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    The narrator's journey from Ravu to Mount Kailash to complete the kora, a sacred Buddhist ritual. He hired a car and brought Daniel as an escort. The author, Nick Middleton, is an experienced traveler who has visited over 70 countries. His purpose was to complete the kora, a type of pilgrimage that involves circumambulating Mount Kailash. The road was named the Silk Road due to historical silk trade between China and Tibet. A kora is also a meditative practice where pilgrims walk around a sacred site.

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    The narrator's journey from Ravu to Mount Kailash to complete the kora, a sacred Buddhist ritual. He hired a car and brought Daniel as an escort. The author, Nick Middleton, is an experienced traveler who has visited over 70 countries. His purpose was to complete the kora, a type of pilgrimage that involves circumambulating Mount Kailash. The road was named the Silk Road due to historical silk trade between China and Tibet. A kora is also a meditative practice where pilgrims walk around a sacred site.

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    The narrator's journey from Ravu to Mount Kailash to complete the kora, a sacred Buddhist ritual. He hired a car and brought Daniel as an escort. The author, Nick Middleton, is an experienced traveler who has visited over 70 countries. His purpose was to complete the kora, a type of pilgrimage that involves circumambulating Mount Kailash. The road was named the Silk Road due to historical silk trade between China and Tibet. A kora is also a meditative practice where pilgrims walk around a sacred site.

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    The narrator's journey from Ravu to Mount Kailash to complete the kora, a sacred Buddhist ritual. He hired a car and brought Daniel as an escort. The author, Nick Middleton, is an experienced traveler who has visited over 70 countries. His purpose was to complete the kora, a type of pilgrimage that involves circumambulating Mount Kailash. The road was named the Silk Road due to historical silk trade between China and Tibet. A kora is also a meditative practice where pilgrims walk around a sacred site.

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    SILK ROAD

    NICK MIDDLETON
    INTRODUCTION

    The story is written by Nick Middleton. This chapter is about the


    narrator's journey from slopes of Ravu to Mount Kailash to complete the
    kora. To bid him farewell, Lhamo gave him a long sleeve sheepskin coat.
    He hired Tsetan's car for his journey and took Daniel along to escort him
    to Darchen.
    WHO IS NICK MIDDLETON?
    As a geographer, he has travelled to more
    than 70 countries. In Going to Extremes, a
    Channel 4 television programme about
    extreme lifestyles, he experienced life in the
    hostile conditions that other cultures must
    endure.
    MORE ABOUT THE STORY

    • The purpose of the author's journey to Mount Kailash


    was to complete the Kora, which was a sacred
    religious ritual according to Hindu and Buddhist
    tradition

    • The road was named Silk Road largely because of the


    silk trade with China in the chapter the author travels
    to Mount Kailash, exploring the Himalayan belt in
    Tibet. Since the author explored this region the chapter
    is titled as Silk Road.
    mt. kailash
    WHAT IS A KORA?
    The kora is a stringed instrument used extensively in West Africa.
    A kora typically has 21 strings, which are played by plucking with
    the fingers. It combines features of the lute and harp

    it is a Tibetan word that means "circumambulation" or


    "revolution". Kora is both a type of pilgrimage and a type of
    meditative practice in the Tibetan Buddhist or Bon traditions.

    The kora is used by male musicians mainly to accompany


    narrations, recitations, and songs in honour of a patron.
    THE HIMALAYAN BELT
    • the Sanskrit name Himalaya—from hima (“snow”) and alaya
    (“abode”)—for that great mountain system.

    • It is a mountain range in Asia, separating the plains of


    the Indian subcontinent from the Tibetan Plateau.

    • The Himalaya mountains present some of the most


    incredible landscapes and stunning scenery on the planet.
    Many photographers flock to this region for
    photographic reasons alone
    • Around 700,000 people visit the Himalayas every year
    for tourism purposes. However, these figures remain
    restricted to trekkers, mountaineers, and pilgrims visiting
    the higher folds of the Himalayan mountains.
    NOW AS WE HAVE LEARNT ABOUT THE PLACES AND THE
    CULTURES WE CAN MOVE FORWARD TO THE LESSON

    ISSUED BY NOUR

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