Hi Mengur Ley. Good to hear from you. It is unlikely that I will be able to return to Ladakh anytime soon nowadays. With Coronavirus spreading throughout the world it makes international travel very difficult. Perhaps we will meet again one day - I cannot say. Give my regards to your family and the village. If you are not happy with the film being on the internet I would respect your wishes and remove it. Let me know. It would be a shame as your performance as a young actor was outstanding and those of others very memorable. Take care.
@jaagmitindu33344 жыл бұрын
Documentary movies are so nice to watch , natural original sort of action.. no over acting. I lv it
@mdjsalter4 жыл бұрын
Hi Jaagmit. Thank you for your comment. I am glad you liked the film. If you follow my You Tube channel you will be informed when the new film shot in Zanskar is ready to view.
@tash_Ladakhi11114 жыл бұрын
omg! the way people talk with is amazing, cannot get over this.
@mdjsalter4 жыл бұрын
THanks Tashi. Sorry for not responding earlier. We have been in Zanskar again last September shooting a new film with Stanzin Gyachin and his friends. Gyachin is from Testa and is one of the kids featured at the opening of the film in Raru. I did not realise this until we had finished filming last year !!
@abisu52734 жыл бұрын
Very happy to have found this. Thank you. I like the way the feral dogs are integrated into the backdrop, and other details of Ladakhi reality. Love the drunk scene and the folk tales.. ... many true words spoken. The wedding, the school. In short ...a little gem.
@mdjsalter4 жыл бұрын
Abi. Thank you so much for your comment. I really appreciate it and I am so glad you liked the film. We have a new film shot in Zanskar coming out next year and I will share the details with you when it is available.
@TashiDolker-kv7is5 ай бұрын
@@mdjsalter MN. Cz
@abisu52734 жыл бұрын
Hi.. I know 2 boys (now men), both called Stanzin Zanskar..from SECMOL.. they would have been about five and seven in 2007. I wonder if they see themselves here. :-)
@mdjsalter4 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the comment. One of the boys at the beginning is Stanzin Gyachin from Testa village and I had the pleasure to meet with him and work on a new story we shot in Zanskar last September. This will be available to see on You Tube early next year. Gyachin is of course the singer who released Gol Gol so he is now famous boy from Lungnak !!
@petersheppard19794 жыл бұрын
Martin: Thanks In case of interest, stills of quick visit to Zanskar Jul/Aug last year 2019: www.flickr.com/photos/peteshep/albums/72157713124555561 :-)
@lobsangtenzin45224 жыл бұрын
Wow wonderful
@mdjsalter4 жыл бұрын
Thanks for your reply. I am sorry for not responding earlier. I have a feature film shot with local students from Lungnak Valley coming out next year. I will let you know when it is ready !!
@bijooadil64144 жыл бұрын
so interesting...
@phuntsokangrup38715 жыл бұрын
Just few days back the road manali to padum via shinkula pass has opened for the first time. Now manali to padum can be reached by car in a day.
@mdjsalter4 жыл бұрын
I travelled this road last October. An amazing accomplishment by the local monk who drove the construction forwards. We had the pleasure to meet him and interview him for the new film we are working on. I am now friends with Stanzin Gyachin the singer whose song Gol Gol has become very popular. He is actually one of the young kids at the opening of the film in Raru. Zanskar has changed so much in the past 30 years but it still remains uniquely independent in spirit and boundless in hospitality.
@silvialuciabegni83975 жыл бұрын
W😍w, thank you! So so precious 🙏🏼
@mojo50934 жыл бұрын
oh blimey
@mdjsalter4 жыл бұрын
Thank you Silvia. We have returned to Zanskar last year to make a new film and I will be uploading that to my channel later this year.
@shantanumundhe64035 жыл бұрын
"career are 20th centuries invention"-Chris McCandless huge respect for making this documentary martin sir!!! thank you. threat is real... let it be global warming or anything else... world is getting advanced but is it getting happier??? i dont think answer is yes..
@mdjsalter4 жыл бұрын
Thanks for your response to my film. I apologise for not responding earlier. We returned to Zanskar last year to work with some of the children featured at the opening of this film. One is Stanzin Gyachin who is now 24 and he is starring in a drama we shot in Padum and Lungnak Valley. I will let you know when it is ready to view on You Tube.
@yeskarms86855 жыл бұрын
Hi all, i recognized Tenzin's mother in this video in the scene where women were singing. Tenzin's mother features in another video called "becoming a woman in Zanskar" where the tradition of marriage of her daughter Tenzin is captured.
@mdjsalter3 жыл бұрын
Thank you for your comment. We were in Zanskar again last September and a new film is coming early next year. I will let you know when it is uploaded.
@zanskarinmotion74035 жыл бұрын
This is very beautiful cover, I really like it. I'm a film maker from Zanskar, Can I contact you.!!
@mdjsalter5 жыл бұрын
Only just seen this message. Please get in touch. My email [email protected]
@mdjsalter4 жыл бұрын
Hi there Zanskar in Motion. I was back in the valley in September with Stanzin Gyachin from Testa and Tashi Falgon from Purne. We made an improvised drama which we will share later this year. Please get in touch as I am keen to promote any independent Zanskari film production.
@dechenangmo23895 жыл бұрын
so nice video
@stanzinwangpo25315 жыл бұрын
Appricatable! 👏👏👏👏
@mdjsalter5 жыл бұрын
Thanks for your kind words !! I am glad you liked the film
@stanzindadul9485 жыл бұрын
osam i really like thiss
@mdjsalter5 жыл бұрын
Stanzin Ley. Thanks for your comment We shot this in 2007 so much has changed since then. I intend to return next year and make another film in Lungnak valley about the road from Darcha. Where are you from?
@tseringdeskit46955 жыл бұрын
amazing. i am actually impressed by the quality of the visuals of the film considering it was shot a long time ago. i guess it was shot around 7-8 years back. because i know the kids playing the characters . they are quite grown up now. and i liked the concept too. A story along with the real life wolf incidences. I also liked how the film shows the changes and its effect of technology or change of time as we may say. one could easily guess that this film is directed and shot by a foreigner. I appreciate your work sir.
@mdjsalter5 жыл бұрын
Thanks for your kind words. The film was shot in October 2008 in three weeks. The idea was to create a simple story with many levels. We are sharing it now on You Tube as Ladakhi audience can access the film more easily because of improved Internet and smart phone usage. 97% of the views for the film are in India and under 30. When the film was made this was not possible. I made the film out of love for Ladakh which I first visited in 1987 as a young man. I'm still in touch with Mingyur and Jigmet who are now grown men!!!
@stanzinduddul33425 жыл бұрын
Beautiful movie. I like the way when he realised to put that small statue back . what a grts lesson in this story .,one can only destroy oneself devil 👍👍👍👍👍👍👌👌
@mdjsalter5 жыл бұрын
Hi Stanzin. Thank you for your comment and I am very pleased you enjoyed the film. We were trying to make a film about karmic actions in people's day to day life and how a change of direction can make a huge difference to the lives of others. As human beings it is all about the choices we make every day in every moment. And that's not always so easy !! Thanks again.
@LeonGustaveStuart18996 жыл бұрын
☸️🌼🙏🙏🙏🌼☸️ ~Julley, ~Tashi Delek, ~ ☸️🙏🙏🌸LHA GYALO 🌸🙏🙏☸️ The Culture, Language and ~Dharma and way of life in ~Zanskar must never be lost ...Nice Documentary..I actually was in a small second hand book store in my home town a few years ago and I came across that book about the 3 ladies that traveled Overland from England to India and beyond to ~Zanskar 🙂🙂 ~Julley ☸️🌸🙏🙏🙏🌸☸️ 🌲🌲🌾🌾🌾🌲
@mdjsalter6 жыл бұрын
Thanks Sergei. They are now in pre production of a feature film version of the women's story. So the journey continues !!
@GhulamAbbas-lf7do6 жыл бұрын
Nice
@mdjsalter6 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the nice comment Ghulam. Really appreciate it.
@skarmastundusstundus50613 жыл бұрын
@@mdjsalter nice
@user-yi2xd5of8h6 жыл бұрын
Nice movie.....😍😍
@mdjsalter6 жыл бұрын
Thanks Angmo. I appreciate your postive comment - and the smiley faces !!
@jigmatgyalson51145 жыл бұрын
Angmo.7months sgo
@mdjsalter6 жыл бұрын
I have received some very interesting comments and feedback on the film so far and welcome any insights people may have. Very much interested how this film is received as it was an experiment in improvised drama working with non-professional actors with very limited amounts of equipment ( one small camcorder )
@takspabale71506 жыл бұрын
Classic work... excellent story telling and a lot to learn for aspiring filmmaker like me..
@mdjsalter6 жыл бұрын
Thanks for your comment. I am glad you liked the film. We had a basic script/story idea but no dialogue written down. All the words in the film were improvised on the spot. We had a small camera and some basic sound kit. I really wanted to share the film with Ladakhspa but only now has it been possible with better mobile connection and growing use of smart phones. 97% of the views are in India and I imagine a very high percentage in Ladakh and students outside Ladakh. Let me know what your plans are as a film maker. Any advice/help I can give I will do so happily. Send me a message and keep in touch !
@dechenangmo23895 жыл бұрын
+martin salter nice video
@mdjsalter5 жыл бұрын
@@dechenangmo2389 You are very kind. Sorry for late reply. I have not checked the You Tube channel for a while.
@adventureathimalayas85596 жыл бұрын
I appreciate you really . keep doing it in ladakh . you made it .
@mdjsalter6 жыл бұрын
Thanks for your reply. I am hoping to make another documentary film this November about youth culture in Ladakh. Should be lots to film !!
@mdjsalter6 жыл бұрын
Would really be interested to hear from people about their views and feelings of the film. Our plan was always to create a debate so please feel free to get in touch. I will respond.
@stonew19276 жыл бұрын
Excellent documentary. Thank you for sharing it with us via KZbin. It seems that this video was shot before the new all weather road was completed into the valley. There's also a high school in the main village, so I imagine that the life that once was no longer exists in this beautiful, once remote valley. I know that people desire technology to make their lives easier. Certainly these people deserve better health care, that sort of thing. But I can't help but mourn for the loss of innocence that once was. Indeed life was extremely difficult, and yet it was less complicated. It's the same story the world over. Modern society encroaches on even the most remote societies, thereby transforming them forever, and often, if not always, leading to the demise of what once was. Well, even Buddhism says that change is inevitable and we must not be attached. But damn it why can't preserve a simpler way of being and appreciate the immediacy of living in tune with nature, with the elements, as these people have done forever? The young men wearing Western style clothing I find extremely disturbing. Basically it's the end of a culture that existed there for centuries. On the bright side, if I ever do make it there I can take a bus and stay in one of the new hostels and listen to loud Indian music while I eat Indian food. Oh nevermind.....
@stonew19276 жыл бұрын
Another point, I've seen several of these types of documentaries set in the Himalaya and it's not the first to mention climate change. Even a friend posted pictures of a trek he did in Nepal recently and I was surprised at how little snow there was compared with the same time of year that I was there nearly 30 years ago. He said that that's more common now. Another documentary about yak hurders in Sikkim also mentioned warmer winters and less snow. Climate change is very real, and the fact that the changes can be perceived in one generation is extremely alarming to anyone who cares about life on our planet.
@mdjsalter6 жыл бұрын
The road from Chilling which I mentioned in the film still has not been built some 10 years after I made this documentary. The new road from Darcha over the Pensi La has now reached Kargyag and is heading down towards Testa and will eventually meet the road coming out of Padum. From all my correspondence with people in the valley the road is an absolute essential and one the great myths is that Zanskar is isolated from the outside world. People have been travelling in and out of the valley for centuries and many of the young people have travelled all across India and the wider world. I think the core spirit of Zanskar and the culture it retains will not be affected by the incoming road - the problem perhaps will be the growth in tourism and the demands this will bring on the infrastructure of the valley. Also if the Indian army decide to use Zanskar as a munitions dump in their on going border conflicts with Pakistan this might prove problematic. All in all though please be assured that from my limited experience and my continued communication with the young graduates at university from Zanskari villages the spirit of the valley is strong and can deal with outside influences. Thanks so much for watching the film and sharing your comments.
@mdjsalter6 жыл бұрын
Change that from Pensi La to Shingo La - it's been a long day !!
@stonew19276 жыл бұрын
Thank you for your reply. It's reassuring to know that the culture remains strong. However, from viewing other videos it appears that the young people no longer want to remain in the villages to farm, etc. They've eschewed their traditional clothing for Western style clothes. And fewer males are interested in becoming monks. So I think in the long run it is concerning that they are able to maintain their culture and traditions going strong....
@mdjsalter6 жыл бұрын
The glaciers are definitely melting. The basic science is that there is insufficient snow at the top end of the glacier each year to replenish the melt at the bottom end. Also black carbon soot from the Indian plains is speeding up this melt. Also the Tibetan plateau, like the arctic, is warming faster than other parts of the planet. The mistake in the ICC climate change report some years ago was that the glaciers would be gone by 2035 which was meant to read 2350. As the arctic is melting faster than expected so too I would imagine are the Himalayan glaciers. With now melt there will be reduced river flow in India in the future. If the melt is unstoppable then ways to conserve water are going to need to be developed such as the artificial glacier projects of Sonam Wangchuk in Ladakh.
@MsKestrela6 жыл бұрын
I'm recently obsessed with the history and culture of Zanskar. I'm taken with the inevitability yet hope, of the culture and modernization. Faith, ritual, tradition...keeping up with the modern world, solving modern problems, allowing the future to happen...such a conundrum. Thanks for the upload!
@mdjsalter6 жыл бұрын
Hi there I have been fascinated by Zanskar since my first visit in 1987. That fascination led me to find the three women in the film and back to the valley some 20 years after my first visit. Thanks for viewing the film. I have other historical footage of the valley which I am currently archiving and will share in time. Best Martin
@sajadkhan-cf3nh6 жыл бұрын
Thanks
@nestormatos84776 жыл бұрын
May God watch over Zanskar and give its youth wisdom
@sukumarsarkar87586 жыл бұрын
Thanks
@mdjsalter4 жыл бұрын
Hi Nestor. Many thanks and sorry for late response. I don't check my You Tube much. We shot a new drama film in Zanskar last September with some of the kids featured in the opening of this film. They are now in their early 20's. I will let you know when it is available to view on You Tube. All the best
@abhinavthakur95096 жыл бұрын
Excellent documentary...I hope people in Zanskar are now over with locust
@mdjsalter6 жыл бұрын
Thanks. The locust problem has been an ongoing concern in Zanskar in recent years but life continues inspite of the great challenges the Zanskarpa face. Your comment is much appreciated.
@gaps11997 жыл бұрын
thank you very much .it was very interesting .i am from zanskar
@mdjsalter7 жыл бұрын
GAPS 11 Hi there Where are you from in Zanskar? How is life for you and your friends these days? I am interested in maybe coming back next year and making a film about youth in the valley. Best Martin
@gaps11997 жыл бұрын
hello Martin I am from youlang . and yes they are well there . right now I am not in Zanskar .I am in Himachsl India .
@gaps11997 жыл бұрын
i am in Norbulingka Institute ( norbulingka college ) Dharamsala ,Himachal Pradesh,