With more than 6 million souls, the Hazara tribe is the third-largest ethnic group in Afghanistan. Most of them live in what is known as Hazarajat, in central Afghanistan. They are also found in Kabul and in Quetta, in neighboring Pakistan. The origins of the Hazara people of Afghanistan are unclear to this date. Most […]
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Aug
Aug
Bangladesh is one of the world’s most densely populated countries. There are people everywhere, and the great majority had an Indo-Aryan phenotype and profess Islam… Yet, far in the Hills bordering Myanmar, we find what at Last Places we like to describe as an ‘island of resistance’. The Tripura people, a small Animistic and Hindu […]
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Jul
Jul
About a million and a half people make up the Kochi or Kuchi peoplee, the last nomadic tribe living between central and southern Afghanistan. About 60% of them continue to lead a nomadic lifestyle. The instability of the country during the last 30 years and the recurring droughts are modifying the customs of the Kochi, […]
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Jun
Jun
The Gypsies or Khana Badosh of Pakistan, the landless people During the Last Places ethnographic trips we always look for nomadic tribes with the aim of visiting them in their camps to learn about their way of life. They are, normally, the freest human groups and with their own most genuine look (worldview) on life. […]
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May
May
The Mentawai, the flower men tribe of Indonesia Mentawai tribe is native to the Mentawai Islands, off the west coast of Sumatra, Indonesia. This group is made up of about 64,000 individuals spread over different islands, highlighting the island of Siberut, northern Pagai and southern Pagai and the island of Sipura. This interesting ethnic group […]
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Mar
Mar
The Kalash people, also known as Kalasha or Kafir, are an ethnic group made up of about 3,000 people. They live in the Chitral Valleys, in the Hindu Kush mountain range in Pakistan. Most of the Kalash are spread across the Rumbur, Brumbret and Birir Valleys. The Kalash are goat herders and practice subsistence […]
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Oct
Oct
The Mohana tribe of Pakistan dominate the calm waters of the Middle Indus River, as it passes through the ancient city of Sukkur. There, in the already distant and pre-pandemic 2018, Joan Riera, founding partner of Last Places, found them for the first time after four years traveling through Pakistan. Photos from an old book […]
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