Migration and Diaspora

Welcome back!

This time I am going to go more in depth on the migrations and diaspora of the Lepcha.

( http://www.atimes.com/atimes/China/FG21Ad06.html )

(Tibet Map)

       The migration and diaspora of the Lepcha first began long ago when they were believed to migrated down from Tibet. After making the trek down, the people of Lepcha settled in what is Sikkim, Nepal. After settling down in Nepal, the Lepcha community has not seen much movement else where. Because they are a community of only about 3,400 they tended to stay around the Himalayan Mountain region. 

( https://apsorescuecolorado.wordpress.com/category/tibetan-dogs/ )

(Tibetan Mountain Monastery)

          Although the Lepchan people are faced with the hardship of hydro electric planting; which will be further discussed in another post, another time, they still are persevering and refuse to move to relocate their families. 

( http://lettersfromsikkim.wordpress.com/2013/07/28/saving-sikkims-biodiversity-the-hydroelectric-dam-dilemma/ )

(Sikkim hydroelectric dam)

Thanks for reading!

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