Prodigious and outstanding<\/p>\n
wide-ranging and far flung<\/p>\n
Breathtaking and overwhelming<\/p>\n
just wandering among<\/p>\n
the mountain paths<\/p>\n
Exceptionally, beautiful out here<\/p>\n
panoramic skies of blue<\/p>\n
unrestricted and so clear<\/p>\n
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Zanskar Kaargill District<\/p>\n
Ladakh in India where<\/p>\n
There are \u00a0isolated \u00a0villages<\/p>\n
and where people are aware<\/p>\n
the altitude is very high<\/p>\n
fields of Barley sway<\/p>\n
in the stiff winds blowing<\/p>\n
in the true light of the day<\/p>\n
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an ethnologist about to start<\/p>\n
a three months study here<\/p>\n
Gestures \u00a0words and phrases<\/p>\n
Learning it is clear<\/p>\n
this Himalayan Region<\/p>\n
Where life is in<\/p>\n
the \u00a0raw<\/p>\n
4 generations of sharing<\/p>\n
Great \u00a0rocky scapes and more<\/p>\n
apparently more women live here<\/p>\n
and we see<\/p>\n
farming and grass cutting<\/p>\n
and we vitally<\/p>\n
face vast<\/p>\n
long mountain passes<\/p>\n
overly on view<\/p>\n
the light up here exceptional<\/p>\n
the extremes are blatant too<\/p>\n
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weather beaten faces<\/p>\n
Complexions clear and tanned<\/p>\n
an eminence apparent<\/p>\n
Strong \u00a0of hand and eye<\/p>\n
trecking through the various paths<\/p>\n
all very very high<\/p>\n
13000 feet or more<\/p>\n
where Barley grasses grow<\/p>\n
too high for much else \u00a0it seems<\/p>\n
for god types to bestow<\/p>\n
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the slopes are rugged orange<\/p>\n
the sky a vast display<\/p>\n
of blueness with some far off clouds<\/p>\n
simple folk whose way<\/p>\n
is dealing with their children<\/p>\n
This is \u00a0what they do<\/p>\n
a kid brought in a basket<\/p>\n
thats what is asked of \u00a0you<\/p>\n
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housekeeping and preparing<\/p>\n
the Barley stew of old<\/p>\n
no vegetables grow at this height<\/p>\n
so on Barley they are sold<\/p>\n
this \u00a0a land of women folk<\/p>\n
Weaving \u00a0grasses they<\/p>\n
Prepared for the simplicity<\/p>\n
an assembly each day<\/p>\n
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The integrity of \u00a0Nature<\/p>\n
the wholeness one can feel<\/p>\n
Totality of \u00a0purpose<\/p>\n
Just everything is \u00a0real<\/p>\n
artistic composition<\/p>\n
an authorship as well<\/p>\n
a literary expansion<\/p>\n
its like a magic spell<\/p>\n
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such harmony and quietness<\/p>\n
Prequels to the \u00a0fore<\/p>\n
a great spirit of vastness<\/p>\n
beyond everyones door<\/p>\n
the simplicity of cooking \u00a0pots<\/p>\n
in perpetuity<\/p>\n
of women\u2019s work<\/p>\n
done day and \u00a0night<\/p>\n
And always purposefully.<\/p>\n
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Prodigious and outstanding wide-ranging and far flung Breathtaking and overwhelming just wandering among the mountain paths Exceptionally, beautiful out here panoramic skies of blue unrestricted and so clear Zanskar Kaargill District Ladakh in India where There are \u00a0isolated \u00a0villages … Continue reading