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.
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Miyar: Workers on the road through the gorge.
Nagar ‘mela’, deota’s ‘rath’ with ‘mohra’
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Contact sheet II 10B 1976
Sanogi. Temple roof of timber. ‘Dharamsala’ roof of stone slab. Under a large ‘deodar’
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.
Contact sheet II 14B 1976
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Contact sheet II 15B 1976
Near the yak encampment. Lingti plain. Gyal Chand’s (pony man) tent. Christina photographing yaks
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Lingti plains. Yak herder man and two children. Gaddi flock in background.
Climbing up to the Phitse-La.
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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.
Our tents near the yak encampment. Lingti plains. Gaddi flock in background.
Lingti , Ladakh, beyond Baralacha Pass. Gaddis’ summer camp. Churning butter in a sheepskin, note leather shoes and checked blankets.
Contact sheet II 18 1975.
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.
Visitors to us at Duff Dubar House. Dorze & Chamba’s wives’ relatives came from Zanskar.
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.
Rope bridge across the Phitse-Chu. We are trekking along the left bank.
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..
Zanskar, Karsha, Chamba’s village. Traditional mud brick houses with furze on roofs. View cross the Padam plain to the Zankskar, or the Great Himalaya, range beyond.
