The sounds of the earth in the village of Likir, India

The sounds of the earth in the village of Likir

In the village of Likir, in Ladakh, in the northwest of India, songs accompany domestic activities. Each turn of the butter churn is taken up and counted as a chorus, the same melody is whispered in the cow’s ear to soothe it when milk is drawn from it, a lullaby is hummed at nightfall to put the child to sleep.

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