LADAKH CULTURE

MANISH MAHAJAN

B.B.A - II

CONTENTS

Introduction History Culture Religion Language Cuisines Music Dance

INTRODUCTION Ladakh the land of high passes

is one of the highest inhabited plateaus of the world. Situated on the western end of the Himalayas.

The average maximum temperature that has been recorded is 28°c and the average minimum is minus 15°c.

History The famous Pashmina was extracted

from the eastern Ladakh, where it was transformed into shawls .

It attracted the attention of Gulab Singh, the ruler of Jammu, who sent his general Zorawar Singh to invade Ladakh in 1834 AD.

There followed a decade of war which ended with the emergence of the British power in north India. So, Ladakh was incorporated into the newly created state of Jammu & Kashmir.

Culture

Archery

Oracles and Astrologers 

Arts and Crafts 

•Pashmina

•Pattu

•Paintings

RELIGION Buddhism

Islam

Hinduism

LANGUAGE

The language of Ladakh is Ladakhi 

A recent survey has revealed approximately 1,00,000 speakers of Ladakhi, out of which about 12,000 reside in Tibet

CUISINES Ladakhi Food is the blend of

Chinese, Kashmiri and Korean cuisines.

Cuisines of Ladakh have some of the specialties which primarily include Momos, Butter tea, Pava, khambir, Holkur, Thukpa and Sku.

Music There are two main strains of secular

instrumental music. The earlier one is derived from Tibet; its instruments are the double flute and other is `damnyen`, aninstrument of plucked strings similar toIndian sitar. These are played privately.

For public music the instruments like Surna and Daman is use. The Surna is an oboe-like instrument related to the Indian `shehnai`, and Daman is a pair of drums like the Indian `tabla`.

Dance

Ladakh has a rich heritage

of folk dance.

Some of them are :

Jabro Dance

Yak Dance

Koshan Dance

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