West Himalayan Holidays staff camping picnic Hampta Nala. Dorze, who has Rahul on his back, and Kranti.
Hadimba deota’s palanquin with ‘mohra’. There is An opinion that the central one, without decoration, is very old.
Young shepherds who have gone down to the shops in Udaipur or Karpat. They have just crossed the bridge from Karpat and are now carrying the rations they bought up to the summer camp. They wear chola, dora, and fine leather shoes with floral decoration. The boy on the left has something valuable attached by a chain to his ‘dora’. Note sheep skin sacks and goat hair rope.
Miyar: Workers on the road through the gorge.
Nagar ‘mela’, deota’s ‘rath’ with ‘mohra’
Contact sheet II 10B 1976
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Duff Dunbar House. The chaukidar & his wife outside the byre. She has un-pinned her ‘pattu’ top & is holding its pins, showing them to me. Rahul’s Mothercare seat behind them.
Gujars’ buffaloes near Bandoli village.
Contact sheet II 13B 1976
At the time of Rahul’s hair-cutting. Hadimba temple and kitchen area, through the ‘deodar’ trees. The photo conveys the ambiance of the place. I have a large print of this at Wilmington.
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Contact sheet II 14B 1976
Contact sheet II 15B 1976
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Near the yak encampment. Lingti plain. Gyal Chand’s (pony man) tent. Christina photographing yaks
Our camp beside yak herders camp. Yak herders talking to Chamba. Christina and Johnny.
Lingti plains. Yak herder man and two children. Gaddi flock in background.
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Gaddi, Summer camp on Lingti, beyond Bara Lacha La. A young man wearing a tweed ‘chola’ is churning butter in a sheepskin. Note the kitchen utensils, another sheepskin sack, and the hookah. A homespun blanket is drying on the wall. Pile of dried roots for fuel.
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Lingti , Ladakh, beyond Baralacha Pass. Gaddis’ summer camp. Churning butter in a sheepskin, note leather shoes and checked blankets.
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Visitors to Duff Dunbar House. Dorze & Chamba’s wives’ relations from Zanskar. Showing off their Zanskari ‘tie dyed’ woollen cloaks.
On the way to Zanskar. Christina & tent near the Zanskar side of the Baralacha-La. We were having to rest for Johnny to recover from serious altitude effects.
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At Testha. Johnny being given a glass of chang ‘one for the road’.
We met Dorze’s mother along the way at a village beyond Testha. She is wearing traditional headdress, with ear pieces and cloak made of goat and sheep skin.. Tall stepfather has a traditional spoon hanging from his waist. Another man is pouring chang from a kettle to welcome us. Men and children are wearing traditional hats.
Dorze’s mother pouring chang for Gyal Chand, our pony man. We met her along the way at a village beyond Testha. Note traditional drinking cups & woman’s cloak made of goat hair. And the durri/mat of goat or yak hair.
Johnny riding a pony along the left bank of the Phitse-Chu. Somewhere along here we saw a yak which had lost its footing and was being swirled along in the river. We were not encouraged.
Zanskar. Johnny on a bridge. In August 1975, my brother Johnny Noble, Kranti & I went to Zanskar (I was 3 or 4 months pregnant with Rahul). Chamba & Dorze, both Zanskaris, came with us. We went via the Baralacha-La (Pass), 16,000 ft & the Phitse-La, 17,000 ft. We camped at Testha village, home to Dorze & his wife. And then after Padam on (Zanskar HQ) to Karsha village, home to Chamba. After that we crossed the Pensi La & left Zanskar via Kargil town & on to Kashmir.
Trekking ponies on a narrow path.
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View of Karsha village from below, built into the steep hillside.
Below Karsha village. Chamba being greeted by his mother, it was some time since he had come home. Kranti and pony in foreground..
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