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In a remote #village of Kungyam in #Ladakh, people revived livestock herding recently. #EncounterUncia 
@Dorjayncf and I got a call from the herders of the village to predator-proof their newly built corral. #EncounterUncia
On a chilly November morning, when we reached the village, we were shocked! A #snowleopard had entered the corral that very night. #EncounterUncia
What you must know about a #Pashmina shawl before spending a fortune to acquire one!
This special breed of goats from high altitudes of Himalayas, have a double fleece, a fine & soft undercoat of hair, mingled with straighter, much coarser outer coating of hair.
This special breed of goats from high altitudes of Himalayas, have a double fleece, a fine & soft undercoat of hair, mingled with straighter, much coarser outer coating of hair.
Each goat sheds its winter coat, from which the usable #Pashmina fiber is 80 to 150gm only. It’s extremely delicate & is about 12-13.5 microns thin & for this very reason it can be only hand spun. Whereas the Pashmina products available today are 99% made from machine made thread
The fiber is then separated from the coarse hair & washed to be spun into thread.
Only skilled hands can spin the delicate #Pashmina fibre. One artisan can spin just 20 grams/ day, meaning 15-20 days of spinning will get yarn needed for one shawl.
*Pictures of my karigars.
Only skilled hands can spin the delicate #Pashmina fibre. One artisan can spin just 20 grams/ day, meaning 15-20 days of spinning will get yarn needed for one shawl.
*Pictures of my karigars.
Rectangular 1870 Pashmina shawl of #Kashmir embroidered with minutely detailed schematic map of #Srinagar in woollen thread. The ground is red, with a blue expanse of Dal Lake & the river Jhelum dominating the field. Houses, streets & mosques are also embroidered in #Pashmina 1/3
The tiny inscriptions identifying each building & place of interest are embroidered in English. At either end are smaller sections depicting beauty spots of the Kashmir valley such as the various #Mughal gardens. Couldn't find a pic of the complete shawl. 2/3
The shawl was sent from Kashmir as a gift to Queen Victoria some time in the late 19th century. The shawl belongs to the Royal Collection & is on loan to V&A. Pics of the shawl arranged : top left side, top right side, centre top, centre bottom, lower left side & lower right side
