https://lastdokpa.com/main-page daily 1.0 2020-10-16 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5ac7154a4611a0f5f12e2cdf/t/5ac7f4ed0e2e72bd85683989/1524200775313/DokpaProject-11.jpg MAIN PAGE https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5ac7154a4611a0f5f12e2cdf/t/5ac7f834aa4a998f3f0a2c99/1524202100109/DokpaProject-15.jpg MAIN PAGE https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5ac7154a4611a0f5f12e2cdf/t/5ac7f6758a922dc77377458a/1524200753053/DokpaProject-13.jpg MAIN PAGE https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5ac7154a4611a0f5f12e2cdf/t/5acaeb626d2a73d3a000eea4/1524202111527/DokpaProject-17.jpg MAIN PAGE Kusang's wife, Pasan Kipa, outside their home in Ravangla. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5ac7154a4611a0f5f12e2cdf/t/5ac7f75e1ae6cf686a925d3f/1524200742043/DokpaProject-14.jpg MAIN PAGE https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5ac7154a4611a0f5f12e2cdf/t/5ac7f5bc758d46742a1687a7/1524200762067/DokpaProject-12.jpg MAIN PAGE Camp 6 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5ac7154a4611a0f5f12e2cdf/t/5ad574f4562fa78070354092/1524202666159/DokpaProject-62.jpg MAIN PAGE Tenzing Lhundup https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5ac7154a4611a0f5f12e2cdf/t/5ad59db4562fa78070396daf/1524202686448/DokpaProject-71.jpg MAIN PAGE Pema Chorden in her hut at Yangdi, north of Thangu. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5ac7154a4611a0f5f12e2cdf/t/5ad578992b6a288e32acd9a3/1524202694387/DokpaProject-64.jpg MAIN PAGE Thea Cheuang https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5ac7154a4611a0f5f12e2cdf/t/5ad577271ae6cf350af6fcda/1524202677897/DokpaProject-63.jpg MAIN PAGE https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5ac7154a4611a0f5f12e2cdf/t/5ad432b988251b90ed6597db/1524202541103/DokpaProject-53.jpg MAIN PAGE Photo by Monika Agarwal https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5ac7154a4611a0f5f12e2cdf/t/5ad4440ff950b77bff8b0fbe/1524202523317/DokpaProject-59.jpg MAIN PAGE A Dokpa camp on the edge of the Tibetan Plateau - Photo by Monika Agarwal https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5ac7154a4611a0f5f12e2cdf/t/5ad4447b352f53c87a4c236e/1524202532120/DokpaProject-60.jpg MAIN PAGE Looking toward Tibet - Photo by Monika Agarwal https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5ac7154a4611a0f5f12e2cdf/t/5ad4309a70a6ad118aa21a0b/1524202515300/DokpaProject-54.jpg MAIN PAGE Photo by Monika Agarwal https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5ac7154a4611a0f5f12e2cdf/t/5ac7df3e2b6a287fb893f26d/1524202010434/DokpaProject-4.jpg MAIN PAGE Ugean, inside his home at Nyima Ten https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5ac7154a4611a0f5f12e2cdf/t/5acc5350562fa79982c9091c/1524202377923/DokpaProject-39.jpg MAIN PAGE https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5ac7154a4611a0f5f12e2cdf/t/5ad599d1aa4a998ab11c70bc/1524202422799/DokpaProject-72.jpg MAIN PAGE https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5ac7154a4611a0f5f12e2cdf/t/5acc5a5c88251b53489f2046/1602828741283/DokpaProject-42.jpg MAIN PAGE Singhe's nang https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5ac7154a4611a0f5f12e2cdf/t/5acc528aaa4a998f3f9e3eef/1524202385578/DokpaProject-38.jpg MAIN PAGE Singhe wields his slingshot https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5ac7154a4611a0f5f12e2cdf/t/5acc677baa4a998f3fa0abaf/1524202407787/DokpaProject-49.jpg MAIN PAGE Check out the coat on that sheep! https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5ac7154a4611a0f5f12e2cdf/t/5acc544c1ae6cf686a26db45/1524202394280/DokpaProject-40.jpg MAIN PAGE https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5ac7154a4611a0f5f12e2cdf/t/5acc5a7c562fa79982c9e42f/1602828744802/DokpaProject-43.jpg MAIN PAGE Singhe's altar https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5ac7154a4611a0f5f12e2cdf/t/5ad96b3f0e2e72dfb8a7b44c/1524198213996/TCP-logo-1.jpg MAIN PAGE https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5ac7154a4611a0f5f12e2cdf/t/5ac7ee0c8a922d8cf5a860c2/1524202043441/DokpaProject-7.jpg MAIN PAGE Yanzon https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5ac7154a4611a0f5f12e2cdf/t/5ac7ee878a922d8cf5a8762f/1524202053706/DokpaProject-8.jpg MAIN PAGE Tsering Galpo, in his sickbed in Thangu. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5ac7154a4611a0f5f12e2cdf/t/5ac7f0f8aa4a9953a2890920/1524202064357/DokpaProject-9.jpg MAIN PAGE https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5ac7154a4611a0f5f12e2cdf/t/5acb10f8575d1fd39359bc4f/1524202256587/DokpaProject-30.jpg MAIN PAGE Yak meat, drying. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5ac7154a4611a0f5f12e2cdf/t/5ad5911b6d2a73821b5d347b/1524202265891/DokpaProject-68.jpg MAIN PAGE Gya, carving some dried yak meat for dinner https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5ac7154a4611a0f5f12e2cdf/t/5ad598ec70a6ad9f611d9a6b/1524202316082/DokpaProject-77.jpg MAIN PAGE In the Lashar Valley https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5ac7154a4611a0f5f12e2cdf/t/5acb0d998a922dc773d36fb6/1524202242307/DokpaProject-29.jpg MAIN PAGE https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5ac7154a4611a0f5f12e2cdf/t/5acb0d426d2a73d3a0046c11/1524202235306/DokpaProject-27.jpg MAIN PAGE https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5ac7154a4611a0f5f12e2cdf/t/5ad5965e0e2e72ed9a111765/1524202288721/DokpaProject-75.jpg MAIN PAGE Gya, inside his hut in the Lashar Valley. Three of his six children died from illness. Now, his only son is studying in Gangtok, one daughter serves in the police force in Bangalore, and one daughter has chosen to stay with him and his wife and their yaks. She's the rare individual from her generation who prefers traditional Dokpa life. Gya's wife is a Lachenpa by birth, but she now identifies as a Dokpa; Lachenpa/Dokpa intermarriage is not uncommon. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5ac7154a4611a0f5f12e2cdf/t/5acc4eaa575d1fd393911052/1524202335660/DokpaProject-36.jpg MAIN PAGE Tibetan sheep, once kept in greater numbers than yaks by Dokpas. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5ac7154a4611a0f5f12e2cdf/t/5acc4d4d0e2e72f4e5f7d4cc/1524202276545/DokpaProject-34.jpg MAIN PAGE https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5ac7154a4611a0f5f12e2cdf/t/5ad59853758d463f8c988d85/1524202297414/DokpaProject-76.jpg MAIN PAGE Outside Gya's hut in the Lashar Valley https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5ac7154a4611a0f5f12e2cdf/t/5acc4fb9758d46742aaacb16/1524202345257/DokpaProject-35.jpg MAIN PAGE Tibetan sheep, as flurries fall on North Sikkim. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5ac7154a4611a0f5f12e2cdf/t/5ad5938b0e2e72ed9a10d2df/1524202468659/DokpaProject-74.jpg MAIN PAGE "Every morning we pray from our hearts to all living things. We pray for peace, and so the next life for all is better than this one. We pray for all of the world, and all of the animals," says Samten Doma. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5ac7154a4611a0f5f12e2cdf/t/5ad592d18a922db75ffb3d99/1524202476016/DokpaProject-73.jpg MAIN PAGE Inside Ugean's house at Nyima Ten https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5ac7154a4611a0f5f12e2cdf/t/5ad4403b03ce641bc8bc0bc3/1524202630618/Show-Quality-Tibetan-Mastiff.jpg MAIN PAGE A pure-bred Tibetan Mastiff - Photo K9 Research Lab - Creative Commons https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5ac7154a4611a0f5f12e2cdf/t/5ad59baa70a6ad9f611dd5be/1524202615966/DokpaProject-79.jpg MAIN PAGE A yak-dung cook fire https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5ac7154a4611a0f5f12e2cdf/t/5ad440e903ce641bc8bc1ace/1524202640563/tibetan-mastiff-picture-825x510.jpg MAIN PAGE Image from K9 Research Lab - Creative Commons https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5ac7154a4611a0f5f12e2cdf/t/5ad43acd6d2a73331c870ae9/1524202595222/DokpaProject-57.jpg MAIN PAGE Muguthang Valley - Photo by Ritesh Tiwari https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5ac7154a4611a0f5f12e2cdf/t/5ad59ae28a922db75ffbf65f/1524202623024/DokpaProject-78.jpg MAIN PAGE A Dokpa mutt. Most families no longer keep dogs at all. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5ac7154a4611a0f5f12e2cdf/t/5ad43ddd6d2a73331c8748f2/1524202603706/DokpaProject-58.jpg MAIN PAGE Muguthang Valley - Photo by Ritesh Tiwari https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5ac7154a4611a0f5f12e2cdf/t/5acc47208a922dc7730a2cdf/1524202201302/DokpaProject-33.jpg MAIN PAGE Dugya inside the hut, making a yak-hair rope. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5ac7154a4611a0f5f12e2cdf/t/5acaf416f950b742521f4931/1524202157837/DokpaProject-20.jpg MAIN PAGE Yaks on their way to Thangu to get supplies for the army base in the Muguthang Valley, which is behind the mountains in the background. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5ac7154a4611a0f5f12e2cdf/t/5acc4360575d1fd3938f89d8/1524202169683/DokpaProject-32.jpg MAIN PAGE Dokpa cheese, as it is typically kept. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5ac7154a4611a0f5f12e2cdf/t/5acb05c9f950b74252210b25/1524202191545/DokpaProject-22.jpg MAIN PAGE Dugya outside the shelter he shares with Samten Doma at Thoktanglaka. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5ac7154a4611a0f5f12e2cdf/t/5acafb100e2e72f4e5be91d7/1524202180152/DokpaProject-21.jpg MAIN PAGE Samten Doma milks a yak at Thoktanglaka https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5ac7154a4611a0f5f12e2cdf/t/5ad58b6a03ce6484a1dda9c6/1524202720788/DokpaProject-66.jpg MAIN PAGE https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5ac7154a4611a0f5f12e2cdf/t/5ac7f1d2758d46386af29a96/1523053016147/DokpaProject-10.jpg MAIN PAGE https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5ac7154a4611a0f5f12e2cdf/t/5acaedec03ce649b2a534b12/1523248651076/DokpaProject-18.jpg MAIN PAGE https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5ac7154a4611a0f5f12e2cdf/t/5acb0a871ae6cf686aee45f8/1523255964066/DokpaProject-26.jpg MAIN PAGE https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5ac7154a4611a0f5f12e2cdf/t/5ac7ec98575d1f9977405105/1523051700119/DokpaProject-6.jpg MAIN PAGE https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5ac7154a4611a0f5f12e2cdf/t/5acc6233aa4a998f3fa01764/1523343947452/DokpaProject-45.jpg MAIN PAGE https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5ac7154a4611a0f5f12e2cdf/t/5acaf1988a922dc773d0bbd9/1523249575865/DokpaProject-19.jpg MAIN PAGE https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5ac7154a4611a0f5f12e2cdf/t/5acc65cd8a922dc7730de4d9/1523344852164/DokpaProject-48.jpg MAIN PAGE https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5ac7154a4611a0f5f12e2cdf/t/5ac720ec562fa746f582e459/1522999538667/DokpaProject-1.jpg MAIN PAGE https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5ac7154a4611a0f5f12e2cdf/t/5acc50e270a6adaedb84279a/1523339525390/DokpaProject-37.jpg MAIN PAGE https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5ac7154a4611a0f5f12e2cdf/t/5acb08a32b6a289d08cf96db/1523255477998/DokpaProject-24.jpg MAIN PAGE https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5ac7154a4611a0f5f12e2cdf/t/5acc63a12b6a289d080a65b9/1523344318858/DokpaProject-47.jpg MAIN PAGE https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5ac7154a4611a0f5f12e2cdf/t/5acc6665758d46742aad7375/1523345008099/DokpaProject-46.jpg MAIN PAGE https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5ac7154a4611a0f5f12e2cdf/t/5ac7de97562fa777445d0107/1523048110228/DokpaProject-2.jpg MAIN PAGE https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5ac7154a4611a0f5f12e2cdf/t/5acb093f88251b53486589d7/1523255629541/DokpaProject-25.jpg MAIN PAGE https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5ac7154a4611a0f5f12e2cdf/t/5acb09fdf950b74252216976/1523255822060/DokpaProject-28.jpg MAIN PAGE https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5ac7154a4611a0f5f12e2cdf/t/5ad42fe48a922d44a483acb9/1523855353326/DokpaProject-55.jpg MAIN PAGE https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5ac7154a4611a0f5f12e2cdf/t/5ad57b602b6a288e32ad2c45/1523940217053/DokpaProject-65.jpg MAIN PAGE https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5ac7154a4611a0f5f12e2cdf/t/5ad4455188251b90ed672ed4/1523860830206/DokpaProject-61.jpg MAIN PAGE https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5ac7154a4611a0f5f12e2cdf/t/5ad4379488251b90ed660c47/1523857320105/DokpaProject-56.jpg MAIN PAGE