A Dice Game of Changpa Tribesmen...... A Video

Changpa nomadic tribesmen playing a traditional game of dice in a roadside restaurant at Durbuk (Durbuk Laga) village...... with nails, keys and the shells of cowries (Monetaria moneta, were used for centuries as a currency in India)!

 

Durbuk (Durbuk Laga), located at an altitude of 13,500 ft with a recorded population of 300 people, is a village on the way to Pangong Tso (Lake) that falls under the Ladhak region of Jammu and Kashmir state in India.

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Uploaded on November 24, 2014
Taken on October 8, 2014