Two Pashtun women in Mehr Abad, Quetta Baluchistan 2001.

Sheet 20010070 Photo 20

Image of sheet 20010070 photo 20: Mehr Abad, Pakistan Quetta Baluchistan 2001 √ Two Pashtun women in the Burqa Zwei Paschtuninnen in ihrer Burka. A burqa (Urdu: بُرقع‎), (Arabic pronunciation: [ˈbʊrqʊʕ, ˈbʊrqɑʕ]a (also transliterated burkha, bourkha, burka or burqu' from Arabic: برقع‎ burquʻ or burqaʻ), also known as chadri in Central Asia) is an enveloping outer garment worn by women in some Islamic traditions to cover their bodies when in public. Balochistan (Balochi: بلوچستان) or Baluchistan[1] (lit. Land of the Baloch) is an arid, desert and mountainous region on the Iranian plateau in south-western Asia, northwest of the Indian Ocean near the Persian Gulf. It mainly includes southwestern Pakistan, southeastern Iran and a smaller section of southwestern Afghanistan. Belutschistan (persisch ‏بلوچستان‎) ist eine Region im Iranischen Hochland, die sich über den Osten Irans, den Süden Afghanistans und den Südwesten Pakistans erstreckt. Die Fläche beträgt etwa 300.000 km². ONE TIME NON EXCLUSIVE EDITORIAL RIGHTS ONLY- NO ARCHIVING-NO THIRD PARTY DISTRIBUTION © 2001, by OLIVIA HEUSSLER / www.clic.li Exhibition
Color: Black & White
Type: Positive, Negative, Digital
Formats: 18x24
Chemistry: RC
Country: Pakistan
Region: Quetta
Place: Balochistan
Date: May 11, 2001
Keywords: Bevölkerung, Frauen