1. Made by:
Vibhansh, Moin, Satendar,
Sandeep, Aditya,
Yash.k, Pinky and Akansha

2. Tribal people
• In this presentation we are going to cover the following
points:
1. Introduction about Changpa.
2. Changpa of the Tibet Autonomous Region.
3. Changpa of Jammu and Kashmir.
4. Extra information about Changpa.

3. Introduction
 The Changpa are a semi-nomadic Tibetan ethnic group found
mainly in Zanskar region of Jammu and Kashmir. A smaller
number were also in the western regions of the tibet
Autonomous Region until they suffered forced relocation by the
Chinese government.
 Changpas are the nomadic tribes of Changthang plateau
in Ladakh range of Jammu and Kashmir. Their main source of
income comes from animal husbandry. Changpas also engage in
petty trade. Barley is cultivated by these tribes. They collect salt
from the northern shore of the Tsokar Lake in Rupshu and sell it
in Ladakh. They live in tents made from the hair of yaks and
goats. These tribes believe in local deities and some of them have
converted into Buddhism.

4. Changpa of the Tibet Autonomous
Region.
• The homeland of the Changpa is a highaltitude plateau known
as the Changtang, which forms a portion of western and
northern Tibet extending into southeastern Ladakh,
and Changpa means "northerners" in Tibetan. Unlike many
other nomadic groups in Tibet, the Changpa are not under
pressure from settled farmers as the vast majority of land
they inhabit is too inhospitable for farming.
• Most of the Tibetan Changtang is now protected nature
reserves consisting of the Changtang Nature Reserve, the
second-largest nature reserve in the world, and four new
adjoining smaller reserves totalling 496,000 km2. (191,507 sq.
miles) of connected Nature Reserves, which represents an
area almost as large as Spain, and bigger than 197 countries.

5. Changpa of the Tibet Autonomous
Region.
• Since the reserves have been established there has been a
welcome increase in the numbers of endangered species. The
protected areas stretch across parts of the Tibet Autonomous
Region, Xinjiang and Qinghai in China.

6. Changpa of Jammu and Kashmir.
• The Changpa of Ladakh are high altitude pastoralists, raising
mainly yaks and goats. Among the Lasakh Changpa, those
who are still nomadic are known as Phalpa, and they take
their herds from in the Hanley Valley to the village of Lato.
Hanley is home to six isolated settlements, where the
sedentary Changpa, the Fangpareside. Despite their different
lifestyles, both these groups intermarry. The Changpa
speak Changskhat, a dialect of Tibetan, and practice Tibetan
Buddhism.
• As of 2001, the Changpa were classified as a Scheduled
Tribe under the Indian government's reservation program
of affirmative action.

7. Changpa of Jammu and Kashmir.
• Only a small part of Changthang crosses the border into
Ladakh, in the Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir. It is,
however, on a historically important route for travelers
journeying from Ladakh to Lhasa, and now has many different
characteristics due to being part of India. Historically, the
Changpa of the Lasakh would migrate with their herds into
Tibet, but with Chinese occupation of Tibet, this route has
been closed.

8. Extra information about Changpa.
• No culture of any of the tribal communities of India is
regarded to be ennobled without treasure of its culture and
traditional exuberances. In this regard, the status of the
Changpa tribes is quite high. It has been rightly been seen in
several of its aspects like housing, dance, music, festivals, etc.
• This tribal community form Jammu and Kashmir prefers to
reside in beautiful tents that are nicely prepared form the
hairs of yaks and goats. Like many of the tribal communities,
this Changpa tribal community too is widely oriented towards
religion and several of the spiritual beliefs and customs.

9. Extra information about Changpa.
• However, these Changpa tribes still retained their heritage of
observing local religious rites and customs. Also in the
Changpa tribal society, there is no death of local deities and
goddesses. According to some of the anthropologists, there
are few Muslims also who celebrate festival of Ramzan and
Eid in lots of reverence. Apart from Jammu and Kashmir
valley, many of this Changpa tribal community also are found
in other places of India.

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