
The snowfall thickens as we break trail down to Neylu through knee-deep powder. All around the villagers celebrate the harvest festival of Awlley. For three days, the Layap throw open-house parties, rotating from village to village.
In every house, the women turn the new barley crop into chang and the sound of dancing fills the valley as revelers go singing from house to house and each family displays their wealth, manners and women.