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{{Distinguish|text=the [[Dah Hanu region|Dah Hanu valley]] (valley in Ladakh)}}
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| subdivision_name2        = [[Leh district|Leh]]
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| subdivision_name3        = [[Khalatse|Khalsi]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://leh.nic.in/about-district/administrative-setup/village/|title=Villages &#124; District Leh, Union Territory of Ladakh &#124; India|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190629222248/https://leh.nic.in/about-district/administrative-setup/village/|archive-date=2019-06-29|url-status=live}}</ref>
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| population_total         = 1816
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'''[[Dah, Ladakh|Dah]]''' (also known as '''Dha''') and '''[[Hanoo|Hanu]]''' are two villages of the [[Brokpa]] of the [[Leh District]] of the [[India]]n [[States and union territories of India|union territory]] of [[Ladakh]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=In Pictures: The last Aryans |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/gallery/2014/7/14/in-pictures-the-last-aryans |access-date=2023-01-26 |website=www.aljazeera.com |language=en |quote=They live in the villages of Dha and Hanu (commonly called as Dhahanu).}}
</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Jina |first=Prem Singh |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=p2obhkp0B90C&dq=Dah-Hanu&pg=PA174 |title=Cultural Heritage of Ladakh Himalaya |date=2009 |publisher=Gyan Publishing House |isbn=978-81-7835-745-4 |pages=53–176 |language=en}}</ref> Until 2010, these were the only two villages where tourists were allowed to visit out of a number of Brokpa villages.

The two villages situated in the Dha Hanu valley, also known as [[Aryan valley]], about 163&nbsp;km northwest of [[Leh]] in [[Ladakh]]. Being at a lower altitude, Dha and Hanu is warmer than Leh, allowing for the cultivation of wine-grapes and cherries as well as apricots and walnuts.<ref name=":0" />

The [[Brokpa]] people of Dah Hanu are nominally [[Buddhism|Buddhist]] but also worship their own animist pantheon of gods. They converted to Buddhism in the mid-nineteenth century.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Nicolaus|first=Peter|date=2015|title=Residues of Ancient Beliefs among the Shin in the Gilgit-Division and Western Ladakh|url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/43899199|language=en|journal=Iran & the Caucasus|volume=19|issue=3|pages=201–264|doi=10.1163/1573384X-20150302|jstor=43899199|issn=1609-8498|url-access=subscription}}</ref> They have an [[Caucasian race|Indo-European]] appearance in contrast to the predominant Tibeto-Mongol inhabitants of most of [[Ladakh]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title = Dha Hanu route intro|url = http://www.himalayabybike.com/Himalaya_by_Bike/Dha_Hanu_route_intro.html|language=en|website = www.himalayabybike.com|access-date = 2015-09-27|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20170822100621/http://www.himalayabybike.com/Himalaya_by_Bike/Dha_Hanu_route_intro.html|archive-date = 22 August 2017|url-status = dead}}</ref> According to popular belief, the Brokpas were part of the army of Alexander the Great and came to the region over two thousand years ago<ref>{{Cite web |title=Dha-Hanu in Ladakh {{!}} Dha-Hanu Tour {{!}} Dha-Hanu Map {{!}} Dha-Hanu Weather {{!}} Dha-Hanu Photos {{!}} Travel.india.com |url=https://www.india.com/travel/ladakh/places-to-visit/valleys-dha-hanu/ |access-date=2022-11-27 |website=www.india.com |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=In Pictures: The last Aryans |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/gallery/2014/7/14/in-pictures-the-last-aryans |access-date=2022-11-27 |website=www.aljazeera.com |language=en}}</ref>

"Some households still practice [[polyandry]]...it is the groom who pays the bride price. Women have rights of divorce."<ref>{{Cite web|title = The Sunday Tribune - Spectrum|url=http://www.tribuneindia.com/2004/20041107/spectrum/main1.htm|language=en|website=www.tribuneindia.com|access-date = 2015-09-27|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20041110222809/http://www.tribuneindia.com/2004/20041107/spectrum/main1.htm|archive-date=2004-11-10|url-status=live}}</ref>

==See also==

* [[Geography of Ladakh]]
* [[Tourism in Ladakh]]

== References ==
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[[Category:Villages in Khalsi tehsil]]


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