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Chhipla Jaat (चिप्ला जात): The Barefoot Yatra Through Kumaon’s High Hills

Chhipla Jaat (चिप्ला जात): The Barefoot Yatra Through Kumaon’s High Hills

Dawn at Khela: Where It BeginsBefore sunrise, Khela village (खेला गाँव) is awake. The chill clings t...

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Jagda (जगदा): When Mahasu’s Presence Walks the Hills

Jagda (जगदा): When Mahasu’s Presence Walks the Hills

In the Jaunsar-Bawar location of Uttarakhand, while the month of भाद्रपद (Bhadrapad) arrives, some...

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Bhitauli (भितौली): When Sisters Wait & Brothers Gift

Bhitauli (भितौली): When Sisters Wait & Brothers Gift

IntroductionIn the hill districts of उत्तराखंड from Kumaon to Garhwal there’s a competition that do...

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Anduri Utsav (अंडूरी उत्सव): The Butter Festival of the Hills

Anduri Utsav (अंडूरी उत्सव): The Butter Festival of the Hills

In the high meadows of Uttarkashi, where the wind whistles through very well-forested areas and the...

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Hill Jatra (हिलजात्रा): Mud, Masks, Music, and the Pulse of Kumaon

Hill Jatra (हिलजात्रा): Mud, Masks, Music, and the Pulse of Kumaon

In mid-Bhado (typically September), when the rains loosen their grip on the hills of Pithoragarh, so...

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घुघुतिया (Ghughutiya): कौवों का त्यौहार, बच्चों की हँसी और कुमाऊँ की मिठास

घुघुतिया (Ghughutiya): कौवों का त्यौहार, बच्चों की हँसी और कुमाऊँ की मिठास

Imagine a frosty January morning in the Kumaon hills. The sun is hesitant, the mist curls lazily bet...

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