| Mountain people, the world over,
are a special breed. The people of Garhwal are not very different. The
difficult circumstances in which they live has inculcated in them a great
love of life and an abiding reverence for nature and the Almighty. |
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These hardy people have made the endless
struggle for survival a joyous expression of their unvanquished souls.
There is not a single aspect of their lives that is not steeped in religion,
music, dance and art. Indeed, it is this that sustains them through the
bleak, snowbound winters and the other extremes of nature that they have
to endure.
To try and specifically state what
constitutes their culture would be to reflect their lives in the entirety.
There are many aspects of their culture that you can find in other parts
of this site. Here, we bring to you merely those parts that do not easily
find a place elsewhere.
The Garhwali lives on the mountains,
in the deep valleys, by magnificent rushing rivers, but he is, spiritually,
their equal. He is within himself, the mountain, the valley, the forests
and the rivers. This is what makes him a good friend and a formidable adversary.
We provide here a glimpse into
the culture of the Garhwali people:
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