From: Gerry Reinhart-Waller
Message: 1286
Date: 2000-01-31
>Thanks John for the information, but I wasn't the one who asked the
> Gerry asked
> > Do you or other list members know any details about the Burushaski
> > ethnograpgy (plants and animals they breed, traditional clothes,
> houses,
> > vehicles, pottery), anthropology and mythology? My sources are very
> miserly.
>
> I believe that Burushaski is the language of the Hunza peoples living
> in the Himalayas of Kashmir of Pakistan. They supported themselves by
> Banditry until fairly recent times, when the local amir led them to
> adopt a peaceful life. The Hunza's attract a huge new age following
> for their reputed longevity - eighty year olds are reulted to be active
> horsemen.