Our World Return to Zanskar

[@deepakmainkar8518]

this reminds me my beautiful old days at my village, feeling sad to see how this material world changes. Very touchy documentary. Beautifully pictured and narrated.

[@luckygirlme6068]

Beautiful humble people..They are genuinely happy to see each other. Love this documentary

[@anandad3663]

What a great experience for those two men! For these beautiful people of Zanskar progress does not mean machines, internet or cell phones, it means preserving their culture and their belief. Thank you for sharing.If this a topic that interest you, watch Becoming a woman in Zanskar. You will admire the people of Zanskar even more.

[@mabel8179]

The way the sheep come up to the man and follow him is so sweet!

[@miracleshappen4483]

I had the same feeling!

[@nicolettaciccone1004]

He is right when you do not have money but you have animals, green grass to feed them and they will feed you, if people try to live a simple life everything will be better... As a farmer I know what he means, I used to live in the city and it is always bills to pay and more struggles. People in the city..... everything is show off. I love peace and a quiet life. 🌽🌽🍉🍉🐇🐤.

[@wr5978]

Nicoletta Ciccone the saying you can never step in the same river twice reminds me of traveling to visiting family (over 14 times) through marriage in Mexico.

[@terencebarrett2897]

Nicoletta Ciccone I wish I could join you Nicoletta ,but I have been raised on a council estate in the north east of england' but as you say they live in a kind of free life'without any bills and constraints it looks absolutely beautiful and hard at the same time'''' but free like a bird and healthy too

[@stonew1927]

I just finished the outstanding documentary "Becoming a Woman in Zanskar." I highly recommend it. In it, we are shown the harrowing trek through the mountains and frozen river that takes five to seven days to reach Leh and "civilization." The movie, though, is much more than this. It's about the coming of age of two young girls, best friends, whose lives take divergent paths. After watching that documentary, I went to Google Earth and searched the Zanskar Valley on satellite view. I was surprised to see what looked like a road heading through the valley, and couldn't reconcile in my mind what I was seeing with what I had just watched in the documentary. Now I understand, the road is a recent development. No doubt it will drastically alter the lifestyles and mindset of these once isolated people. Roads always change everything. There's some good, but also a lot of bad. I'm sorry for the Zanskar people cause their old ways and traditions will be coming to an end soon...

[@louellamaeQuiamco]

Stone W me too as well just finished watching the doc becoming a woman in zanskar i just wondering where the two girls now...thats why i google this girls..hope theyr ok !

[@amstergal]

Stone W yes, I stumbled onto Becoming A Woman In Zanskar. That was about 4 weeks ago and I'm still thinking about it, absolutely stunning cinematography and step into their lives, I rave about it and have told various friends

[@madiantin]

@@louellamaeQuiamco I heard that (forgive me for not remembering the names) the one girl is still married. The other, who became a nun, left to marry also. This information comes from a comment someone left on the "Becoming a woman in Zanskar" documentary, so the authenticity of the information is not assured. I wish we could know for sure what happened to them, and if they are happy. If the nun did leave the monastery to marry, I feel sad for her mother who gave up her heirloom when her daughter became a nun.

[@janesmith9024]

I similarly watched the Becoming a woman and then this one. Both are brilliant programmes. In the latest we have men interviewing men about the new road. I wonder if were women interviewed they would be so sure the road is bad. In Becoming girls had no choice - marry or be a nun - the road might make the lives of women better - that they can be educated without being nuns, that they can be educated and still marry, that they might choose whom they marry. I suspect most women would prefer that.

[@mabel8179]

The old man has such a happy way about him!

[@amstergal]

Love this and so fascinating and moving. Yes, that road into the valley will change and affect these people and culture with no turning back....

[@polaris8877]

Every explorer or travelers maybe always want to preserve remoteness and beauty of less traveled lands. I wished to go there also. ❤️

[@mbstoneseeker]

Wonderful documentary! Love the update.......Beautiful People and their way of life.... Thank You for taking Us along on Your adventures!

[@amstergal]

How wonderful that you cared so much to make this journey back, and how wise and wonderful is the old man! I hope there are others like him so wise to fight to preserve their culture and values to cherish peace and living in a relaxed way, in their way. I'm feeling for them and saddened, will check the news from time to time to try to follow them with the advent and impact of the road. Thank you so much for this wonderfully filmed and moving documentary

[@maggieadams8600]

I saw that first program 30 years ago and have never forgotten it or the people of Zanskar. I'm sorry the road will reach them soon, if it hasn't already, but feel that they will continue nevertheless.

[@Lobzang-qb3lg]

What an amazing story Bryan Liptzin. You made your way back to the people who helped you during winter Chadar trek. Now you finally met Tsewang ,it feels very happy .

[@distanttravelerinflight2349]

Thank you for sharing such a lovely story of two different times of your lives, and thus the impact it had on both of you and on the people of Zanskar too. You found "gold"! Actually, you created something very beautiful and meaningful. Change is inevitable but I felt a real sense of sadness regarding the road being built- how it will change the precious lives of the Tibetan people of the region. It is that 'coin': on one side, life may become easier, e.g., getting goods back and forth. On the other side, a very, very precious way of life will be impacted by the change. To what degree? My prayer is that it may be beneficial.

[@miracleshappen4483]

The people are so beautiful. It's true, the road will bring a lot of changes and some for the worse but life is very tough in Zanskar so at least people who don't want to have that kind of lifestyle will have the opportunity to leave.

[@stonew1927]

They already did have that opportunity. Now there will be no refuge from the stresses of modern life. It's definitely a loss, not a gain.

[@yongdus]

Thanks for sharing this wonderful video. This video can be related to another such video (Ancient Futures) made by another tourist which is focused on the impacts of modernization on Ladakh. Couple of decades back other parts of Ladakh, like Leh, Kargil etc also used to be just like Zanskar. We have the same cultural, linguistics or religious roots. Their respects for inner values were indifferent. Present transformation and difference that we see between Zanskar and other parts of Ladakh can directly be related to the influence of road. Materialistic value have taken over Inner value and may be on a slow pace but it's impact can also be witnessed in present Zanskar. Lucky are the people who were born during that golden time. Change is inevitable but we should strive for a sustainable change.

[@shreesthsingh6360]

very nice touching documentary in which year u guys first visit there ...

[@G3OSPH3R3_George_Costa]

The depth of this documentary is wondrous, and a joy to know ...thank you so very much, please make some more films of Zanskar, it is there to show such a very important philosophy that the world needs at this time! We in the west are so far removed from the feeling of the purity of this place and it's people and it's wonderful beliefs and the path to the ultimate reality of the mind and the hard work it takes to become a nun or a monk, we need to be like this more in the west! so thank you again, it is a great film~~~ Looking forward to many more films like this one~~~you have the means to teach this so make another one, maybe of a young son about to become a monk and further the monastic life, it hardships and it's need to be in this world, continue to give us these righteous techniques to overcome the neurotic patterns that we have formed over the years we spend in illusion, just suffering and not knowing that is so, or worse, knowing that it is so, but having no path to follow that helps us gain enlightenment~~~so the path Buddha walked is the only path I have ever witnessed that gives the new student simple truths that build the strength to gain this freedom from Maya, and the tools to use when the wrathful demon spirits come to trip us up, so we fall off the path to true usefulness, a dead ego, and the learning of the ability to become selfless, yet focused on the service to the many sentient beings in the worlds of time and space that we strive to relieve the ignorance that limits the world to living in the illusion of Samsara and helping all beings to find the solutions to the actions that cause the suffering in this world~,~

[@mabel8179]

The night sky here- wowsa!

[@nmggl]

Chadar route connect Zanskar to Leh, which was then capital of kingdom of Ladakh. Zanskar was a part of Ladakh and still is.

[@believer1465]

Tsering Namgial True bro we all ladakhis know that zanskar is a part of ladakh but i don't know why tourists lack this information. .

[@salimmamujee]

Great documentary, Brian. The willing of the people of Zanskar to share so much with strangers is admirable.

[@AnnemieM]

What sweet people they are. To bad about the road. Why don't the Indian government leave them alone. All they will do is bring poverty. Thanks for the well done Video.

[@lausanneauthority8721]

Nice place

[@mariaparker7545]

i hope tourists will keep their noses out of this very special place and remarkable people.. No mobile phones,no television, no computers and they are all happy.. please leave them in peace ...

[@prashantkaushik5390]

So Beautiful!

[@karmatenzi1958]

Wow unique in the world

[@theamanpun]

Why it's took so long to go back? 😢😢😢😢

[@stanzinkonchok7680]

👌👌👌👌supper,

[@parthasarathimukherjee9227]

Don't worry all will destroy with in 10 years because when educated people reached to them they will make them civilized and they will forget all simple & peaceful things of life and become heart angina patients.

[@LinaPremaPol]

A road? for what?? It will change in worst their lives. The same happened in Mustang where I went in 2008, walking all the time till Lomanthang. There's a road now. How can man destroy such a beautiful mountains, cut road into its body?? My God, really hope they can go on living their way and find someone that wish to learn the art of metalsmith...Pray for them. _/\_

[@amstergal]

Check out "Becoming A Woman in Zanskar" documentary.

[@amandasbakingchannel2969]

amstergal I've watched that documentary also. Two young girls one was forced to get marry and the other one become a monk. Took her 6 days traveling by that frozen. I tough theirs a part where the group has to climb the mountain since the the ice is melting.

[@leslieedalgo7861]

this is heart breaking. China is determined to eliminate buddhism and their beautiful way of life & peace.

[@mohdhussain4356]

Zanskar is also part of ladakh. Ladakh has two disstts one kargil and another Leh. Why you western ppl calling ladakh leh only. Plz mention clearly and don't be fooling others on the name of ladakh.... Shame on u spreading little knowledge

[@daniellemozy9680]

Il est très incorrect d'enjamber les tables (2mn 44-46) surtout celles des moines.,comme viens de le faire cet occidental ..Ce Monsieur à l'air de méconnaitre les us et coutumes élémentaires valables dans toute l'air de culture Tibétaine...Ce n'est pas un honneur pour BBC de diffuser ce genre de documentaire...De plus beaucoup de bêtises énnoncées dans ce film...Cqfd.

[@rivkastock2684]

Very interesting. Indeed, the age of innocence there is about to end, but, in a positiv eay, as Budhism is really paganism, and not positive at all, so, G-d is always doing good things, for them, too.

[@bitter-l234]

It's people with your mindset which are the problem.

[@sunnynexxt]

Abrahmic religions are a scam. These "pagans" are free to live any way they want to, not being blind slaves to random books.

[@janetrostien6203]

Sunny Nexxt