Welcome to the Surya Civic Association web site
Kargyak is an isolated village situated in the Indian Himalayas in the altitude of 4200 m above sea level and it is one of the last places where the original Tibetan culture still survives. Until recently, there was no school in the village and the children had no other chance but either to leave for distant boarding schools or never to learn to read and write.
In September 2009 the Surya Civic Association finished construction of the specially designed “passive” school-building which is heated by sun, works fully ecologically and it’s appearance is also in accordance with local structures.
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News from Kargyak
Part 1 : Leh - Padum
13 January 2010
We set out early in the morning. For the first time, we meet our porters and guides for chadar : Lobzang and Jampell from Ichar, Tashi Dawa from Pipcha (later on, we got to know that Tashi was Zanskar widely famous pop-star :) and with azhang-le Tundup (or with uncle Tundup) from Sani. Jeep should take as about 2-3 hours far from ...
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About pudja (puja)
Our arrival to Kargyak is firmly joint with a certain pudja (or puja) that seems to control everything in the whole Zanskar valley by now. And as I didn´t know a lot about this celebration, I asked children from the 4th and 5th class to give me a better idea about the puja. A collective brainstorming resulted into following facts:
Puja is in winter only, in January.
Puja is a ...
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06/01 everything is ready, well packed, Honza equipped us with a bottle of a "drinking disinfection" and now we are just looking forward to the departure. However our smile is getting stiff in the afternoon. We received a text message announcing that our flight had been cancelled.
And that´s the start of a crazy calling, clicking and re-reserving in which are ...
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