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The Drokppa tribe lives in the fertile Ladakh Valley, between India and Pakistan, in three small settlements. It counts no more than 2500 people engaged in agriculture and vegetable production and strictly adhere to their traditions. The name of the tribe - "drokpa", in local language means "nomads". The ancient Aryan tribe is really the last ethnically closed society. Historians say dropps are the only authentic descendants of Aryans left in India. According to one legend, the first droppings were soldiers from the Army
Alexander the Great. According to another, drokpps are descendants of the Aryan tribe Dardi.
In the global world, every destination is within reach and every society admits aliens in its ranks. Not the Drokppa tribe. Historians have already proven that it is the only closed society in the world that does not allow its ethnos to be "polluted" by foreign blood.
Drokps are considered to be the last Aryans on earth. Unfortunately, they number only 2,500 and are extinct.
Travel photographer Jimmy Nelson has been able to capture these extraordinary people. Droppi are completely different - physically, culturally, linguistically and socially - from the Tibetan-Burmese inhabitants of much of Ladakh. The male and female dropps are tall and light, with large, light eyes, tight lips and characteristic noses and eyebrows. As a result, they are considered superior and do not marry in other communities.This isolation allows the tribe to retain its ethnicity.They love music, dancing, jewels, flowers and barley wine. Their cultural vibrancy is reflected in exquisite clothing and embellishments, worn especially during festivals such as the Bonano Festival in late summer, when men and women dance 3 nights in a row. Men's jeans wear large woolen garments, held on the waist over wool trousers. Women wear special woolen garments and dress up with shells, beads and silver jewelry. Goat skins complement traditional clothing. Both men and women wear unusual hats decorated with flowers, coins and mussels. Daily life consists of agriculture and agriculture (mostly for subsistence). Fertility and temperate climate in the valley lead to lush greenery. The main sources of revenue for droxas are apples, grapes, nuts, dried apricots, apricot kernel oil, and other products grown in the well-kept Droppa vegetable gardens.
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