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The Brokpa or Shins are a small community of Dard
Dard

Dard can refer to:...
 people residing in the Dha-Hanu valley about 163 km southwest of Leh
Leh

Leh , was the capital of the Himalayas kingdom of Ladakh, now the Leh District in the state of Jammu and Kashmir, India. The town is still dominated by the now ruined Leh Palace, former home of the royal family of Ladakh, which resembles a mini-Potala Palace....
 in Ladakh
Ladakh

Ladakh is a region in the Indian Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir between the Kunlun Mountains mountain range in the north and the main Great Himalayas to the south, inhabited by people of Indo-Aryans and Tibetan people descent....
.

Dha and Hanu are two villages situated in the Dhahanu valley where they are found. They are also scattered in other parts of Ladakh. Part of the community are also located in the Deosai plateau just across the LOC in the Baltistan
Baltistan

Baltistan , also known as ?????? in the Balti language, is a region in northern Pakistan , bordering Xinjiang Autonomous regions of China of People's Republic of China....
. Like the people of Gilgit
Gilgit

Gilgit is a city in Northern PakistanGilgit may refer to other terms related with the area of the city:* Gilgit River* Gilgit Valley...
, they speak an archaic form of the Shina language
Shina language

Shina is a Dardic languages and is spoken by a plurality of people in Northern Areas of Pakistan. The Valleys include Astore, Chilas, Dareil, Tangeer, Gilgit, Ghizer, and a few parts of Baltistan and Kohistan....
 unintelligible with other dialects of Shina
Shina

Shina can refer to:* Shina , a Japanese term for mainland China; it is not used in Mongolia, Taiwan etc. and is considered offensive by many Chinese people...
.






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The Brokpa or Shins are a small community of Dard
Dard

Dard can refer to:...
 people residing in the Dha-Hanu valley about 163 km southwest of Leh
Leh

Leh , was the capital of the Himalayas kingdom of Ladakh, now the Leh District in the state of Jammu and Kashmir, India. The town is still dominated by the now ruined Leh Palace, former home of the royal family of Ladakh, which resembles a mini-Potala Palace....
 in Ladakh
Ladakh

Ladakh is a region in the Indian Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir between the Kunlun Mountains mountain range in the north and the main Great Himalayas to the south, inhabited by people of Indo-Aryans and Tibetan people descent....
.

Dha and Hanu are two villages situated in the Dhahanu valley where they are found. They are also scattered in other parts of Ladakh. Part of the community are also located in the Deosai plateau just across the LOC in the Baltistan
Baltistan

Baltistan , also known as ?????? in the Balti language, is a region in northern Pakistan , bordering Xinjiang Autonomous regions of China of People's Republic of China....
. Like the people of Gilgit
Gilgit

Gilgit is a city in Northern PakistanGilgit may refer to other terms related with the area of the city:* Gilgit River* Gilgit Valley...
, they speak an archaic form of the Shina language
Shina language

Shina is a Dardic languages and is spoken by a plurality of people in Northern Areas of Pakistan. The Valleys include Astore, Chilas, Dareil, Tangeer, Gilgit, Ghizer, and a few parts of Baltistan and Kohistan....
 unintelligible with other dialects of Shina
Shina

Shina can refer to:* Shina , a Japanese term for mainland China; it is not used in Mongolia, Taiwan etc. and is considered offensive by many Chinese people...
. They are original said to have come from Chilas
Chilas

Chilas is a small town located in the Northern Areas of Pakistan, Pakistan. It is connected to the Silk Road by the Karakoram Highway which links it to Islamabad in the south via Dassu, Mansehra, Abbottabad and Haripur, Pakistan....
 and settled in the area generations ago. They have an Indo-European appearance in contrast to the predominant Tibeto-Mongol inhabitants of most of Ladakh
Ladakh

Ladakh is a region in the Indian Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir between the Kunlun Mountains mountain range in the north and the main Great Himalayas to the south, inhabited by people of Indo-Aryans and Tibetan people descent....
 and are considered to be pure Aryan
Aryan

Aryan is an English language loanword. As the American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language states at the beginning of its definition, "[it] is one of the ironies of history that Aryan, a word nowadays referring to the blond-haired, blue-eyed physical ideal of Nazi Germany, originally referred to a people who looked vastly di...
. They are nominally Buddhist, however animist, pagan and Bön rituals still survive.

Minaro is an alternate ethnic name. 'Brokpa' is the name given by the Ladakhi for the people.

The Brokpa's staple is barley, which they grow in terraced fields irrigated by mountain streams. Walnut and apricot trees are also common, as is other fruit. The Brokpa do not eat meat, dairy, or eggs, can therefore be considered a vegan tribe.

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