Women from Europe are reaching this valley of India for the pure breed, are the last Aryans left in Ladakh? – brokpa community the last aryans in ladakh aryan valley ntcpmj

A special community lives in the Aryan Valley of Ladakh, which is quite different from the rest of the communities in the country in appearance and mannerisms. The world believes that the Brokpa population with light skin and green-blue eyes are the last Aryans. There have been many claims about these so-called pure Aryans who wear flower crowns and special dresses almost every day, as if European women come to this valley to give birth to pure children, and live with them. But who were the Aryans, and why were they almost extinct?

Considered the master race, whose physique was strong.

There has been no consensus in history regarding who the Aryans were and where they came from. However, two claims are most visible, in which their origin is said to be from the Indo-Germanic areas of India and Europe. One reason for its rise in the 19th century was the deep similarity between the Indian language Sanskrit and European languages. French historian Arthur Gobineau said during this time that the Aryans are the most superior race in the world. They have good physique and intelligence and it came to be called master race.

Changing meanings in 19th century Europe

By the way, the word Aryan is derived from Arya in Sanskrit, which means best or great. Although this was not a racial term, but was used for communities with strong culture. Between the 19th and 20th centuries, European experts distorted it and linked it to race. The feeling of superiority of the so-called master race grew so much that Adolf Hitler started the massacre of non-Aryans on this basis. Let us remind you that Hitler considered himself to be of Aryan race and started considering it wrong for non-Aryans to live around him. On his orders millions of Jews were exterminated.

Is this race over?

The Aryans did not disappear in any war or natural disaster, but with time, the so-called pure and superior race started mixing with the local civilizations and many new types of cultures and languages ​​were created. So we can assume that there has been some adulteration in the alleged purity. Meanwhile, claims are being heard for a long time that the last pure Aryans are still left in Ladakh, who do not have direct contact with the outside world.

There is Dah-Hanu village, about two hundred kilometers south-west of Leh. The Brokpa community lives in these villages, about which claims of purity have been coming. His tall, light complexion, blue-green eyes and strong nose and jaws emphasize this fact.

How would you have reached the remote valleys of Ladakh?

No concrete information is available on this anywhere. A paper was published in the International Journal of Multidisciplinary Research and Development in 2018. Talking about pregnancy tourism, it was told that perhaps these people could be the descendants of Alexander, who came to India, and some of them settled here. Although no concrete evidence of this is found anywhere, it is also true that they look completely different from the rest of the people of their area and their language and culture are also quite different.

Not a written document, but a festival-time

The Last Aryans, with a population of about four thousand, do not keep written details of their culture and festivals, rather it is passed on orally from one generation to the next. Their language is Broksket, which comes under the category of Indo-Aryan languages. Their festivals are celebrated according to the calendar based on the Sun.

worship nature

Expert Virendra Bangaru of Indira Gandhi National Center for the Arts, while visiting this valley a few years ago, had believed that the people living here and their traditions could be more than five thousand years old. These people worship nature and fire. Although about two hundred years ago, a large part of the people here adopted Buddhism, but they worship only fire, river and mountains. Since this part is adjacent to Pakistan, the influence of Islam is also visible on a few hundred people.

Talking about work, grapes and apricots are cultivated here. Both of these things are counted among the best varieties in the world.

In the news from a documentary

This community, which lived almost cut off from the world, suddenly came into focus a few years ago, when a documentary was made on it. In the year 2007, Sanjeev Sivan made a half-hour film on this, named Ahtung Baby – In Search of Purity. Ahtung is a German word, which is used to attract attention.

German woman claimed

It was claimed in the film that women from Europe, especially Germany, are coming here and joining men so that they can give birth to pure Aryan children. In the documentary, a German woman admits on camera that she came to this remote area of ​​Ladakh in search of pure sperms. The woman also says that she is not alone, but many of her acquaintances have been coming here and for this they also paid huge money. Pays. After the documentary, many other media organizations also reported the same thing, including Al Jazeera.

Indian experts have different views on how true the talk about pregnancy tourism is and how much is not. Mona Bhan, anthropology professor at DePauw University in Indiana, says – It is the people of Europe who have been insisting on this theory of racial purity, and the talk of going to the valley for pregnancy is also their creation.

At present, it is true that the people of this community, who look different from the Mongol features of Ladakh, have to face extremely cold weather and difficult conditions throughout the year except in summer. Yes, but due to this theory of pure Aryans, tourism is increasing even in this remote valley.