A Shepherd's Life | Conversations with a Himalayan Shepherd

Discussing various aspects of a shepherd's life with a Gaddi Shepherd from Himachal.
0:00 Intro
0:18 Annual Migration
1:21 Dera - Shepherds Camp
2:01 Food of the Shepherds
2:39 Mortality of their Animals
3:02 Timepass in Camp
3:19 Camp Responsibilities
3:48 Counting Animals
4:26 Shepherd's Whistle
5:44 Importance of Salt
6:20 Shepherd Dogs
7:26 Sheep vs Goat
8:22 Dividing the Herd
9:10 A Difficult Life
9:42 A Blessed Life
10:23 Future Plans
This is a follow up to the Shepherd's Journey. We covered a lot of topics while interviewing for that video. Many of these topics were left out in that video, so I decided to make a new one during this lockdown! Watch the Shepherd's Journey, if you haven't already.
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This is a gem. No sensationalism, no background music. I feel that this practice is like a cultural heritage. It must be preserved

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This is such a sweet gesture to actually capture a Shepard's routine, for the daily challenges that they face, yet always smiling.

[@sawan8011]

Gaddis the Absolute unit of legends.. the original nomads.. interview with locals is always a welcome👌👌

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Gerard

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"बाकी तो क्या बोलना" 😄 Rare interview! 🙏🏽

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This line touched the heart🙄

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Iam son of spherd family i know everything about life of spherd. Now Iam an IAS aspirant

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The himalayan shepherd I would love to buy such goats and sheep can you help me with that

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After seeing the city life and the rat race one day you feel shepherd hona accha hai

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[@brahmasatyamjaganmithya6708]

Great interview. I remember it was in 2007 when we walked from Mud to Kafnu we met Gaddis shortly after the Bhaba pass. One Gaddi had an infection on his hand and asked us for medicine. Unfortunately we had none, we only had a plaster and something to clean the wounds. After the Gaddi had rinsed out his wound, we gave him a small plaster. The gaddi didn't know what to do with it and wanted to put it in his mouth to eat, so we all laughed and told him to stick it on the wound. What we did not know (the so great Europeans). That the gaddi did it on purpose to make us laugh.

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Better than national geographic documentry ❤️ (your fan after watching only 1 video:- one day in Himalayas )

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I am speechless after listening n watching whole . Love and tears!

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I have crossed pin parvati valley in 2011 from barsaini to spiti mudh village.. That was my first wonderful experience to been in the mountains so deeply... And some part of the videos I relate the places where I been and fall for the beauty of this natural landscape.. Thanks for sharing 🙏🙏

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Had been there in Pin valley in June 2018.... Travelled till "Mud Village".....,most beautiful and less explored place in Himachal Pradesh..... Thank you sir for sharing such a nice interview.....

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It just like musafir ko safar ar kadam kadam pe manzil milgaya jaisa😌🙏. I just found out your channel. Am an aspiring lone traveller. Wow, no background music, no extra inputs to overrate the video. Simply raw and amazing documentary. 😌

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I am the son of shepherd from Maharashtra and I proud of it.

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Shepherd from Karnataka

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Shepherd from Bihar

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Great documentary. Thanks for the English translation.👌🏻👍🏻 The life of these shepherds is very similar to that of the Bedouin shepherds of the Bakhtiari tribe in Iran.

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Apna pyara Himachal ,Not less than Heaven...

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Unique language tones so sweet voice brother it’s part of life ❤️

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Re

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What a unique episode...a Himalayan shepherd life covered by an urban nomad ...blessed life

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It's really,their way of living is so simple..hard working... independent..ND .. heart touching..

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Wow! This is one of the most glorious documentaries I’ve seen and to imagine only one guy making all of it!

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Thank you for this. I teach anthropology, and this is such a great resource to share with my students!

[@hiketvira1360]

Hats off to your efforts to show this culture of India that we Indians never knew about.

[@VivekKumar-mm4ct]

I am from lower Himachal,,but Gaddi are special part of us, as they come into areas and have a long stay over here. They become like family friends and also a part of our events.

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I love Himachal (Bhaba valley)

[@mohitkaa]

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The invewer sounds like a south Indian . Great job with exploring our amazing mountains. Beautifully shot video.

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[@pushkarkohli1448]

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Excellent!!! Bhagwaan aisa "Maal" sbko de!!

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I'm Maharashtrian Shepherd ♥️

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[@VineetLovesVeg]

"इसके लिए पहले पशु बनना पड़ता है" is my favourite line. I remember it being used in a previous video as well. Many perspectives, each having its profound meaning. Thank you for bringing their story to us! ☺️

[@indiainmotion]

It is the same interview from before. I just left out larger portions of the interview in that video. So decided to put together a new one. Got to keep myself busy during this lockdown :)

[@VineetLovesVeg]

@@indiainmotion I remember. I even remember having a decent discussion, albeit in the comments, about the same. You'd explained about the maal being fed salt. This video explained it even further. And about staying occupied, my number 1 request is for a live session. Just taking questions and giving out your thoughts.

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I'm not really good at talking live. But I am in the process of setting up a home studio and will start doing videos from home. Reviews and talking about various stuff. Will definitely take requests for topics from all of you.

[@TravellerMonk]

Very true. This line so deep, emotional and directly strike to your heart. Huge respect to these people.. Woundeful work as usual...

[@akshaya179]

Compare to their life our life seems to be so boring, senseless, useless😣 even though their life is so hard still they have a pure heart nd so hard working nd they have more knowledge abt life, nature than us

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proud to be Gaddi ,My culture my Brand 💞💞

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It has become my favorite interview on KZbin ... Full of peace and serenity

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Lived with these guys for a week and half.. this video brings old memories and loads of goosebumps. i'm In tears. Thanks for sharing these golden footage and knowledge that you've attained. Bless you man! :)

[@krishchatterjee1729]

Great insight into their life... And hats off to you too for being one of them , living with them.

[@DAVID_RYU]

I was doing research on shepherds for a sermon I am writing and I learned so much from this video. Thank you.

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Sir Your series in Himachal is ultimate... Special in spiti

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Excellent coverage, plain and simple conversation. Appreciate your effort in showing the nature and their lifestyle.

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May your troubles be less and your blessings be more. And nothing but happiness come through your door

[@elainesnyder8960]

Wonderful video, loved the mountains and the beauty of the Valleys. Enjoyed the sheperd explaining things. THANKS,it takes a great deal of effort to film these stories.

[@haclil]

What a wonderful window into a dying way of life. I learned more about Gaddi shepherds here than I did while visiting their villages and trekking with them over the Dhauladhar years ago--it was the language problem. One thing I did learn then is what resourceful, brave, honest and dependable people the Gaddis were in those times.

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They are still..

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So good to hear the story .....as there was happiness and pain both in the story...I think that is what makes it complete.....👌👌👍🙏

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Waiting eagerly for these kind of stories

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A closer look at the life and world of these nomadic shepherds. Very well made. Congratulations once again. Take care. God bless you!

[@anshusaharan5907]

A lot to learn about the insights of ur travel and the lives of the shepherds! God speed to u ❤️

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A very beautiful video. Thanks n love to all of you.....jai hin....

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Thanks Mukesh

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Very Spiritual Interview.

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my thoughts too

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He loves what he does. Bless this man.

[@user-NomadVJ]

This nomad life style is even tough for them but they are doing their job happily and that job is thier hole happiness in life!

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In Gujarat we also call 'maal' to sheep and goats !! It's so nice 😊 Great vlog!! Thanks for it!

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@Sparta gujjar are aryans who came from outside n not only gujjar rajput jaat n bhrahmins of north west india are all aryans who came from outside n got migrated to india during vedic era n migrated to all over india

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@Sparta acha so why a north west indian look different than a south india or a central indian

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@Sparta m not taking about skin colour here yes climate do effect skin complexion to some extent but facial features here m taking about facial features a north west india has facial features as similar to a middle eastern or sometime european n a central india n south indians has austrloid facial features n east indian has mogloid features yes you can find people who look similar to a north west indian in these regions due to migration but they very less in no..

[@narayanachakra3288]

@Sparta yes thats true their are dark skin aryans n light skiin dravdians n dark skin mongloids too but here m taking about facial features which is very distant for every indian belonging from various regions n sides of india so yes all indians dosent look same because we are a diverse nation..

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Mere bhai Sabhi comments karte hai lekin is video ko shoot karna is us condition ko feel karna is not an easy task. I can feel. What you have felt and faced during shooting. My big salute to you brother and many thanks - many many thanks for this beautiful and real video. Plz keep work your on. One day you will be on top line in KZbin ki Duniya. You presentation is good and needs lil improvement. God bless you indeed. Love and wishes from Delhi.

[@noedog]

I have always been curious as to the lives of shepherds in the mountains. Excellent video and interview. Thank you!

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Wow you have showed us a rich precious heritage of himalayan living beings

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Very good information,thank you.

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Aap sab pahadi bhaiyo ko mera praman From Sahyadri mountain Maharashtra

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questions were so apt....and answers were true !!

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Man that's a really cool documentary ! So interesting and a wonder to see through your eyes and your film 🙏👏 Thank you .

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I just watched it again and noticed different things and felt more like tho their lives are very different than mine we are still like distant brothers or kin , we are humanity 🤘🏼🙏⚡️ and we are the same ! When our dog won’t cross the log bridge over the creek we do that same thing and get the scared dog across 🙏

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I'm wondering why some are disliking this gem, for what reason 🤔

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Pahadi shepherd life kabhi kabhi bahut achha lagta hai. Mujhe yeh documentary bahut pasand aati hai. Umeed hai aap aage bhi banate rahenge. Kabhi inka khan pan bhi suit kiya karo jab yeh log mutton banate hain

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Awesome as always. Keep on the good work. Shared with friends and colleagues.

[@bbs2183]

There is always something to learn from yours video. This is the first time I saw salt given to sheep, although I did heard about it .

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Proud to be Himachali

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Proud to being your friend

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It is wonderful.Thanks for the lovely videos..

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Amazing insight. Thanks for sharing!

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Thank you. This was informative and enjoyable.

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What a life!! What an interview!!

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Beautiful!

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I really enjoyed the video thoroughly . Questions asked were superb and the guy who explained ultimate Great effort bro you have bright future ahead.

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beautiful video.lot of information.

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this is what it is bro, all those new gen vlogers doesnt get past by by the worh of what you capture,,, hope i can be there someday, knowing life from a different perspective than what it is to be born with.... keep going machane. respect.love.freedom.

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Beautiful views AND Awesome video.. TQSM FOR sharing.. Greetings from Montreal CANADA

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A great side story to watch, the people story aspect of your travel are an add on bonus.

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