Revelations from the hidden world of Cham

Ladakh-Zanskar maintains a cultural ecology of Cham that exists nowhere else

Joseph Houseal on the Cham Dance in Ladakh

A photographic essay of the people and culture of Ladakh

Editor's note: Stella Peters is a writer/photographer from Amsterdam who focuses on inequality and human interest stories. She is currently studying anthropology in an Advanced master’

Some of us are close friends with the natural world.  We spend our weekends in the mountains; we own Gore-Tex and lots of wicking socks.  Sometimes, we’re more like nature’s acquaintances: we drive hy