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Methologies of the Beda Tribe

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The Beda tribe are a community of the Indian Union Territory of Ladakh . They are mostly found in different parts Ladakh , where they practise their traditional occupation of musicianship. They are predominantly followers of the Muslim faith, although some are Buddhists. According to some scholars, they are an untouchable group, although others think that the situation is more nuanced. The Beda live mostly in villages of the Ladakh region of Jammu and Kashmir state. [ a ] They share these villages with communities that are considered to be socially superior, such as the Ladakhi, Gara and Mon peoples. The Beda have virtually no input in the socio-political decisions relating to their villages. Kim Gutschow, who is a professor of religion, says that they are considered to be untouchables by other communities in the region, [ 4 ] but the anthropologist Rann Singh Mann notes that the practices of social exclusion, submission to superiors and suchlike are not as rigid as can be fo...
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Mythologies of the Balti Tribe

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The Baltis are a Tibetic ethnic group who are native to the Pakistani-administered territory of Gilgit−Baltistan and the Indian-administered territory of Ladakh , predominantly in the Kargil district with smaller concentrations present in the Leh district . Outside of the Kashmir region , Baltis are scattered throughout Pakistan, with the majority of the diaspora inhabiting prominent cities such as Lahore , Karachi , Islamabad and Rawalpindi .  The origin of the name Balti is unknown.  The first written mention of the Balti people occurs in the 2nd century BCE by the Alexandrian astronomer and geographer Ptolemy , who refers to the region as Byaltae . [ 6 ] The Balti people themselves refer to their native land as Balti-yul ( transl.   'Land of Baltis' ); the modern name of the Baltistan region is the Persian rendering of this name.   Bön and Tibetan Buddhism were the dominant religions practiced by the Balti people until the arrival of Islam in Baltistan aroun...
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