The Last Kyrgyz Nomads of the Afghan Pamir | FULL DOCUMENTARY

You can tell these men that I am a shepherd who lives in Australia, and I don't watch my herd with a computer. I have a horse, six sheep and about 20 chickens. I am a widow and I own about 20 acres of land. Life is tough for me here, but not as hard as it is for you. My prayers are with you.

I cannot imagine how women manage to live in these harsh conditions. Great respect to them.

I remember life like this on my grandparents farm in the 1960s . No electricity, no running water . This was in the Bosnian mountains. A very hard life . But this is way harder .

Living in America, “the people who sell opium are demons,” hit my soul hard. Hundreds of thousands of miles away from Wali and his family, my heart understands his. May God bless him and keep his family safe and well. It’s so sad to know what he fighting, and how hopeless he must feel. 😢

For those wondering when this film was made, it came out in 2012 with the title "Prisonniers de l'Himalaya" (Prisoners of the Himalayas).

Wow. This was amazing. I loved the conversations between the men when they were arguing about watching herds with machines, that made me smile.

Incredible. I wonder if Oroon got to Turkey? And if the son got married? They all seemed so humble and strong!

We have a village called Ulupamir(Great Pamir) in Van province of Turkey. They are relatives of Kyrgyz people in Turkey.

i worked in this country before, even thou its quite dangerous working there i still manage to finish a contract in this country, what i miss more is the foods, the people who are very welcoming ang friendly. i stilll wants to visit it again and eat the authentic kabuli and also mantho

Как же нас кыргызов разбросало-то по миру. Енисейские кыргызы в России уже настолько ассимилированы с местными народами, что не осталось тех, кто помнит, что он кыргыз; Фуюй кыргызы в Китае тоже практически ассимилировались, хотя и называют себя кыргызами, но их язык уже трудно понять; кыргызы в Кыргызстане тоже уже не 100% чистые кыргызы, а Памирские кыргызы будто застряли в прошлом, да еще и на грани вымирания. Жаль, очень жаль. Держитесь братья и сестры кыргызы.

Astounding. And I don't know what mastermind was behind the filming but BRAVO!!! Well done! God bless these people. Can't even begin to imagine a life like this. The strength of these of these people is mind-blowing.

my heart just broke for that family who's father and husband is smoking opium. life is tough over there and he is making it even harder for them but he cant help it his addiction is in control i hope he gets better

Respect and power to the kyrgyz women ❤❤

This is how it was in the UK the past too - half of children not surviving to age 5. One of my great grandmothers had 9 children and only 3 survived to age 21. I have visited the grave stones of all the dead babies. By other great grandmother had 11 - 10 survived - but two husbands died. There was more death. In the film it says a third of women die in childbirth - it was the same in the UK until more recent times. I saw this programme 10 years ago. It would be lovely to know how they are all doing today in 2024. I wish them well and hope they can all given up opium and cigarettes.

Beautiful documentary

This is the first time I hear Kyrgyz (Kirghiz) speak Farsi/ Dari among themselves. The ones I met in China spoke Kirghiz which was remarkably close to Kazakh.

Бул да болсо кыргыздын эркиндикти суйгону ,жонокойлугу,динин ,тилин сактап баскынчы душмандардан качканы,Кудай колдосун!

It's heartbreaking to see the poor men in such terrible conditions they are trapped in the harsh nightmare of addiction to opioid poison it's such a shame but I do sympathise with them a great deal !

Excellent documentary

Thats why they didn't pick the older brother to be the Chief. Because he is addicted to drugs.