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CONTENTS

INTRODUCTION

HISTORY

RELIGION

TOURIST ATTRACTION OF LADAKH

MUSIC

DANCE


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Ladakh is the highest plateau of the Indian state of Kashmir with

much of it being over 3,000 m (9,800 ft). It spans

the Himalayan and Karakoram mountain ranges and the

upper Indus River valley. The Ladakh region was bifurcated into

the Kargil and Leh districts in 1979. In 1989, there were violentriots between Buddhists and Muslims. Following demands for

autonomy from the Kashmiri dominated state government,

the Ladakh Autonomous Hill Development Council was created in

the 1990s. Leh and Kargil Districts now each have their own locally

elected Hill Councils with some control over local policy anddevelopment funds.

LADAKH


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Religion of Ladakh

Tibetan Buddhism is a mystical religion which absorbed

many of the magical and superstitious features of Tibet's

previous shamanistic Bon religion, along with elements of

Hindu Tantrums. Although Ladakh is usually described as a

Buddhist region, there is a large minority of Muslims (about45%).Constant invasion by Islamic forces in the west of Ladakh

gradually led to the conversion of the previously Buddhist

people. Most Ladakhi Muslims still live in Kargil Districtwhere they account for 85% of the population.


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Tibetan Buddhism

Islam

Christianity

RELIGION OF LADAKH


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Ladakh is one of the place where you can see thisbranch of Mahayana Buddhism, sometimes also calledLamaism, being practised as it would have been in Tibetbefore the brutal Chinese suppression. Buddhism has

penneated Ladakhi and Tibetan culture since the 7thcentury AD.The head of Tibetan Buddhism and traditional politicalruler of Tibet is the Dalai Lama, an incarnation ofAvalokiteshvara, the bodhisattva of compassion. The

current Dalai Lama is the 14th in a succession thatoriginated in the 14th century and lives in exile inDharamsala, Himachal Pradesh.

Tibetan Buddhism


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The lamas of Tibetan Buddhism are

divided into four main sects.

The oldest is the NyingmapaSakyapaKagyupa

Gelukpa, who came from a reformmovement in the 1400s and whichis led by the Dalai Lama.

All these sects are represented inLadakh, but the most commonamong them are the Kagyupa andGelukpa.

Dalai Lama.


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LEH MOSQUE

Islam

Although Ladakh is usually described as a Buddhistregion,so there is a large minority of Muslims (about45%). Constant invasion by Islamic forces in the west ofLadakh gradually led to the conversion of the previously

Buddhist people. Most Ladakhi Muslims still live in KargilDistrict where they account for 85% of the population.Here they are puritanical Shiites. Leh also supports asmall population of Muslims, mainly Sunnis, who aredescended from immigrant Kashmiri and central Asiantraders.


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ChristianityThere is a small community of Christians in Leh.Among

them most of them belong to the top rungs of Ladakhisociety and were converted by Moravian missionaries whofirst came to Ladakh in 1885. They built two churches,one in Leh and one in Shey.

Moravian Church


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Tourist Attraction of ladakh

Hemis GonpaSheypalace

Lamayuru Gonpa


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Music of ladakh is diverse due to the fact that music is essentially asource of life and several forms of music are practiced by the localpeople according to different locations.Gompa music is used in worship and as an accompaniment to thedance-dramas.Two main strains of instrumental music.For public and ceremonial occassions they have been supplanted bythe Surna and daman.

MUSIC OF LADAKH


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A set of satirical songs are performed bythe group of young men and women intraditional couplets. It has a strong of localpatriotism.

Beat is the most striking feature of theirmusic.


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Each monastery has its own orchestra. The dancerswear elaborate masks ranging from the fearsome andgrotesque to the pleasing, and fine silk costumesrepresenting various divinities from the Buddhistpantheon.Chhams

The music accompanying the Chhams is generallyslow and haunting, and the musical instruments

involved are the Dungchen (long horn), Gyaling(oboe), Nga (drums), Silnyen/bubjal (cymbals),kangling (shinbone trumpets), dung (conch shells),Damaru (skull drums) and Drilbu (bells).


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Every year, in February, the masked dances of Dosmoche areperformed in the Royal Courtyard at Leh, after a processionthrough the main bazaar led by Black Hat dancers and

followed by everyone from Lamas in religious garb to localsdecked out in their splendid traditional costume.

The courtyard of the chapel beneath the gates of the palacereverberates with masked Lamas performing the ritual of thedance that is a drama as well as a religious event involvingsacrificial offerings at its climax.


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