A short note on people of ladakh
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Ladakh ("land of high passes") is a region in northern India presently a part of the State of Jammu and Kashmir and soon to an Union territory from 31st October,2019 as per the Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation Act 2019. It is located between the Kunlun mountain range in the north and the main Himalayas to the south. Ladakh is well-known for its remote mountain scenery. It is inhabited by a mix of Indo-Aryan and Tibetan people.[7] Their language is an archaic dialect of the Tibetan language. It is sometimes called "Little Tibet", because it has been strongly influenced by Tibetan culture. Ladakh is one of the least populated regions in the area.
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The Ladakh people of Jammu and Kashmir have Turanian (Central Asian) features. Ladakh people of this region have a cheerful nature and are peace-loving. 45% of this area are Buddhist by faith and the rest are Muslims.
Occupation Of People In Ladakh
About life of people in Ladakh, they traditionally lead a nomadic rustic life and are sincere and honest. About occupation of people in Ladakh, 90% of them depend on agriculture based on the Indus River for their livelihood. Their main agricultural products are barley, wheat, buckwheat, peas, rapeseed and beans. Apples and apricots are grown in warmer regions of low altitude. Ladakh is well-known for its rich culture . The Ladakh people are very hardworking and have productively used the rich natural resources. Sheep-rearing is another profession of Ladakhi people. In Ladakh Herders are known as Chang-pas. They take care of long shaggy goats and sheep from whose under-fleece the famous Kashmiri Pashmina shawls are made. Chang-pas reside in tents and are roaming, traveling from place to place in hunt of meadows. The Ladakh people are eagerly interested in trade. Wool, in raw form is their chief profitable product. About food of Ladakh people, the men travel long distances, looking for favourable prices for their wares, which consist of salt, dry fruits and cultured pearls and semi-precious stones. In return they get tea, tobacco, grain, sugar and other essential goods. Playing polo on fast-racing ponies is the most popular entertainment in Ladakh. With each chukka or chukker, the pony is not changed; the polo player continues playing with the same pony unlike in western polo style. This game is still played on the bumpy, patchy pitch with ancient wooden balls in Ladakh. Ladakh presents the huntsmen foreign hunts of the national animal of Pakistan, ibex, red bear, and state mammals of Pakistan, wild sheep, antelope, gazelle and marmot. Ladakh is also consists of precious natural resources like gold, copper and semi-precious stones.
Lifestyle Of People In Ladakh
About lifestyle of people in Ladakh, like the land itself, the people of Ladakh are usually quite different from those of the rest of India. The faces and physique of the Ladakhis, and the clothes they wear, are more similar to those of Tibet and Central Asia than of India. The original population may have been Dards, an Indo-Aryan race down from the Indus and the Gilgit area. Some millennium or more years ago, this Ladakhis migrated from Tibet, probably this widely weighed down the culture of the Dards and eliminated their ethnic features. In Central and eastern Ladakh, the recent inhabitants appear to be classically of Tibetan origin. Towards west, in and around Kargil the Ladakhis look put forward a mixed origin. The exclusion to this simplification is the Arghons, a community of Muslims in Leh, originated as a result of weddings between local Ladakhi women and Kashmiri or Central Asian businessmen. They show a marked dominance of the Indo-Aryan mannerism in their physique and looks, however culturally they are similar with the rest of the Ladakhis.
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