Around 7 to 8 hours of journey towards Khaltse (West of Leh), brings you among the unique tribe of Dard, known as Brogpa’s these people live in the villages situated on the northern bank along the lower Indus, on the road to Baltistan. There are five Brogpa villages and tourists are allowed to visit two, Dha and Biama. Settled in relatively low altitude (2,800 Mts.)  there is a good produce of fruit and vegetables comprising of apricots, walnuts,  and tomatoes. Brogpa’s are considered the original survivors of some Aryan race. They are believed to have migrated via Gilgit about 1,000 years ago from Central Asia during the turmoil of warring chieftains. They have strong Aryan features.

Though the winds of change have slightly shaken their efforts of preserving their ancient identity but still they strongly believe in not mixing their genes with the other races. Therefore they marry within the community only and if anyone marries outside the community, the community disowns him. Apart from their ancient culture and way of life, they have also preserved their ancient identity and origin in the songs. A song sung during a festival, traces the route by which their ancestors traveled from Gilgit and pray to Gods for bringing them to their new home, another song is a description of the skill of the hunter during Ibex hunt and many other songs describe the life of this pastoral community.