Kullu. Near Vashist. Funeral of High Lama who has been in samadhi.
Kullu. Near Vashist. Funeral of a High Lama who had been a Samadhi.
From just below the Chandrakhani Pass. Tanjin making an offering to the gods, asking them to stop the rain & clear the sky so we could see where to go.
West Himalayan Holidays staff camping picnic Hampta Nala. Dorze, who has Rahul on his back, and Kranti.
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.
Nagar ‘mela’, deota’s ‘rath’ with ‘mohra’
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.
Nagar mela, two women, wearing Kullui ‘patthu’ sitting on a ferris wheel.
Hampta Nala. West Himalayan Holidays camping picnic. Under the evergreen oak trees, Christina, Tara, Kranti, Rahul and West Himalayan Holidays
Nagar mela. Girls wearing local ‘pattu’ riding on a hand driven ferris wheel.
Chamba district, a village near Tisa. On the way to the Sach Pass.
Bath-time at Gulab Das’s. Rahul and Tara.
