Dah Hanu
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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.[3]
The Brokpa people of Dah Hanu are nominally Buddhist but also worship their own animist pantheon of gods. They converted to Buddhism in the mid-nineteenth century.[4] They have an Indo-European appearance in contrast to the predominant Tibeto-Mongol inhabitants of most of Ladakh.[3] According to popular belief, the Brokpas were part of the army of Alexander the Great and came to the region over two thousand years ago[5][6]
"Some households still practice polyandry...it is the groom who pays the bride price. Women have rights of divorce."[7]
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