Brokkpa community

The culture of Brokkpa community in Ladakh region, India

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00:00Good morning, friends.

00:05The Brokpa community is residing in the isolated Dahonu Valley along the Indus River in Ladakh, India.

00:12Extending to remote pockets near the line of control in Akhistan danish Kashmir.

00:18They maintain a vibrant yet engaged musical and dance heritage.

00:24Music and dance are not mere entertainment but integral to rituals, harvest, thanksgames.

00:30Oral history preserving migration tales, deity invocations and community bonds.

00:37Brokpa music empathizes rhythmic percussion and vocal polyphormy.

00:42A small hourglass-shaped hand drum covered in goat skin played with a wooden beater.

00:48Synchronized footwork to symbolize unity and cosmic cycles.

00:54Men lead in warrior-like steps, women add graceful sways.

01:00The Brokpa dance is Aryan-folk-dardnas or div-to-mua.