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The Burusho are a mountain people living primarily in the Hunza valley, but also in the Nagar and Yasin areas, in the Gilgit district of the Northern Areas of Pakistan. They earn their living by combining animal husbandry with the cultivation of crops, vegetables and fruits. Most fields are located on hillsides and require extensive terraces and a complex system of irrigation and drainage.

Hunza in the Himalayas

Historical rivalry and religious boundaries in the Karakorum

The Burushaski language

Language hunting in the Karakoram

The Burusho of Hunza

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Subsistence, ecology, and social organisation among the Hunzakut

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Author	Title	Publication Date
Clark, John	Hunza in the Himalayas	1963
Frembgen, Jürgen Wasim	Historical rivalry and religious boundaries in the Karakorum	1992
Lorimer, D. L. R.	The Burushaski language	1935
Lorimer, D. L. R.	The Burushaski language	1935
Lorimer, E. O. (Emily Overend)	Language hunting in the Karakoram	1939
Lorimer, Emily Overend	The Burusho of Hunza	1938
Page, Hugh R.	Culture summary	2009
Sidky, M. H.	Subsistence, ecology, and social organisation among the Hunzakut	1993
Tobe, John H.	Hunza	1960

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