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How to shoe a horse....Xinjiang 2000

How to shoe a horse....Xinjiang 2000
In 2000 I travelled by public buses and trains across the Gobi and Taklamakan Deserts in China to Kashgar in Xinjiang. This is where now the Chinese are committing grave human rights violations against the Turkic Muslim Uighur peoples..the original inhabitants of this area.
I was fortunate enough to witness some of the traditional life and customs of these Uighur people in this ancient mudbrick Silk Road city, now, I believe, mostly demolished..
I travelled then by bus over the Pamir and Karakoram mountains ( the Roof of the World) to far North Pakistan where I spent quite some time.
This is scanned from an old photo...not brilliant quality, but interesting as a cultural artefact of a vanished custom.

Günter Klaus, jowe_fotokiwi, Annemarie, * ઇઉ * and 35 other people have particularly liked this photo


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 Jaap van 't Veen
Jaap van 't Veen club
Daily life; beautifully captured Diana.
Enjoy your Sunday.
3 years ago.
 Percy Schramm
Percy Schramm club
Wonderful shot, Diana ! I think that was a great adventure.
3 years ago.
 Keith Burton
Keith Burton club
A fine photo Diana...............and it seems like a perfectly sensible way to shoe a horse, whilst keeping everyone safe! Sadly the horse itself doesn't look in good condition, but I guess that would have been the norm.

The Chinese Government have been getting away with human rights abuses forever! Until the Government of the the world get their act together it will probably continue. I don't know the answer, but ignoring it can't be right. The UN has proved to be pretty ineffective in this matter (and in most other matters).
3 years ago.
 Richard Chamberlain
Richard Chamberlain
Terrific image.
3 years ago.
 Dinesh
Dinesh club
Thanks for the post.

I have personally seen this process, but not horse, to bullocks that tow the cart. They are made to sleep on the floor and tied before the process.
3 years ago.

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