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Dolpo: Between Yaks and Motorbikes

The changing landscape of Dolpo: from Yak-Pa (Yak Caravans) to motorbikes and modernity.

Pema lama

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Jan 2, 2025

What Does Modernity Bring to Dolpo?

For centuries, Dolpo people have sustained themselves through this agro-pastoralist way of life.

Kunsang Gurung

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Jul 31, 2024

The High-Stakes Hunt for Yarchagunbu: Dolpo's Lifeline and Struggle

Subsistence farming has been Dolpo’s lifeline. Today, it is changing...

Pema lama

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Jun 29, 2024

Snowmelt and Survival: The Uncertain Future of Farming in Dolpo.

Untimely snow followed by a late monsoon has been occurring for more than six years, as far as Sangmo, a local farmer, can remember.

Pema lama

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Jun 3, 2024

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Dolpo: Between Yaks and Motorbikes

Pema lama

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Jan 2, 2025

What Does Modernity Bring to Dolpo?

Kunsang Gurung

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Jul 31, 2024

The High-Stakes Hunt for Yarchagunbu: Dolpo's Lifeline and Struggle

Pema lama

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Jun 29, 2024

Snowmelt and Survival: The Uncertain Future of Farming in Dolpo.

Pema lama

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Jun 3, 2024

Discover Dolpo

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