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Brokpa Tribe of Jammu & Kashmir

If one undertakes a ride to the region of the Jammu and Kashmir, one can easily come across multitudes of tribal communities who have settled down in large numbers. Amongst them, the anthropologists have clamed that the Brokpa tribal community deserves to be special mentioning. In Jammu and Kashmir, the major concentration of this Brokpa tribal community has been found in several places like Dras (also spelt as Drass) Valley in the Ladakh ranges . Apart from Jammu and Kashmir , as per the anthropological records these Brokpa tribal community are also found to have settled down in several other places of India as well. The anthropologists also have claimed that Brokpa tribal community is one of the scheduled tribes of the Indian Territory.

The origin of the Brokpa tribal community has got a rich history behind it. According to the anthropologists, these tribes are supposed to be the offspring of the Dards of Chilas in the Gilgit region.

Brokpa Tribe of Jammu & KashmirIn order to carry on conversation, this Brokpa tribal community converse with each other in the beautiful language, popularly called Shinna. There are some people of this Brokpa tribal community who also have fluency in the Balti language for communication. . Just like many other tribal communities, this Brokpa tribal community carries on several occupations like husbandry, agriculture and allied occupations in order to meet their day-to-day requirements.

Cultural exuberance is also depicted in numerous elements like exquisite dresses, ornaments, festivals and fairs. What is also interesting is to note that Brokpa tribal community follows the Aryan culture and ethnicity. The Brokpa males wear a large woolen dress held at the waist by a waistband. Woolen pants and a headgear constituting of a turban are some of the important dresses of the Brokpa males. Brokpa females deck up in loose gowns, which cushions the whole body.

In order to carry on conversation with each other and also with other tribes, the Brokpa tribal community speaks with each other in the same language. Brokpa of Dah-Hanu, Dokskat, Kyango are the alternative names, which are given to the Brokpa language, which also belongs to the famous Indo European language family.

The Brokpa tribal community has developed orientation towards religion and also spiritual beliefs. Quite a number of tribal community of the Brokpa practice religions like Buddhist, Muslim. Apart from these, a multitude of local traditions and customs have also been developed.

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