#ladakhi

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Ladakhis from India

"Ladakhi couple in fine traditional clothing. Kingdom of Ladakh, Himalayas. ❤️🙏

The portrait was never published before. It is not very often that I have a chance to photograph a beautiful local couple dressed in some fine examples of noble people's clothing of a Himalayan Kingdom. Just look at these guys. They look absolutely fantastic. I just love Ladakh for its rich traditional culture that resonates in my heart. Toook jay shay 🙏 One World. One People. One Love. 🌏❤️🙏📸"

- The World in Faces photo project by Alexander Khimushin.

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Namza Couture

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Frozen (Shivajee Chandrabhushan, 2007)

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Portraits of Indigenous People From All Around the World

“On the shores of a frozen lake near Gya, this shepherd carries dried yak dung in his hood. It’s used as fuel, and to reinforce the insulation of Ladakhi houses.” Ladakhi shepherd, India, 2017

(Photo: © Nadia Ferroukhi)

For over 50 years, Survival International has been working to protect the rights of Indigenous people around the globe.

To help support their ongoing campaigns, they’ve recently released their 2023 calendar, We, the People.

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Handcrafted Ladakhi costumes created by Namza Couture and inspired by traditional Tibetan designs  https://www.instagram.com/namzacouture

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hyperdetail outfit studies, back when i didnt know how to take pictures

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With only simple tools at their disposal, Ladakhis spend a long time accomplishing each task. Producing wool for clothes involves the time-consuming work of looking after the sheep while they graze, shearing them with hand tools, and working the wool from beginning to end—cleaning, spinning, and finally weaving it. In the same way, producing food, from sowing the seed until the food is served on the table, is labor-intensive. Yet I found that the Ladakhis had an abundance of time. They worked at a gentle pace and had a surprising amount of leisure. Time is measured loosely; there is never a need to count minutes. "I'll come to see you toward midday, toward evening," they will say, giving themselves several hours' leeway. Ladakhi has many lovely words to depict time, all broad and generous. Gongrot means "from after dark till bedtime"; nyitse means literally "sun on the mountain peaks"; and chipe-chirrit, "bird song," describes that time of the morning, before the sun has risen, when the birds sing. Even during the harvest season, when the work lasts long hours, it is done at a relaxed pace that allows an eighty-year-old as well as a young child to join in and help. People work hard, but at their own rate, accompanied by laughter and song. The distinction between work and play is not rigidly defined.

Helena Norberg Hodge, Ancient Futures: Learning From Ladakh

[drowster]

Portrait of a Ladakhi in the Himalayas, India

by Drowster