Manaka Chowari lives by eating snow

As the cold increases, the people of Manang leave the district to escape the cold. Although there is a tradition of yakchauri, herds of sheep grazing down the valley, the yak chauri needs cold air. These yak knives, which fill their stomachs with Himalayan herbs in the foothills of the mountains, are now obliged to eat snow.

After a long snowfall, Manang looks almost like white cotton. Roads, forests and farmland are still white. For seven consecutive days of snow, people are forced to indoors. No exit, lack of drinking water, it is difficult to walk.

The roof of the house is covered with snow. Chief District Officer Rudranath Davkota said outside the district after the onset of snowfall, people said. According to him, entering the house feels like a hole in the mountain cave. What a real experience these yachts have had!

The rains of Yakchauri in upper Manang, Yamkhark, Gumchung, Icelake, Kalakhark and Thorung Pheedi in the rainy season, are in the winter season in the lower regions of Gumchung, Khansar, Tankimnang, Angaol, Humdeka.

Now the people here live indoors. Yak Chauri outside the open sky. Some even drove to a place where they could take care of themselves near the slopes as soon as they found a needle in the snow.

Something paused along the way. Some are still on the lake. No matter where you are, there is no option for Yak Chauri to eat snow at this time. Hunger are hungry Have not eaten water. Despite the ability to withstand the cold, excessive freezing and snow have affected the Yak Chauri. The long snowfall of up to 7 days has hit 900 feet of snow. Pemba Chiring Gurung of Manang Yingyang-3, including Chirung-Ningmal, brought the Yak Chauri to the village on the day the snow started.

Likewise, the son-in-law Chiring Ghalle also shifted his two yakchauri to a safe place on the same day. He has kept the four children in his house in the house. Manang, which stands at an altitude of 5,900 meters above sea level, has frozen 4 feet of snow. The stage area is full of snow. The thieves have been hungry for 90 days. 'The grass and the wheat flour that was cut were little. No water Snow is sitting down '- he said.

Considered as the ancestral profession of Manang district, the profession has been run in six villages here. Chauriyak, Suresh Thakali, a chauffeur from Nason village, is a Chauri rearing businessman at the lowest place in the district. He currently has 3 Yak Knives. According to the District Animal Services Office, Manang, there are currently more than 1,600 Yakchauri in the district. Those living on the shoulders of the mountain will have the ability to withstand a minimum temperature of 1 to 5 degrees, said Ram Prasad Adhikari, technical officer of the Animal Services Office. According to him, Yakchauri is likely to get sick due to the minus 6 degree temperature in Manang this year. The effect of the cold can be seen on February 9th. Not much is seen in the current situation.