The View of Shimshal
Apr 10, 2010
We met a villager who was walking with domestic animals soon we could see Shimshal village between mountains. (photo②)
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A flag was standing on a pile of rocks, which might have been a sign of a boundary of a village. This was perhaps a sacred symbol of safety for the people in the village.
A small waterfall was dropping from a cliff.(photo⑤) The field was now dense with grass and trees.
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Several women were washing clothes at a riverside.
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Photo⑪ is the panorama view from a hillside graveyardThe Shimshal River flows at the foot of a mountain. The left side of the Shimshal River is flows at the foot of a mountain. The left side of the Shimshal River is on the west.
The Pasu village is located on the west side of Shimshal. Shimshal village is also visible on the right of picture.
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The village is surrounded by a 3000-meter-plateaus. For your information, Mt. Fuji, the highest mountain in Japan, rises 3774 meters.
(Editor・Elena Akari /English translator･T Utida /Photo･Writer Sisso )
