Tuesday, 12 January 2016

A divine encounter with the people of “Gaddi” tribe of Himachal Pradesh, India.













So this time finally the dream of the members of MOTORISTA group came true. The dream to conquer the mightiest “SAACH PASS” which connects district Chamba, Himachal Pradesh with Pangi Valley.

The journey started last summer during our School holidays as we both are teachers by profession. The incident which we are going describe now actually happened while coming from Saach Pass. On the way while coming down we surprised to witness large group of sheep along with their guardian called as Gaddi in native language.

 We were in a dilemma that in such a far place from the city of Punjab whether we will get good response, whether we should speak to them? Our hearts shouted that the people of Himachal are of a divine soul. So, we stopped and started interacting with them.

Chatar Singh, the head of the tribe who was cooking some bread made of corn which is called DODHA in local language, spoke to us and offer us some food. We were hungry and accepted the offer without giving it another thought.

One person went to get some fresh goat milk and other kept a utensil on the fire. After few minutes a jug filled of goat milk was kept in front of us. The leader of the tribe poured some milk in a glass and asked us to drink. We tasted this for the very first time in our life. A soup was made with the same goat milk and was offered to us with corn bread. Some soya chunks were fried along with the soup. The taste was good but the  innocence  which was reflecting in their eyes made the food delicious 

The meeting with the local guy named Satpal lead to another journey to one the most remote village of the world. Keep reading……………………



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