Muffler on Culture

I feel the pressure to be more children friendly but nothing really interesting for children has happened today. The weather has been mixed, and it's snowing on the high mountains all around us now. It's colder too. I guess I can say a few words of the Moravian Mission School which is halfway between Changspa and Leh. Although it was probably less than 15 degrees the children sat and worked in long lines on the schoolyard. I wonder how Alice and her friends would like that? Judging from reports from back home the children are currently absorbed by the movie "Titanic", and it's hard to trump that from here (3 500 metres above sea level). We've got plenty of ice around us, though.

Today I had a good talk with some cultural activists from Skarchen. We spoke about Balti identity and culture and the peculiar separation of culture and religion the Baltis in Turtuk seem to have. In fact, they seem to have a pragmatic relationship to Islam and look at it has a kind of muffler on their culture. I'm meeting them again on Monday to talk about Balti music and the production of albumns with Balti songs.