The Burig, or Purik, are another group of Tibetan Muslims who live south of the Balti in Kashmir. Most of them live in Baltistan and Kargil, although significant numbers reside in Leh. The Tibetan people are a people living in Tibet and some surrounding areas. ... Jump to: navigation, search A Muslim (Arabic: مسلم) is an adherent of Islam. ... The Balti are the descendants of an amalagam of Tibetan, Turkic and Dard people. ... Jump to: navigation, search This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ... Baltistan is a region in the far north of Kashmir, bordering the Chinese region of Xinjiang. ... Kargil was a part of Gilgit-Baltistan before 1947, but now is a town in the Indian-controlled Kashmir. ... View of Leh from Namgyal hill Leh Bazaar prior to 1871 Leh is the capital of the former Himalayan kingdom of Ladakh, which is now a district in the state of Jammu and Kashmir, India. ...

Owing to the fact that they inhabit the higher reaches of the arid Himalayas, they depend on glacial runoff for irrigatation their crops. Barley, wheat, and millet are grown where water is sufficient, notably along small rivers. The hot summer temperatures also allow for a wide variety of fruits to be raised. Jump to: navigation, search The Himalaya is a mountain range in Asia, separating the Indian subcontinent from the Tibetan Plateau. ...

Unlike the Dards and the Shina, the Burig are not nomads. They transfer their livestock from one grazing ground to another upon the arrival of autumn. During the summer months, they drive the cattle to alpine pastures, and all households own at least one female dzo, which is a cross between a cow and a yak. These animals produce milk. This article needs cleanup. ... A Dzo is a male hybrid of a yak and a domesticated cow. ... Jump to: navigation, search Look up Cow on Wiktionary, the free dictionary Cow may refer to: Cattle regardless of sex (in vernacular usage). ... Jump to: navigation, search Binomial name Bos gruniens Linnaeus, 1766 The yak (Bos grunniens) is a long-haired humped domestic bovine found in Tibet and throughout the Himalayan region of south central Asia. ...

Most of them are Shia Muslims by religion, although significant Sunni Muslims and a small minority of Buddhists and Bön followers reside in isolated areas. Like the Balti, they spoke an archaic Tibetan dialect. Shiʻa Islam (Arabic شيعى follower; English has traditionally used Shiite) makes up the second largest sect of believers in Islam, constituting about 30%–35% of all Muslim. ... Sunni Islam (Arabic سنّة) is the largest denomination of Islam. ... Statues of Buddha such as this, the Tian Tan Buddha statue in Hong Kong, remind followers to practice right living. ... Bön has typically been described as the shamanistic religion in Tibet before the arrival of Buddhism in the 7th century. ... The Balti are the descendants of an amalagam of Tibetan, Turkic and Dard people. ...