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This short video documents the rituals and practices around a wedding ceremony that is still practised in the Rong Chu rGyud region of Ladakh in Jammu and Kashmir.
The documentary was shot in Hemya village that lies 80 kilometers from Leh. The two main ceremonies, the Sha Chang and the Bagston…
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Losal Dorjay is an Onpo (astrologer) from Kidmang village, that lies in the Rong Chu rGyud area of Ladakh. He inherited and learnt astrology from his grandfather. His grandfather’s tattered astrology chart now lies carefully with him. These days he uses modern astrology charts that are printed…
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Sonam Dorjay, a village elder from Kairy village in Rong Changthang, gives an overview of the three different kinds of wedding ceremonies (in Buddhist families) that are usually held in the Rong Chu rGyud area of Ladakh. He talks about an elaborate wedding practice that includes an 80-songs duel…
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This module aims to document wedding rituals in a village of Rong Chu rGyud in the Changthang region of Ladakh. Wedding rituals are an important part of the intangible cultural heritage of this Himalayan region. Such rituals include wedding songs and the use of stormas (dough sculptures) with…
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