People of Ladakh

From the archive record

Watch village life in Ladakh, Jammu & Kashmir state, India. Ladakh has a population of about 260,000 which is a blend of many different races, predominantly the Tibetans, Mons and the Dards. People of Dard descent predominate in Dras and Dha-Hanu areas. The people of Ladakh are hardy and tough akin to the rugged mountains which surround their dwellings yet very soft and plane at heart . With round faces, short noses, and chinki eyes they resemble more to the people of Tibet and central Asia than of India. This footage is part of the professionally-shot stock footage archive of Wilderness Films India Ltd., the largest collection of imagery from South Asia. The Wilderness Films India collection comprises of thousands of hours of high quality broadcast imagery, mostly shot on HDCAM 1080i High