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Article: S S Pangtey - preserving Kumaon's Bhotiya culture.
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- PTI - The Press Trust of India Ltd.
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- May 26, 2006
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S S Pangtey - preserving Kumaon's Bhotiya culture
Munsyari (Uttaranchal) May 26 (PTI) Septuagenarian S S Pangtey smiles as he "looks down" from his abode located at an altitude of 2,290 metres in Munsyari, the eastern most part of Pithoragarh district, which lay on the trade route to Tibet.
A retired school teacher, Pangtey's mission in life is to preserve the dying culture of his ancestors, the Kumaoni Bhotiyas, traditional traders who carried out trade with nomadic Tibetan Khampas and Dokpas until China invaded Tibet and the subsequent Sino-India war in 1962 brought the flourishing trade to a halt.
This picturesque town surrounded by ...