Bursa Thang

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BURSA thang on the right bank (east) of the Hanle River in SE Ladakh

Stark and bare as it may seem, yet, there are moments when this plain and its adjacent plain Mankhang la teems with life especially in winter. Here are pictures of a migration of the Changpas in December 2010 from the NE edge of Bursa plain to near Tsomoriri.

Without their sheep dogs and horses these migrations from ribo (camp) to ribo would be impossible.

The photographs don't show it, but theree is always a wind in winter. In the evening and part of the night it is gale force whipping up sand and hurling it into the face of a fella unlucky to be outside. Nowadays they carry solar panels for light at night, and they have gas cylinders. That, bank accounts and jeans and jackets are the only concessions to modernity.