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February 2, 2022 By Pamela Logan

Vanished Xinjiang
Photos from the 1990s

I first came to Xinjiang in 1991 with a bicycle that I pedalled from Kashgar almost to China's border with Pakistan, a story that is told in my book Among Warriors.  In 1993, 1995, 1997, and 2000, I returned to Xinjiang--sometimes to pursue an archeology project that used synthetic aperture radar to … [Read more...] about Vanished Xinjiang
Photos from the 1990s

Filed Under: culture Tagged With: Altai, China, Islam, Kanas, Karakoram, Kirgiz, Mongolian, Muslim, Uighur, Uyghur, Xinjiang

August 19, 2021 By Pamela Logan

Tibetan Nomads and the Permanent Camping Trip

By golly, I have pitched tents in some wild and wooly places.  Once, while sneaking into forbidden Tibet Autonomous Region, I camped in a forest beside the Dri Chu river.  Later that same year (1991), while biking the Karakorum Highway, I camped beside the yurts of Kirgiz herders.  I’ve camped in … [Read more...] about Tibetan Nomads and the Permanent Camping Trip

Filed Under: culture Tagged With: herder, nomad, tibet

May 16, 2021 By Pamela Logan

Survival and Evolution of Sky Burial Practices

The Practice When I first saw a sky burial in 1997, what struck me most was how quickly it was all over: vultures devoured the man’s flesh in just thirteen minutes. The charnel ground (durtro or dursa) was set in a large fenced meadow with a few small temples and outbuildings, and a large circle … [Read more...] about Survival and Evolution of Sky Burial Practices

Filed Under: culture Tagged With: cemetery, death, funeral, Sky burial, tibet

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