- Norgay, Jamling Tenzing (5)
dir.yahoo.com/.../Famous_Sherpas/Norgay__Jamling_Tenzing
- Tajiks of Afghanistan
www.afghan-network.net/Ethnic-Groups/tajiks.html
- The Tajik People
Brief history of the China Tajiks.
www.chsource.org/Tajik.htm
- The Customs of Tajik People
Includes several traditions.
www.chinavista.com/experience/tajik/tajik.html
- Travel Tajikistan: Cultural guidelines
www.traveltajikistan.com/info/guidelines.html
- Pakhtun Unity Homepage
Includes poetry, music, and information about language and Islam.
www.geocities.com/khyber007
- Pashtuns of Afghanistan
Describes location, history, and politics.
www.afghan-network.net/Ethnic-Groups/pashtuns.html
- Israeli Source of the Pathan Tribes
Article looking at evidence concerning the ethnic origins of the people.
www.dangoor.com/74069.html
- Sherpa, Apa (3)
dir.yahoo.com/.../Famous_Sherpas/Sherpa__Apa
- Images of the Pathan: The Usefulness of Colonial Ethnography
Explores how the culture is viewed in anthropology and literature.
www.bu.edu/anthrop/faculty/lindholm/Pathan1A.html
- Destination Tajikistan: Culture
Features current and past cultural information.
www.lonelyplanet.com/worldguide/destinations/asia/tajikistan
- Sherpa, Babu Chiri (3)
dir.yahoo.com/.../Famous_Sherpas/Sherpa__Babu_Chiri
- Wikipedia: The Sherpa People
Hyperlinked article about the ethnic group from the Himalaya region of Nepal.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sherpa_%28people%29
- NOVA Online: Sherpas on Everest
Offers a history of the Sherpas, who became the gateway culture to Mount Everest and other peaks for visitors in search of mountaineering glory.
www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/everest/history/sherpason.html
- Sherpas of Mount Everest
2002 article commemorating the first Everest ascent in 1953 and how the cheerful smiles and legendary strength of the Sherpas have always been an integral part of Everest climbing expeditions.
news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2002/05/0507_020507_sherpas.html
- Khumbu: Country of the Sherpas
Pictorial essay describing the history, agriculture, forestry, community, and tourism of the people of Tibetan origin, who live in the high country below Everest.
www.fao.org/docrep/55408e/55408e02.htm
- Mt. Everest's Quiet Conquerors: The Sherpas of Nepal
Article about the Sherpas, who climb the mountain twice for every exhibition. They climb first to fix the ropes, break the ice, and make the trail; and then they go back to bring the climber up.
www.csmonitor.com/2003/0528/p01s04-wosc.html
- Sherpas of Khumbu
Cultural history of the Sherpas, who inhabit the the high-altitude area north of the confluence of the Bhote Koshi and Imja Khola.
www.linkingeverest.com/html/sherpaculture.htm
- Tajiks
Discusses a connection to the Aryan race.
members.tripod.com/~khorasan/TajikPersonalities/Tajiks.htm
- Everest Anniversary and the Sherpas
Background on the Sherpas as well as why the mountain has "lost its spirit of adventure," according to Jamling Tenzing, the son of Tenzing Norgay, one of the first two men to reach its summit.
www.khandro.net/nature_mountain_Sherpas.htm
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