About Chautare
Chautare, these are resting benches found after a steep climb in the mountains, between villages. These are built by the local people in the East Himalaya, usually dedicated to the dear ones who have passed away. People, while traveling from one village to the other, meet here and rest a while. Most of the time common messages and notices are put over here. Many a new and old things are discussed, when people meet at the Chautare, and hence the name of our newsletter.India is diverse and we come from a region most commonly known as East Himalaya, still unknown to the world. It is more of a boundary less region, though it is assumed that there is the Tsagpo river, which becomes the Mighty Brahmaputra in India and Jamuna in Bangladesh, the Irrawaddy river, the last lap of river Ganga, all falling into the Bay of Bengal till the Andaman Islands. The highest peaks, Mt. Everest and Mt. Khangchendzonga are a part of the region. Till long there was no dominance of any single rule in this region, except in 1875, we find the map of British India.The diversity of this region in terms of natural and cultural resources is beyond any yard stick to measure. Every 100 miles in the region will expose new natural area and a new community living with it. From time unknown, there has been one religion that bound this region; the religion of Biodivinity, one common tradition of the communities is to conserve the nature around them as Gods.For almost 200 years from now, there have been efforts by the world to bring the so called modern civilization to this region, but the community traditions have been extremely strong to wipe them out completely. Through Help Tourism, we have tried to conserve whatever is left with these communities using tourism as a tool, and we are looking forward to organizations working or interested in this region to regularly send their feed back.
