3 article(s) translated from Lahouli The Story of Sunni and Bhunku (Magazine) By Himalayan Oral Tradition | October 1, 2019 Translated by Noor Zaheer, this folktale of treachery and thwarted romance—from the Kunju Pass Area in Lahoul, eastern Himachal Pradesh—explores the question of whether love can survive after death. Outside a cave, three men crouched around a fire on that fateful night. Winter is severe in the upper Himalayas, but nowhere is it as harsh as when you have crossed the Great Himalayan ranges and reached Lahoul. Dotted with fields of potatoes and maize in the summer, when... The Girl Who Turned into a Crocodile (Magazine) By Himalayan Oral Tradition | October 1, 2019 A young woman finds love where she least expects it in this folktale from the Kinnaur Valley, translated by Noor Zaheer. This story was narrated by an old man of the village to a group of young people to make them understand that all living beings are inherently equal. “On the way to Rekong Peo, if you take a diversion off the road onto the goat path and climb uphill for about five miles, you arrive at an unexpected expanse of blue. Still, clear, shining: this... When the Deer Moved Away (Magazine) By Himalayan Oral Tradition | October 1, 2019 Tradition and modernity clash in this folktale from the Spiti region of the Himalayas, translated by Noor Zaheer. There is a village named Tabo in the Spiti region of the Himalayas. The village is shaped like a cup, a huge tract of flat land surrounded by high, rocky mountains. The Spiti river cuts this cup-shaped land in half, gushing and rushing for a couple of miles before slowing down to the leisurely gait of a pregnant woman as it reaches the flatlands. The Tabo monastery,...
