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| {{Short description|A group of people native to the Ladakh in the India}} | {{Short description|A group of people native to the Ladakh in the India}} | ||
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| {{Infobox ethnic group | {{Infobox ethnic group | ||
| | group = Ladakhis | | group = Ladakhis | ||
| | native_name = {{Bo-textonly|ལ་དྭགས་པ།}} / {{Nastaliq|لداخیس}} | |||
| | image = Ladakhi old man.jpg | | image = Ladakhi old man.jpg | ||
| | caption = Ladakhi man at ], |
| caption = Ladakhi man at ], Leh | ||
| | poptime = | | poptime = | ||
| | region1 = ] {{small|(])}} | | region1 = ] {{small|(])}} | ||
| | pop1 = 274,289 (]) |
| pop1 = 274,289 (]) | ||
| | ref1 = <ref>{{cite web|title=Ladakhi|url=https://www.ethnologue.com/language/lbj|website=Ethnologue|access-date=30 Dec 2022}}</ref> | |||
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| | region2 = | | region2 = ] {{small|(])}} | ||
| | pop2 = | | pop2 = 12,000 (1995) | ||
| | ref2 = <ref>{{cite web|title=Ladakhi|url=https://www.ethnologue.com/language/lbj|website=Ethnologue|access-date=30 Dec 2022}}</ref> | |||
| | ref2 = | |||
| | region3 = ] {{small|(])}} | |||
| ⚫ | | pop3 = 900 (2019) | ||
| | ref3 = {{cn|date=March 2024}} | |||
| | langs = ]<!-- don't include the so-called state's official languages, it is an ethnic group, not a polity --> | | langs = ]<!-- don't include the so-called state's official languages, it is an ethnic group, not a polity --> | ||
| | rels = <br |
| rels = ] ]{{citation needed|reason=This article is about Ladakhi people not Ladakh state|date=February 2024}}<br>] ]<br>] ] | ||
| | related = ], ], other ] | |||
| ] ]{{nowrap|{{small|(] majority, ] minority)}}}}<br /> | |||
| | related = Other ], ] | |||
| | footnotes = | | footnotes = | ||
| | native_name = ལ་དྭགས་སྐད | |||
| }} | }} | ||
| '''Ladakhis''', '''Ladakhi people''', or '''Ladakspa''' are an ethnic group and first-language speakers of the ] living in the ] region in the northernmost part of ] and ] in ].<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Singh |first1=Mugdha |last2=Sarkar |first2=Anujit |last3=Kumar |first3=Devinder |last4=Nandineni |first4=Madhusudan R. |date=6 February 2020 |title=The genetic affinities of Gujjar and Ladakhi populations of India |journal=Scientific Reports |language=en |volume=10 |issue=1 |pages=2055 |doi=10.1038/s41598-020-59061-9 |pmid=32029844 |pmc=7005309 |bibcode=2020NatSR..10.2055S |issn=2045-2322|doi-access=free }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Ladakhi |url=https://www.ethnologue.com/language/lbj |access-date=2022-12-30 |website=Ethnologue |language=en}}</ref> A small number of Ladakhis are also found in ], Pakistan.{{cn|date=March 2024}} | |||
| '''Ladakhis''' or '''Ladakhi people''' are first-language speakers of the ] living in the ] region in the north most part of India. | |||
| == History == | == History == | ||
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| == Culture == | == Culture == | ||
| ⚫ | {{Main article|Culture of Ladakh}} | ||
| == Religion == | |||
| Ladakhi culture is similar to ].<ref>{{cite web |title=Ladakh Festival – a Cultural Spectacle |publisher=EF News International |access-date=28 August 2006 |url-status=dead |url=http://www.efi-news.com/2011/09/ladakh-festival-cultural-spectacle.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120502152610/http://www.efi-news.com/2011/09/ladakh-festival-cultural-spectacle.html |archive-date= 2 May 2012 }}</ref> | |||
| {{Main article|Ladakh#Religion}} | |||
| === Cuisine === | |||
| ]]] | |||
| Ladakhi food has much in common with ], the most prominent foods being '']'' (noodle soup) and '']'', known in Ladakhi as ''ngampe'' (roasted barley flour). Edible without cooking, ''tsampa'' makes useful trekking food. Strictly Ladakhi dishes include ''skyu'' and ''chutagi'', both heavy and rich soup pasta dishes, ''skyu'' being made with root vegetables and meat, and ''chutagi'' with leafy greens and vegetables.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Motup|first=Sonam|date=|title=Food & Cuisine: 10 Best Dishes to Eat in Leh-Ladakh 🥄🥣|url=https://www.leh-ladakh-taxi-booking.com/practical-info/food-and-cuisine-10-best-dishes-to-eat-in-ladakh|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=|website=}}</ref> As Ladakh moves toward a cash-based economy, foods from the plains of India are becoming more common.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Namgail, T., Jensen, A., Padmanabhan, S., Desor, S. & Dolma, R. |title=Dhontang: Food in Ladakh |date=2019 |publisher=Central Institute of Buddhist Studies, Local Futures |isbn=978-93-83802-15-9 |pages=1–44}}</ref> As in other parts of Central Asia, tea in Ladakh is traditionally made with strong green tea, butter, and salt. It is mixed in a large churn and known as '']'', after the sound it makes when mixed. Sweet tea (''cha ngarmo'') is common now, made in the Indian style with milk and sugar. Most of the surplus barley that is produced is fermented into ''chang'', an alcoholic beverage drunk especially on festive occasions.<ref name="WomensAlliance">{{cite book |last=Norberg-Hodge |first=Helena |year=2000 |title=Ancient Futures: Learning from Ladakh |publisher=Oxford India Paperbacks }}</ref> | |||
| === Music and dance === | |||
| {{main|Music of Ladakh}} | |||
| ] | |||
| ] | |||
| The music of Ladakhi Buddhist monastic festivals, like ], often involves religious ] in ] as an integral part of the religion. These chants are complex, often recitations of sacred texts or in celebration of various festivals. ''Yang'' chanting, performed without metrical timing, is accompanied by resonant drums and low, sustained syllables. Religious mask dances are an important part of Ladakh's cultural life. ], a leading centre of the ] tradition of Buddhism, holds an annual masked dance festival, as do all major Ladakhi monasteries. The dances typically narrate a story of the fight between good and evil, ending with the eventual victory of the former.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.dollsofindia.com/library/article0010/2/ |title=Masks: Reflections of Culture and Religion |publisher=Dolls of India |access-date=21 August 2006 |date=12 January 2003 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110710143621/http://www.dollsofindia.com/library/article0010/2/ |archive-date=10 July 2011 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Weaving is an important part of traditional life in eastern Ladakh. Both women and men weave, on different looms.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.powells.com/cgi-bin/biblio?inkey=62-0834805219-0 |title=Living Fabric: Weaving Among the Nomads of Ladakh Himalaya |access-date=21 August 2006 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110629123453/http://www.powells.com/cgi-bin/biblio?inkey=62-0834805219-0 |archive-date=29 June 2011 |url-status=dead }}</ref> | |||
| === Sport === | |||
| ] | |||
| The most popular sport in Ladakh is ], which is played only on natural ice generally mid-December through mid-February.<ref>{{cite web |last=Sherlip |first=Adam |title=Hockey Foundation |url=http://www.hockeyfoundation.org}}</ref> Cricket is also very popular. | |||
| Archery is a traditional sport in Ladakh, and many villages hold archery festivals, which are as much about traditional dancing, drinking and gambling, as they are about the sport. The sport is conducted with strict etiquette, to the accompaniment of the music of ''surna'' and ''daman'' (] and drum). Polo, the other traditional sport of Ladakh, is indigenous to Baltistan and ], and was probably introduced into Ladakh in the mid-17th century by King Singge Namgyal, whose mother was a Balti princess.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.jktourism.org/cities/ladakh/culture/index.htm |title=Ladakh culture |publisher=Jammu and Kashmir Tourism |access-date=21 August 2006 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060712004749/http://www.jktourism.org/cities/ladakh/culture/index.htm <!-- Bot retrieved archive --> |archive-date=12 July 2006}}</ref> | |||
| Polo, popular among the Baltis, is an annual affair in Drass region of Kargil district.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.greaterkashmir.com/news/2011/Jul/10/lalit-group-organises-polo-tourney-in-drass-19.asp |title=Lalit Group Organises Polo Tourney in Drass, Celebrating 100 Years, Sports Events Imperative To Showcase Talent: Omar |work=] |date=10 July 2011 |access-date=6 June 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130730165436/http://www.greaterkashmir.com/news/2011/Jul/10/lalit-group-organises-polo-tourney-in-drass-19.asp |archive-date=30 July 2013 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://khagta.photoshelter.com/gallery/-/G0000A0sXWCwJqug/ |title=Traditonal [sic] Polo in Drass, Ladakh | Himanshu Khagta – Travel Photographer in India |last=Khagta |first=Himanshu |author-link=Himanshu Khagta |date=18 July 2011 |website=PhotoShelter: Himanshu Khagta |access-date=6 June 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.statetimes.in/news/manipur-lifts-lalit-suri-polo-cup/ |title=Manipur lifts Lalit Suri Polo Cup |work=] |date=12 June 2012 |access-date=6 June 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140517115507/http://www.statetimes.in/news/manipur-lifts-lalit-suri-polo-cup/ |archive-date=17 May 2014 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.thelalit.com/the-lalit-events/the-lalit-suri-exhibition-polo-2009 |title=Business Hotels in India – Event Planning in India – The Lalit Hotels |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130314203252/http://www.thelalit.com/the-lalit-events/the-lalit-suri-exhibition-polo-2009 |archive-date=14 March 2013}}</ref> | |||
| The ] is a high-altitude ] held in ] every year since 2012. Held at a height of {{convert|11500|to|17,618|ft}}, it is one of the world's highest marathons.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.business-standard.com/article/pti-stories/lahdc-organises-3rd-ladakh-marathon-at-leh-114091501153_1.html |title=LAHDC organises 3rd Ladakh Marathon at Leh | Business Standard News |publisher=Business-standard.com |access-date=14 September 2015}}</ref> | |||
| ] Winter Games in Ladakh]] | |||
| === Social status of women === | |||
| ] | |||
| A feature of Ladakhi society that distinguishes it from the rest of the state is the high status and relative emancipation enjoyed by women compared to other rural parts of India. Fraternal ] and inheritance by ] were common in Ladakh until the early 1940s when these were made illegal by the government of Jammu and Kashmir. However, the practice remained in existence into the 1990s especially among the elderly and the more isolated rural populations.<ref name="Gielen, U. P. 1993">{{cite journal |last=Gielen |first=Uwe |title=Gender roles in traditional Tibetan cultures |year=1998 |journal= In L.L Adler (Ed.), International Handbook on Gender Roles. Westport, CT: Greenwood.|pages=413–437}}</ref> Another custom is known as ''khang-bu'', or 'little house', in which the elders of a family, as soon as the eldest son has sufficiently matured, retire from participation in affairs, yielding the headship of the family to him and taking only enough of the property for their own sustenance. | |||
| === Traditional medicine === | |||
| {{main|Traditional Tibetan medicine}} | |||
| ] has been the traditional health system of Ladakh for over a thousand years. This school of traditional healing contains elements of ] and ], combined with the philosophy and ] of Tibetan Buddhism. For centuries, the only medical system accessible to the people have been the '']'', traditional doctors following the Tibetan medical tradition. '']'' medicine remains a component of public health, especially in remote areas.<ref name="Plantlife">{{cite web |url=http://www.plantlife.org.uk/international/plantlife-med-plants-projects-allachy-India-Ladakh.htm |title=Plantlife.org project on medicinal plants of importance to amchi medicine |publisher=Plantlife.org.uk |access-date=21 June 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090617115651/http://www.plantlife.org.uk/international/plantlife-med-plants-projects-allachy-India-Ladakh.htm |archive-date=17 June 2009 }}</ref> | |||
| Programmes by the government, local and international organisations are working to develop and rejuvenate this traditional system of healing.<ref name="Plantlife" /><ref>{{cite web |url=http://cbhi-hsprod.nic.in/listdetails.asp?roid=127 |title=A government of India project in support of Sowa Rigpa-'amchi' medicine |publisher=Cbhi-hsprod.nic.in |access-date=21 June 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120222103818/http://cbhi-hsprod.nic.in/listdetails.asp?roid=127 |archive-date=22 February 2012 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Efforts are underway to preserve the intellectual property rights of ] for the people of Ladakh. The government has also been trying to promote the ] in the form of juice and jam, as some claim it possess medicinal properties. | |||
| The ] in Leh is an institute for research into traditional medicine and a hospital providing traditional treatments.<ref>{{cite web | title=Modi govt to promote Tibetan healing system with AIIMS-like Sowa-Rigpa hospital in Leh | website=ThePrint | date=28 November 2019 | url=https://theprint.in/health/modi-govt-to-promote-tibetan-healing-system-with-aiims-like-sowa-rigpa-hospital-in-leh/326946/ | access-date=3 August 2020}}</ref> | |||
| == Demographics == | |||
| ⚫ | {{Main article|Ladakh |
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| ==Notes== | |||
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| ==See also== | |||
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| ==References== | ==References== | ||
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Latest revision as of 19:46, 25 November 2024
A group of people native to the Ladakh in the IndiaEthnic group
| ལ་དྭགས་པ། / لداخیس | |
|---|---|
 Ladakhi man at Shey Monastery, Leh | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
| India (Ladakh) | 274,289 (2011) |
| China (Tibet) | 12,000 (1995) |
| Pakistan (Baltistan) | 900 (2019) |
| Languages | |
| Ladakhi language | |
| Religion | |
 Shia Islam Hinduism Buddhism | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Tibetan people, Balti people, other Tibetic peoples | |
Ladakhis, Ladakhi people, or Ladakspa are an ethnic group and first-language speakers of the Ladakhi language living in the Ladakh region in the northernmost part of Jammu and Kashmir and Tibet in China. A small number of Ladakhis are also found in Baltistan, Pakistan.
History
Main article: History of LadakhCulture
Main article: Culture of LadakhReligion
Main article: Ladakh § ReligionReferences
- "Ladakhi". Ethnologue. Retrieved 30 December 2022.
- "Ladakhi". Ethnologue. Retrieved 30 December 2022.
- Singh, Mugdha; Sarkar, Anujit; Kumar, Devinder; Nandineni, Madhusudan R. (6 February 2020). "The genetic affinities of Gujjar and Ladakhi populations of India". Scientific Reports. 10 (1): 2055. Bibcode:2020NatSR..10.2055S. doi:10.1038/s41598-020-59061-9. ISSN 2045-2322. PMC 7005309. PMID 32029844.
- "Ladakhi". Ethnologue. Retrieved 30 December 2022.
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