<img src='https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims3/default/strip/false/crop/3612×2408+0+0/resize/3612×2408!/?url=httppercent3Apercent2Fpercent2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.compercent2F98percent2Fdepercent2F23417a4f4a4a99fedf62ef559c6apercent2Fgettyimages-2201598571.jpg' alt='A person carries a baby in his Kashmiri pheran, a conventional winter coat that provides heat in the course of the coldest days of winter. A pot of embers carried beneath the material provides to the consolation.’/>
In Kashmir, December 21 is claimed to mark the beginning of the 40 harshest days of winter. A woolen gown known as a pheran is vital to protecting heat — and a reminder of easy methods to face and overcome hardships.
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