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Yurts


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Yurts :


Modern yurts along the Karakoram highway in western China



Tajik women in front of their yurt at Lake Karakol



Solar-powered yurt in western China



Camel and yurts on the shore of Lake Karakol



New-style yurts constructed of concrete and painted white



View of meadow and yurts from atop Tashkurgan castle



Yurts in Tashkurgan meadow in western China



Traditional yurts near Lake Karakul



Camel and goats in front of a traditional yurt near Lake Karakul



Uighur woman in front of her yurt



Uighur woman in front of her Lake Karakul yurt



Traditional animal-skin yurt



Goats in front of a yurt



Tajik woman with son in front of her yurt



Tajik women in front of their tradtional yurt



Yurts in Tashkurgan meadow



Yurts in Tashkurgan meadow



Uighur women standing in front of their traditional yurt



Modern yurts dot a grassy meadow in Tashkurgan



Yurts on a plain



Modern yurts in Tashkurgan meadow in western China



Yurts with Pamir mountains in the background



Yurts on the shore of Lake Karakol



Yurts in western China







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