
مردم بروکپا
Sign in to saveThe Brokpa (), sometimes called Minaro, is an Indo-Aryan ethnolinguistic group mostly found in the Indian-administered union territory of Ladakh around the villages of Dha and Hanu. Some of the community is also across the Line of Control in the Pakistan-administered Baltistan, in the villages around Ganokh. They speak an Indo-Aryan language called Brokskat. The Brokpa are mostly Vajrayana Buddhist but some are Muslim.
Key facts
- Ethnic group.image
- Brokpa Men traditionally dressed up for the festival.jpg
- Ethnic group.caption
- Brokpa men in Ladakh, dressed up for Bono na festival
- Ethnic group.group
- Brokpa
- Ethnic group.native_name
- Minaro
- Ethnic group.population
- 3,000–4,000
- Ethnic group.popplace
- Ladakh
- Ethnic group.langs
- Brokskat
- Ethnic group.rels
- Predominantly: Buddhism; Minority: Islam
- Ethnic group.related
- Other Indo-Aryan peoples
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