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RARE PHOTOS: Pakistan s parsi community dwindles as young migrate | Vintage Vibes

In this photograph taken on February 28, 2025, Kersi Umrigar (L), a 76-year-old, embraces his granddaughter Elisha Amra at his residence in a Karachi enclave reserved for Zoroastrians (Credit: AFP)

From a gated community for her Zoroastrian faith in Pakistan's megacity Karachi, 22-year-old Elisha Amra has waved goodbye to many friends migrating abroad as the ancient Parsi community dwindles.

Soon the film student hopes to join them -- becoming one more loss to Pakistan's ageing Zoroastrian Parsi people, a community who trace their roots back to Persian refugees from today's Iran more than a millennium ago.

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