Must Know information for tourists on Himachal Pradesh
Lying in the lap of the Himalayas, extending from the plains or Haryana and Punjab to the snowy heights of Tibet’s border, the elevation varies from 350 metres (1,148 ft) to 6,975 metres (22,883 ft) with numbers of mountain ranges of different heights enclosing valleys of various width. Consequently linguistically, too, the state has different, distinctive features and there are as many dialects as there were princely states. Every ten to twelve miles the dialed changes and yet there is enough uniformity to bind them all under the head of Western Pahari, which is different from the Eastern Pahari of Nepal and the Central Pahari of Garhwal and Kumaon. Some of the dialects grouped under the title Western Pahari are-Jaurisari, Siramuri, Baghati, Kiunthali, Sutlej group; Kangri, Kulvi, Mandeali, Chambeali and the Bhaderwah group. While some of them are close to the languages of the bordering areas of Jammu, Punjab and Uttar Pradesh, they have their origin in Sanskrit and Prakrit. Himachal proverb conveys their innate understanding of human nature:
“A Rajput can be won over by praise; a Girth (low caste tenant) with threats; a Brahmin by learning and a Kirar (beggar trickster) by tricks”
The staple diet of the local people in himacha Pradesh is corn (maize) rice, beans and pulses, yam and potatoes, wheat, when available, and milk products. Fond of meat, they can only afford it in the winter months or in festive occasions. Fishing involves long treks to the stream. In the north, meat is dried and stored for the long hard winter ahead.
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