where their appealing attire and variety of
dry fruits attract tourists to try and buy those
scrumptious fruits.
2. Most of the women have altered to a more
comfortable attire like salwars and kurtas as
their work tirelessly in their field. The Brokpa
women are as brave as their counterpart and
can tackle any problem with equal might.
Unlike the other tribes and modern states in
India, a Brokpa family doesn’t discriminate
between any of their children and even a
girl is sent all the way to a distant land if she
wishes to fulfil her dream.
3. Ts anzin, a lady at Hanu Yokma who
manages her house, farm and the guests who
opt for her home stay. With great zeal she
showed me her traditional cap embellished
with flowers and willingly agreed to be the
model for me. She could gracefully cook
and even make the salty butter tea using the
‘gudgud’, a traditional vessel to churn the
mixture of the tea and butter.
4. The Brokpa villages can astonish you with
some breathtaking views especially during
the apricot blossoms when the whole village
is adorned with soft pinkish flowers. It seems
that the branches are the pathways of the
spring and the flowers, their footsteps.
5. The Brokpa kids with their brown eyes and
sharp facial features seem to be brimming
with cuteness. Chuskit, the little sweet kid, is
much attracted to her mother’s traditional cap
and when finally she is given one, she seems
to be more amused at her tiny fingers.
6. Dolkar, the smartest girl of the Payupa
Canon EOS 700D 112mm F/8 1/320s ISO100
family at Garkone Village, loves teaching
the younger kids in the school and at home
and can’t resist playing with the traditional
attire and ornaments of her mother. Though
I couldn’t spend much time with the family,
most of my time was spent in clicking this
little beautiful Brokpa Girl.
7. Most of the Brokpa villages are difficult to
capture in the camera. The Villages are nestled
on the hills in such manner that it won’t really
look like a settlement. This was done to trick
the invaders and dacoits who were deceived
to believe the absence of the localities in the
hills. But the later settlements are beautifully
arranged in the shapes of some coliseums.
Hanu Gongma is one such village which is
a heart-shaped land located in between the
white water streams. It looks nothing short of
a fairytale land.
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Canon EOS 700D 135mm F/5.6 1/250s ISO250