A material-centered showcase on care, labor, and livelihood in Ladakh
A rural tourism venture that connects India’s urban travelers with artisan communities through immersive, hands-on experiences that let them learn, make, and reconnect with their roots while supporting artisans livelihoods.
Weaving, herding, and spinning not just as economic activities, but as relational practices embedded in ecology, identity, and care.
Conversations with the Changpa community and the Achi Self-Help Group revealed how the early stages of craft, like collecting, readying, and spinning wool, carry deep forms of knowledge and interdependence that are often overlooked.
On field with a Changpa herder who herds 300 Pashmina Sheep
Nomadism in Chanthang where the rearing of Pashmina sheeps takes place.
Their migrations, herding knowledge, and reading of weather sustain both goats and ecology.
Ms. Yanzes, spinning Pashmina wool using the traditional ladakhi method of spinning and adapting to modern spinning methods with time
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A young Ladakhi girl, spinning goat hair using found materials while on a small hike.
Such moments remind us that care begins in small, unseen gestures, in hands, in fibers, in connection with the land.
This is the care we bring to the Care Labs Festival. Festival