Yak

do not know the language of the salt are even looked down upon by the Saltmen. The division of labour between the group of men traveling to the salt lakes is unique, each man has a certain task for example Margen is the leader and cooks the food for the group while Pargen distributes the meal to the group. Bopsa is the youngest of the group and lacks experience, he is the labourer of the group and Zopon nourishes and takes care of the yaks. The pilgrimage to the salt lakes are filled with rituals, music, and praise towards the gods so that they can stay safe on this journey. When the Saltmen reach the salt lakes they begin their extraction of the salt. They use scrappers to pile the salt into heaps and use sacks that they make to hold the salt in then tie it on the yaks. The Saltmen even believe that salt has a soul of its own. The Saltmen are excited because the salt is plentiful that year and believe the goddess is happy with them. They pray to all the gods and the goddess of the salt lake and give an offering to the gods which are several yaks made out of grain. The Saltmen’s way of life is very…

Yik Yak was founded in November of 2013 by two college graduates of Furman University. This app allows users to make anonymous posts for every within a five-mile radius to see. When you post a Yak the users get the option to up-vote, down-vote, and comment on any post within those five miles. A Yak can get as many up-votes as it can get, but if it gets negative five votes, the Yak gets deleted from the feed. Yik Yak is an app used by many to ridicule and make fun of people, but what can you do…

media app Yik Yak about potentially shooting the school. “I’m going to shoot up BYUI Monday,” Tanner said in his post. When Yik Yak users create an account, they agree to specific rules which include not using the app to bully or target others, and that if a user is to come across any type of post that is threatening or offensive to others, they should down vote the post, or report it. Within a minute of…

Anonymous, local, and addicting. The three things that make the new anonymous app, Yik Yak, desirable to college age students. Yik Yak’s website says “Join the conversation. Share your thoughts with people around you while keeping you privacy.” More often than not, the thoughts of the people are not appropriate. In this day and age, it seems like there is always a new app being created, and it seems like they all have major drawbacks, especially Yik Yak. Yik Yak was created in November of 2013…

Yik Yak is a social media network where users didn’t need a large number of friends or followers to have their posts widely read, as they do on Facebook and Twitter. Some people are of the view that Yik Yak should be allowed in schools because it invites any anonymous user to “share your thoughts with people around you while keeping your privacy.” I totally disagree with because some people have used the app to make sexiest, racist, or threatening comments. First and Foremost, people used the…

This soft creamy mass is called philu (7). Yak meat products Meat forms a major part if the diet of the local people in the North and Eastern part of Sikkim. The local people prepare and consume a variety of traditionally processed smoked, sun-dried, air-dried, or fermented meat products, including sausages since olden days. Male yak is slaughtered instead of female yak. Mostly yak killed in accidents is consumed by the herdsman. The herdsmen consume yak meat on a daily basis and also during…

I was traveling with Catherine, Jingbo, Coco, and Coco’s mom—people I had only met the week before; Dongzhou, Randing, and Luosang were our guides. Initially, our sole intention was to spread environmental awareness to the Yushu area. However, during our tree-hugging mission, we were also able to observe the local culture and lifestyle, and somewhere along the line, the strangers I explored Yushu with became my friends. The vehicle encountered every bump in the road as we drove into the…

Cleo and the Leopard Cleo and the Leopard lived in the same neighborhood, sometimes even in the same tree, but never at the same time, because they were not friends. But they understood each other’s speech and sometimes spoke to each other. As a baboon, Cleo spoke more than the Leopard. Words came to her readily because she was always talking with the other baboons. The Leopard was usually silent. When the Leopard tried to sneak up on some tasty little mongoose under Cleo’s tree, she and…

Written. Sent. Notified. You open your phone to Yik-Yak and started scrolling through the feed: memes, jokes, and personal ads. You like a few posts just as you scroll past your name. Without considering anything else, your hands begin to shake. With panicked breaths, you slowly start to scroll back up- forcing your finger to span the smallest area possible. Suddenly, there it is in text- attacking your character and reputation- all in 160 characters. Tapped and posted like it is no big deal.…

producers, they manage their whole production process from farming the cows for leather to putting the shoes together. The ultra-lightweight construction produces a shoe which is up to 100g lighter in weight compared to other performance golf shoes. Ecco's stabilizing heel is wider, with a special three-cleat arrangement and stability bar style that attains perfect balance points. The Ecco Gore-Tex golf shoes shoe is made from Tibetan Yak leather that is purely soft, smooth, breathable and…