Dah Hanu

Dah Hanu
Dah Hanu
	Twin Villages
	Dah Hanu Location in Ladakh, India Dah Hanu Dah Hanu (India)
	Coordinates: 34.60°N 76.50°E
Country	India
Union Territory	Ladakh
District	Leh
Tehsil	Khalsi[1]
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)

Dah (also known as Dha) and Hanu are two villages of the Brokpa of the Leh District of the Indian union territory of Ladakh. Until recently, these were the only two villages where tourists were allowed to visit out of a number of Brokpa villages.

The Dard people of Dah Hanu are nominally Buddhist but also worship their own animist pantheon of gods. They have an Indo-European appearance in contrast to the predominant Tibeto-Mongol inhabitants of most of Ladakh.[2]

Dha and Hanu are two villages situated in the Dhahanu valley, about 163 km northwest of Leh in Ladakh. Being at a lower altitude, Dha and Hanu is warmer than Leh, allowing for the cultivation of wine-grapes and cherries as well as apricots and walnuts.[2]

"Some households still practice polyandry...it is the groom who pays the bride price. Women have rights of divorce."[3]

References

https://leh.nic.in/about-district/administrative-setup/village/
"Dha Hanu route intro". www.himalayabybike.com. Archived from the original on 22 August 2017. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
"The Sunday Tribune - Spectrum". www.tribuneindia.com. Retrieved 27 September 2015.

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[1] ttps://leh.nic.in/about-district/administrative-setup/village/

[:0-2] "Dha Hanu route intro". www.himalayabybike.com. Archived from the original on 22 August 2017. Retrieved 27 September 2015.

[3] "The Sunday Tribune - Spectrum". www.tribuneindia.com. Retrieved 27 September 2015.