Ladakh’s curious case of ‘pregnancy tourism’

When you hear the phrase ‘Pregnancy Tourism’, does it come to the mind? Usually, this is the expected mothers where they are traveling to countries Juice Solie (Citizenship from birth) gives its children automated rights and, often, a better future. It is a calculated trick that many couples resort to passports, healthcare, education and social benefits.

But this concept takes a completely U-turn when you go deep into the Aryan Valley of Ladakh, where the story around pregnancy tourism has a paperwork or very little to do with hospitals. Here, the story is entangled in myth, folklore, and is a dull passion with “racial purity”.

Brockpa and ‘Last Aryan’ legend

This idea may seem far -fetched, and in all possibilities, it is, but the Brockpa community (also known as Dogpa or Drockpa), who lives in a group of Himalayan villages such as Dah, Hanu, Darter, Biama and Garkon, claim to be a direct Aryan descendant.

Unlike other Ladakhi communities, Brockpa has different characteristics – long frames, fair skin, and light colored eyes, which separate them for a long time. Local learning, enlightened by tourist stories, branded him as a “final pure Aryans”, who asked the troops marching with Alexander The Great.

Truth or wrong, we will come later. But this legend has also given rise to another claim that can surprise you.

Claims of ‘pregnancy tourism’ in Ladakh

Such stories are stated that some foreign women, especially from Germany and other parts of Europe, travel to these Brockpa villages with a very specific goal: to imagine children with Brockpa men. Faith? That his child will inherit the prized “pure Aryan” genetics Vicky donor The subplot, can say something).

Stories are financially compensated by local men, conception is changed in a commercial system. For outsiders, it seems like a plot of a sensational novel, and perhaps that is why the journey Vlogger Soumil Aggarwal undertook to ask the residents directly to the Aryan Valley to ask the residents directly to whether there was any truth for these claims.

Myth versus reality

First, it is claimed that Brockpa is a direct Aryan descendant, widely dismissed by geneticists and historians. No scientific evidence supports it.

For pregnancy tourism, it is very rare to suggest that it is widespread or organized. Most accounts whispered in word-of-mouth stories, exaggerated travelogues, or Ladakhi guesthouse. Journalists and anthropologists who have spent time in these villages, note that isolated cases can exist, it is hardly a rich practice.

When Saumil asked all around, he received mixed reactions. Some residents stressed that foreign women had actually come to imagine “Aryan infants”, while others had dismissed the stories outright. The village head (nominated by the name) was also firm in brushing him as a fully hearing.

Some observers also argue that the whole idea has been inflated, sometimes by local people, to awaken the curiosity and attract more tourists.

Between folklore and gossip

Finally, the so -called pregnancy of Ladakh sits somewhere between tourism folklore and gossip, the greed of the part, the rumor living in the part. Like most legends, this does not end because there is evidence, but because people want to believe in it and have a sense of attraction and intrigue. And maybe this is a real draw, not children born with ‘mythological genes’, but legends that refuse to die.