind of laundry is amazing, fascinating, and admirable at the same time.
Wonderful that you were allowed to photograph the woman doing this hard work.
2 weeks ago.
 Herb Riddle
Herb Riddle club
A great photo. You must have been taking some chances as a westerner in those remote places!

Cheers. Herb
2 weeks ago.
 photosofghosts
photosofghosts club
A scene that effectively shows us the customs of a backward world distant from ours.
They are interesting but also dangerous places....be careful!
Warm greetings
Fabio
2 weeks ago.
 Marco F. Delminho
Marco F. Delminho club
Ein beeindruckendes Foto mit einer bedrückenden Geschichte.
Ich wünsche dir ein schönes Wochenende.
2 weeks ago.
 Roger Bennion
Roger Bennion club
Such a well-timed photo and captures the moment perfectly, Diana.
10 days ago.
 Eva Lewitus
Eva Lewitus club
Stay well! And go on letting us enjoy your photos
3 days ago.

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