why are goats and sheep considered the only treasur of changpas
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The Changpa or Champa are a semi-nomadic Tibetan people found mainly in the Changtangin Ladakh and in Jammu and Kashmir. A smaller number resides in the western regions of the Tibet Autonomous Region and were partially relocated for the establishment of the Changtang Nature Reserve. As of 1989 there were half a million nomads living in the Changtang area.
For the simple, hardy and down-to-earth Changpas, rearing of animals, and consuming and selling their produce (milk and its products, hair and meat) is the only - means of livelihood.
The Changpas rear the highly pedigreed and prized Changra goats (Capra Hircus) that yield the rare Pashmina (Cashmere) fibre. The Changra goats are not raised for their meat but for their fibre (pashm). The pashmina fibre (Pashm in Persian) is the finest fibre of all goat hair.
The Changthangi ,"'Changra"'or Pashmina goat, is a breed of goat inhabiting the plateaus in Tibet, Nepal and neighbouring areas of Ladakh in Jammu & Kashmir, India. They are raised for ultra-fine cashmere wool(known as pashmina once woven) but were also reared for meat in the past.
This bloodline of the capra hircus or Cashmere goat, grows a thick, warm undercoat which is the source of KashmirPashmina wool - the world's finest Cashmere measuring between 12-15 microns in fiber thickness. These goats are generally domesticated and are reared by nomadic communities called the Changpa in the Changthang region of Greater Ladakh. The Changpa communities are a sub-sect of the larger Buddhist Drokpa community in northern Indian state of Jammu & Kashmir.
They survive on grass in Ladakh, where temperatures plunge to as low as −20 °C(−4.00 °F). These goats provide the wool for Kashmir's famous Pashmina shawls. Shawlsmade from Pashmina wool are considered very fine, and are exported worldwide.
The Changthangi goats have revitalized the poor economy of Changthang, Leh and Ladakh region.
For the simple, hardy and down-to-earth Changpas, rearing of animals, and consuming and selling their produce (milk and its products, hair and meat) is the only - means of livelihood.
The Changpas rear the highly pedigreed and prized Changra goats (Capra Hircus) that yield the rare Pashmina (Cashmere) fibre. The Changra goats are not raised for their meat but for their fibre (pashm). The pashmina fibre (Pashm in Persian) is the finest fibre of all goat hair.
The Changthangi ,"'Changra"'or Pashmina goat, is a breed of goat inhabiting the plateaus in Tibet, Nepal and neighbouring areas of Ladakh in Jammu & Kashmir, India. They are raised for ultra-fine cashmere wool(known as pashmina once woven) but were also reared for meat in the past.
This bloodline of the capra hircus or Cashmere goat, grows a thick, warm undercoat which is the source of KashmirPashmina wool - the world's finest Cashmere measuring between 12-15 microns in fiber thickness. These goats are generally domesticated and are reared by nomadic communities called the Changpa in the Changthang region of Greater Ladakh. The Changpa communities are a sub-sect of the larger Buddhist Drokpa community in northern Indian state of Jammu & Kashmir.
They survive on grass in Ladakh, where temperatures plunge to as low as −20 °C(−4.00 °F). These goats provide the wool for Kashmir's famous Pashmina shawls. Shawlsmade from Pashmina wool are considered very fine, and are exported worldwide.
The Changthangi goats have revitalized the poor economy of Changthang, Leh and Ladakh region.
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changes have to live very region because of their special goat
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