The Development of a Lining
The linings of Hindu Kush jackets tell you something about where our remarkable wool comes from. The lining below has developed around the idea of two of the most mysterious animals of the Hindu Kush mountains, the snow leopard and its prey the markhor (an endangered species of ibex). Both creatures are extremely rare, the snow leopard is internationally famous, but fewer people know of the markhor. However, to the Kalasha people of the Hindu Kush, markhor are sacred. For the Kalasha, markhor are the purest of creatures since they are herded by the spirits of the mountain tops high above the polluted world of men and women.
The famous snow leopard / ibex chase from the BBC's Planet Earth series, shot in the Hindu Kush.
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