[Leica] IMGS: Chak Chak

[Jayanand Govindaraj]

Tina
Thanks for the explanation. This is the same story in most old societies,
with the great migration to urban centres taking place, China being the
most extreme example. It is not necessarily a bad thing, as life in these
far flung hamlets, stripped of the romance, was, for the most part, in the
words of Thomas Hobbes, "nasty, brutish and short".
Cheers
Jayanand

On Tue, May 31, 2016 at 6:31 AM, Tina Manley <tmanley at gmail.com> wrote:

> They bring the water from the mountains in underground channels which were
> dug a thousand years ago - ganats.  There is water flowing through most of
> the villages in channels but many of the villages and the ganats have been
> abandoned.  The ganats require regular maintenance to keep them clear and
> clean and there aren't enough villagers still living out there to maintain
> them.  It's pretty depressing to see the decline of these remote villages.
>
> Tina
>
> On Mon, May 30, 2016 at 8:50 PM, Jayanand Govindaraj <jayanand at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> > Interesting fable, nice photos. TFS
> > The land looks parched, is there no water around?
> > Cheers
> > Jayanand
> >
> > Sent from my iPad
> >
> > > On 30-May-2016, at 20:37, Tina Manley <tmanley at gmail.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > PESO:
> > >
> > > Chak Chak means drip-drip.  It's a Zorastrian shrine - an oasis with
> > green
> > > trees in the middle of a reddish-brown desert and mountains.  There is
> a
> > > perpetually dripping spring there and a grotto.  The description of the
> > > Zorastrian legend is in the photo captions.
> > >
> > > The photos start here:
> > >
> >
> http://tinamanley.photoshelter.com/gallery-image/Iran/G0000YmlbTddL96g/I0000XX4E3jurpIM
> > >
> > > Click Less Info for a bigger picture.
> > >
> > > C&C greatly appreciated.
> > >
> > >
> > > Tina
> > >
> > >
> > > Tina Manley
> > > www.tinamanley.com
> > > tina-manley.artistwebsites.com
> > >
> >
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