Lahaul summer. Elderly shepherd with dogs, near Jispa.
Below the Kali Hind Pass, Bara Bangahal (side). Shepherd wearing ‘chola’ and wool cap, with lamb in his lap. John Keay and I, on our first trek Shimla to Sringar, had found it high on the pass and brought it down. He was climbing up looking for it. This and its companion photo of same man looking through our binoculars, have became well regarded.
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Kukti boy wearing tweed cap.
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Boy in Kukti village, wearing Gaddi style tweed hat.
Lingti , Ladakh, beyond Baralacha Pass. Gaddis’ summer camp. Churning butter in a sheepskin, note leather shoes and checked blankets.
Goats crossing Rothang Pass into Lahaul, spring migration, June.
Lahaul side of Rothang Pass. Shepherd and carrying firewood with flocks on spring migration June, the twin peaks of Mount Geyphang in background.
Woman and goats on their way to Lahaul crossing Rothang Pass. Spring migration, June. The top of the twin peaks of Geyphang are missed out.
Pack sheep coming down from Sach Pass. Spring migration. From Chamba side to Chandrabhaga Valley.
Pack sheep coming down from Sach Pass. Spring migration. From Chamba side to Chandrabhaga Valley.
Pack sheep coming down from Sach Pass. Spring migration. From Chamba side to Chandrabhaga Valley.
Pack sheep coming down from Sach Pass. Spring migration. From Chamba side to Chandrabhaga Valley.
Shrine at top of Sach Pass, 4,500 ft. The top before the flocks’ snowy descent
Tyari. My hosts, handsome men posing with their hookahs on the veranda. They were telling me Gaddi legends & history.
Nayagraon, Upper Ravi Valley. House being built detail of roof construction.
View from above Hadsar. Budil Valley. Light on the path gives the sense of isolation.
Hadsar village. Budil Nala. Back view of an old miller in ‘chola’ and ‘dora’ carrying a sheep or goatskin sack of flour.
Hadsar village. Budil Nala. Back view of an old miller in a ‘chola’ and carrying a goatskin sack of flour.
Bramour. Sheep and goats finding shade in the ‘chaurassi’.
View across upper Ravi Valley from Tyari village, dense terracing and snow peaks. June.
Tyari, a flock owner on his veranda with hookah
Two men wearing ”chola ‘at rest stop on the way down from Jalsu Pass towards Ravi Valley, Spring migration North, June. Checked and striped blankets
On the way down from Jalsu Pass. Spring migration North. June. Woman setting down her pack beside another for rest stop. Note goat hair ropes and wooden hasps.
Below the Jalsu Pass view across the Ravi Valley, showing steep terracing, tracks of paths and snow clad peaks. Spring migration North.
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Nayagraon, Upper Ravi Valley. Detail of house construction, timber bonding, double storied veranda, beehive in the timber right hand mid photo. On ground level the door for cattle.
Four women in ‘luanchari’ made with hand printed Rajasthani cloth. The child has a bonnet. Chatting and resting on a stone bench their way down from Jalsu Pass towards Ravi Valley. Spring migration North. June.
On the way down from Jalsu Pass towards Nayagraon. Spring migration North. June. Resting at Lakhna temple young boy and elderly shepherd who is fondling his sheep. Checked blankets and pack.
Kukti Pass from the Lahaul side, 16,500 ft. Autumn migration South. Two separate flocks are moving towards the pass, which is in the dip to the top left hand corner of the photo. The higher flock seems to be approaching the pass from a low route.
Lahaul, crevasse in the glacier below Kukti Pass.
Lahaul, overnight camp below Kukti Pass, showing stout shoes and iron (?) ‘tawa’, cooking pots and blankets
Lahaul, Gaddi at camp above Kuldeo shrine. Below Kukti Pass. Autumn migration South. Shepherds camped before crossing the Pass. Showing tweed ‘chola’, hookah, checked blankets, stout leather shoes.
Kukti Pass, 16,000ft. 4,800 metres. There is a Gaddi flock high up, some are already at the pass, some are in the dangerous area, the gully where rocks can fall, loosened from the melting ice. There is another flock resting mid photo to the right of the glacier.
Kukti Pass from the Lahaul side, 16,500 ft. Autumn migration South. One flock can be seen resting in the mid picture, right side. Another is on its way to the top of the pass, crossing the dangerous area where rocks can fall from melting ice. The fall below is steep.
Lahaul, Kuldeo shrine on the way to Kukti Pass.
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Tyari village. Woman wearing ‘dora’ and ‘luanchari’ of velvet bodice & hand printed Rajasthani cloth. ‘walijo’ (??) necklace and xxx pendant.
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Bramour. The Nandi bull in the ‘chaurasi’.
Village house above Bramour, Budil Nala. Adjoined houses with double storied timber verandas.
Budil Nala. Village above Bramour, double storied timber verandas, no shortage of timber. A man looking out from the upper and a woman from the lower. See CN list 4.12.16.
Budil Nala (above Bramour). Shepherds stop for a midday smoke from their hookah. They are wearing ‘chola’ and ‘dora’.
On the way to the Jalsu Pass. Autumn migration South. October/September. Boy and man, wearing ‘chola’ and ‘dora’, penning lambs with checked blankets before the flock goes out to graze.
Tyari village. School teacher’s wife in her best, wearing ‘luanchari’ with ‘hangli’ bodice, and ‘chidi’ on her forehead.
Tyari village. School teacher showing off the embroidery on his best ‘chola’
