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Over time, the term "Brokpa" fell out of use in Baltistan and the Drass area, in favour of ethnic labels such as "Dards" and "Shins". [7] Only the Brokpa of the lower Indus valley in Ladakh Dah Hanu region continue to retain the name, and their language is called Brokskat. [2] [8] They use the endonym Minaro.
The region is inhabited by the Brokpas — an exonym, used by the Ladakhis (lit. Highlanders) — who are a sub-group of the Shin people. [2] From their oral history, it can be reasoned that Dah-Hanu region was first occupied c. 10th century by a group of migratory Shins who practiced the largely-animist ancient Dardic religion, and staked claim to a "Minaro" ethnic identity. [2]
Brokpa, Drokpa, Dard and Shin is a category of Scheduled Tribes under the Indian constitution. The category contains tribes who speak Dardic languages . [ 1 ] In the Indian-administered Kashmir region, these tribes are mostly found in the Kargil and Baramulla districts and few of them are found in Leh .
The Bono-na or Bono nah is an ancient festival of the Minaro ( Brokpa) people [4] hosted alternatively between Dha and Garkon villages of the Aryan Valley region of Ladakh, India with a gap of a year. [5] It is a festival of thanksgiving to their deities and gods for good crops and prosperity to the people and the land of Minaro. [6]
Darchik [a] is a village in the Kargil district of Ladakh, primarily populated by the Brokpa people. The main language spoken here is known as Brokskat (in Ladakhi) which is part of the Dardic language of the Indo-European branch. Darchik is one of the four villages comprising the Aryan valley (with two in Kargil district and two in Leh district).
The two villages situated in the Dha Hanu valley, also known as Aryan valley, about 163 km northwest of Leh in Ladakh. Being at a lower altitude, Dha and Hanu is warmer than Leh, allowing for the cultivation of wine-grapes and cherries as well as apricots and walnuts.
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The Suru valley is inhabited 25,000 by people of Dard and Tibetan descent. [citation needed] The majority of the population are followers of Shi'a Islam. [26]According to local tradition, the populace was converted from Tibetan Buddhism during the rule of Thi-Namgyal, chief of Kartse and his Balti wife Thi Lha Khatun, who brought Muslim scholars to the area, which ultimately led to many ...