Diana Australis' photos with the keyword: nomads

At Tso Moriri, at 4600 meters altitude on the Centra Asian side of the Himalaya. Close to the border with Tibet, in Ladakh, India. Very remote...12 hours across trackless sand in high altitude desert, this is the summer grazing lands for the Ladaki herders of Pashmina goats. These nomads spend several months in the yak hair tents, before retreating to lower levels before the winter, with temperatures of -50 degrees arrives. This old woman who was blind, sat here all day while her family accompanied the goats to graze. The shepherds keep the snow leopards and wolves away from the animals. Because these Tibetan people’s have historically long lived inside the Indian border, their lifestyle is not at any risk, as the Indian government is very supportive of these minorities, especially in border regions.

At 4700 meters, across the Himalayas in the high altitude region of Ladakh, far north India. Here in this remote spot near the border with Tibet, nomadic herders bring their pashmina goats to summer pasture here. They live in yak hair tents. The stone corrals contain the livestock at night, as snow leopards prowl here. In autumn they descend to lower altitude, as it is -40C in winter, and inaccessible.