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EXPLAINED: Divided land disputed origins india s brokpa people | Rare Historical Photos

India Himalayas Ladakh

The Brokpa people of Ladakh have no written language, practise a culture of polygamy, and have their own calendar (Credit: AFP)

High in the icy Indian Himalayas, a long-isolated people recall origin myths of millennia-old migrations from afar -- an identity in disputed lands twisted today by politics.

The Brokpa people of Ladakh have no written language, practise a culture of polygamy, and have their own calendar.

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