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| Keywords: Hanu tribe.jpg A tribe in Hanu also called a Hanupa in local terms They live in almost sheer isolation in villages Dah and Hanu which can be accessed only by a really bumpy road ride which skirts a sheer cliff face with the river flowing fast and furious below Then one could trek up a goat-track and experience what it means to climb lofty mountains As one suddenly round a bend in the track one is confronted with terraced fields of barley studded with apricot trees a smattering of stone huts and irrigation ditches covered with flagstones which are actually pathways The story according to its warm and handsome people goes thus when their forefathers chanced upon these villages on their expedition to find a new land for their tribe seeing its inhospitable nature they resolved to come back in Spring When they returned as promised they saw barley seeds dropping from the warm straw and insulating their shoes This phenomenon decided them to move here with their entire tribe Gods and all The interesting story revolving around their Gods the 'Lahs' is that they were the only ones who held the secret to fertility but since all they were interested in was dance dance and dance the 'Dahs' discovered this secret by accident The enraged Lahs then left the place with a huge explosion leaving a gaping hole in the ground Own 2006-09-24 Alin Dev People of Ladakh Women of Jammu and Kashmir Portrait photographs of women at bust length | ||||
