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Wakhi

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Wakhi 

a people living in the south of the GornoBadakhshan AO, Tadzhik SSR. One of the Pamir peoples.



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Recently, the most awaited mega festivals of Lok Virsa including Wakhi Cultural Festival, scheduled to be held on October 21st was cancelled and the annual festival Lok Mela to be held on Nov 7 was postponed due to the prevailing law and order situation in the country.
Wakhi refers to the language of the Wakhi tribes in the Pamir Knot, and Shughni to the people resident in Shughnan.
Following an introductory overview of the topic, individual chapters focus on the Raika of India, the Peripatetics of South Asia, the Bhil of central western India, the Tharu of Nepal, the Dom of Northern Pakistan, the peoples and cultures of the Kashmir Himalayas, the Hazara of Central Afghanistan, the Wakhi and Kirghiz of the Pamirian Knot, the Badakshani of Tajikistan, the Lezghi of the Caucasus mountain range, the people of Tibet, and the Minhe Mangghuer of China.
 
 
 
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