Recently I made a short trekked to lower mustang with SIT teams as a co-researcher but I found my heart immobilized by the circumstance that I came to know.
Last year, I was in lower Mustang to attend very famous
festival so called “Yarthung” means horse racing, cultural and traditional
dance and singing. I met bunch of local energetic youth, with aim to change
something good in their particular village and we do discussed a lot about it,
sharing our idea, opinion, thought and so on. They are fun to spend time with and
always wear humble smiley face, no matter how hard their life could be. I was very
excited to meet them and discuss the matter further, as I had research more
this time and I do have some pretty good solution for our last meeting
confusion and doubt. But unfortunately my heart shatter knowing most of them
had already migrated to Europe and State.
The remaining youth are planning to migrate to abroad as well; leaving
their old parents alone, handling their fields, animals and daily activities in
picturesque mountains.
I don’t understand why youth have to migrate to abroad,
while leaving the gold mining to someone else hand? Mustang is booming in both
local and international tourist because of its unique landscape and its natural
beauty beside the Lonely Planet listed out Mustang as the one of the most
beautiful places on the earth in 2020.
The people of mustang are happy:- a real happy, the nature
of people are humble, welcoming and down to earth with friendly manner. They
have their own unique culture, traditional and language but unfortunately it’s
in great danger now. As I mention above, the younger generation of mustang are
migrating in a rapidly and only left is the older generation. Currently many of
Nepali people migrate toward Mustang for better opportunity; because Mustang
heavily needs labours in every sector and fields. I came to know that in TANG
and CHUGSANG village.It is estimated that every year more than hundreds youths
from Mustang migrate to different cities for better future which ultimately
leave a great danger to their profound culture, traditional, language and
religion. It is also estimated that within two decade Mustang will become a museum.
What is the use of money when you won’t able to buy smile
and happiness, instead of buying it’s just create jealously and hatred between
the people. Which ultimately means
Mustang is losing its thousands of years old profound culture, religion,
traditional,
