Imported (Moroccan, Afghani, Nepalase) Hash photo's and discussion....

[ngakpa]

Garhwali Jungli - had a nice banana smell - made by a sadhu calling himself Mongiri Baba

 

[mr.haze420]

you guy's are the black hash masters.

 

[binaryfission]

ngakp - that is the most impressive spread i've seen in one post. and the Nepali charas tasted like strawberries?? that is too much.

i will get a social sciences degree and do many hours of research on hashish making cultures.
i will get a social sciences degree and do many hours of research on hashish making cultures.
i will get a social sciences degree and do many hours of research on hashish making cultures.


its the only way i'll ever get to experience all this magic you guys hold.


PEACE and Thanks.

 

[ngakpa]

the Nepali handrub pictured was veeery fruity smelling when worked in the hands to give warmth then pulled open and sniffed (how I always do it, I am always getting told off in Dam coffeshops whenever I am over there).... strawberry would be the closest thing I could think of to the dominant aroma... it was a red fruity aroma, as opposed to the orange fruitiness of mango/carrot strains, if you see what I mean... it got high marks from the charsis at Pashupatinath Temple

but hey - you don't really need to be a sociologist/ethnobotanist/anthropologist to get out there into the world of hashish... in fact about 1/10th of the money you would spend on such a degree would be enough to get you on the road

all best,

Ngakpa

 

[binaryfission]

where is the road? Seriously. i'ld love to start while i'm young but other than ending up alone in a foreign country i'ld have no idea where to begin this type of journey.

i feel like a little little kid begging to smoke with grownups around u guys, and don't want to come off as one, but i am a sponge for information, please share.


Peace and Thanks.

 

[mriko]

where is the road? Seriously. i'ld love to start while i'm young but other than ending up alone in a foreign country i'ld have no idea where to begin this type of journey.

Where's the road ?? hahah ! There's no road my friend, you need a good machete and cut your own way through the thick jungle of the unknown and prohibition mentality.

I've never heard about courses on hashish cultures, when I was working at the OGD many studends came to get information and studies about doep are all about sociology, geopolitics and so on. The global cultural role & value of cannabis is not accounted for and even less recognized actually. It's just dope. And even in the Universitary world and International institution such as the UN dastards, people studying cannabis are looked upon with great disdain.

I was 15 when I discovered cannabis (Thanks to Beaudelaire!) and I already new quite a bunch things about it and many other dope before having my first ever puff of hash (I sure felt in love eheh). I remember how simply holding a piece of Moroccan get me to wonder and travel far away about the history of the stuff, who made it, the culture and so on.
I made my own way through the years, keep ing on gathering all informations I could. When I got my bachelor degree, very unexpectedly, I had to choose something to do, fast, and choose some Oriental Languages institute. Almost 100 different languages to choose from I had. Hindi and Thai (need to tell why?) were picked in the train on my way to registration. I forgot all my Thai but my HIndi is today pretty usefull for my research !

You just have to choose your way, pick a country or an area and focus on it. The hashish research scene is very very limited (not to say very poor) and we need people who are specialised with countries.

And yeah, ending up alone in a foreign country is great thing !

Irie !

 

[binaryfission]

Where's the road ?? hahah ! There's no road my friend, you need a good machete and cut your own way through the thick jungle of the unknown and prohibition mentality.

I've never heard about courses on hashish cultures, when I was working at the OGD many studends came to get information and studies about doep are all about sociology, geopolitics and so on. The global cultural role & value of cannabis is not accounted for and even less recognized actually. It's just dope. And even in the Universitary world and International institution such as the UN dastards, people studying cannabis are looked upon with great disdain.

I was 15 when I discovered cannabis (Thanks to Beaudelaire!) and I already new quite a bunch things about it and many other dope before having my first ever puff of hash (I sure felt in love eheh). I remember how simply holding a piece of Moroccan get me to wonder and travel far away about the history of the stuff, who made it, the culture and so on.
I made my own way through the years, keep ing on gathering all informations I could. When I got my bachelor degree, very unexpectedly, I had to choose something to do, fast, and choose some Oriental Languages institute. Almost 100 different languages to choose from I had. Hindi and Thai (need to tell why?) were picked in the train on my way to registration. I forgot all my Thai but my HIndi is today pretty usefull for my research !

You just have to choose your way, pick a country or an area and focus on it. The hashish research scene is very very limited (not to say very poor) and we need people who are specialised with countries.

And yeah, ending up alone in a foreign country is great thing !

Irie !

mriko - i didn't mean to say i want a degree in hashish. i want to be able to write a book or what not and have a reason to travel to one or all of these places. Linguistics is something i'm interested in so studying hindi or pahstun or whatever would give me access to the cultures and atleast some amount of expense write off.

the plan u laid out is, in my mind, the outline of any successful fact finding mission. My worry is spending a few weeks somewhere and not being able to get anywhere. My first experiences with hashish were supposedly "primo afghan," but after learning, mainly from u and the others here and at OG, about what the gold stamp usually indicates, i could not and still can not stop thinking about the flavours and effects to be had from truly amazing afghan hash.

should i just trust my luck and take the plunge?? How important is not speaking the language in any of these places? specifically, about pakistan/ afghanistan what would u say are three things i should know/do before leaving or picking an area?


Thanks Again mriko. i wish i had all ur pictorials from OG. those were inspiring.


PeAcE

 

[mriko]

the plan u laid out is, in my mind, the outline of any successful fact finding mission. My worry is spending a few weeks somewhere and not being able to get anywhere.

As long as you prepare your journey, you only can find material for work. Finding about production areas is the first thing to research and first place to head on.

How important is not speaking the language in any of these places?

Locals always like it and it does help for sure, but it's not a necessity. I speak some urdu but I've been to place in Pakistan where almost no one speaked urdu, only their local language and some english. My first journey to Indian & Pakistan was about 8 years after I finished studying Hindi and I had forgotten a very lot during that time. Wasn't able to speak except for a few words and even less to understand (it came back since eheh...), but it hadn't been of any problem to me.

specifically, about pakistan/ afghanistan what would u say are three things i should know/do before leaving or picking an area?

eheh, for sure you must first check about the poliltical situation overthere as it's kinda getting hotter and hotter. If you're from US or UK there are areas which are not of the safest kind for you. Try to cover some place which have not been studied yet, the more new areas we learn about, the better.

should i just trust my luck and take the plunge??

You name it !




Irie !

 

[binaryfission]

eheh, for sure you must first check about the poliltical situation overthere as it's kinda getting hotter and hotter. If you're from US or UK there are areas which are not of the safest kind for you. Try to cover some place which have not been studied yet, the more new areas we learn about, the better.



You name it !




Irie !

thanks for another great post and more inspiration. I am specifically interested in Pakistan and Afghanistan and yes i am from the us (half spanish). U care to share any info on how i could check political climate? i can't imagine the US embassy is gonna tell me much is safe.

India sounds great but seems too cliche and not as much of an experience/adventure/trek.

any thoughts on Nepal? More relaxed political situation and off the beaten path. also a chance to stick my foot into china.

I hope u guys don't mind me posting here, but i would love any more info anyone has.

PEACE

You must spread Reputation around before giving it to mriko again

 

[mriko]

India sounds great but seems too cliche and not as much of an experience/adventure/trek.

Hell, if you go Goa or Manali then yeah can somewhat be so. But there are TONS of places there which are off the beaten track, everywhere !
VERY LITTLE is know about Indian scene actually. yeah it grows everywhere, so what ??? It's way more than that ! You can pick sieved hash, rubbed charas, ganja, everything is there !
What do we know about India ? Kerala ganja ? charas from the valleys of the Gods ? Bhang ? Kashmir garda ? And now that Ngakpa has opened a new window, a little bit about Uttaranchal production (very cool by the way) ?
Man, that's just nothing ! What about Sikkim's Bamboo-fermented ganja ? what about Jharkhand traditionnal hemp fabrics ? What about the tons and tons of ganja grown in Assam&Nagaland ? What about the totally uncovered Arunachal Pradesh ? you just have heaps of choices in India (with little to no foreigners around) and dont worry for the Experience/Adventure, India has the power to blow you away, without the slightest doubt !

Can't tell you much about Nepal as I've not been there. But yeah, pretty much of thebeaten track with many many unexplored areas. Western Nepal could be an idea, would make the junction with Uttaranchal.
Political situation ? Depends where you go I think. I'm following a bit what's going on there (I sure plan to visit ! ) and nowadays Terai seems to be pretty tense so better to head to the mountains. But still, Nepal is at a crucial time of her History, Monarchy has just been kicked out and the first president have been elected few days ago. Nepal is also strongly hit by the global food and oil prices crisis. There were some big protest not long ago with all access to Kathmandu blaocked if memory serves me.

That's nice banana jungli you have here Ngakpa ! Makes me thing about some Apple jungli I scored once In Kullu. Rubbed by an old man, the last of the village who knows which plants to select in the wild. Amazing material, was like smoking apple eheh.

By the way, did you have any opportunity to sample some traditionnal Kumaoni food recipe involving cannabis ? They use mostly leaves if I remember correctly, but they also use the seeds. I know about some chutney recipe involving buffalo yoghurt, cannabis seeds pomegranate and mint, sounds good !

Irie !

 

[ngakpa]

hey - I second everything Mriko said in response to that line: India is just so absurdly vast that it really defies any attempt to generalise about it... some 3.3 million km squared or so, and incredibly diverse at that... it is teeming with places which are totally unexplored - the whole of the NE, basically everywhere beyond the usual narrow lines of destinations through the N and S

to step off the beaten track requires very little effort or imagination - anyone with half a brain and a bit of soul will soon get utterly sick of the "scenes" in places like Manali and McCleod Ganj, not to mention the more rank bits of Goa etc.. all of which are crawling with unbearable wankers from the UK, Israel, Italy etc. and the tired, resentful Indians who have to deal with their shit...

pick quite literally any of the 28 or so states and you will find that almost all of it has been untouched by backpackers who really are a bunch of ignorant sheep mostly - this includes even Himachal, about 85% of which stays totally unvisited: you realise this as soon as you start to explore, how fresh everywhere is off the beaten track... grab a map and a bag, a good guide if you need one and walk - within miles of awful places like Bhagsu are true paradises - and the fact that none of the nightmare trustafarians (trustfund "rastafarians") in Bhagsu realise that is enough to make you believe in karma frankly

anyone who tells you India has been done to death has either not been there or was a bit thick about how they used the time when they were - if you want a book that gives you something of the attitude with which you should approach India as an outsider looking for adventure you could try Children of Kali, which is by a Brit hunting for the Kali strangler cults and their descendants in Madhya Pradesh and beyond - men such as the notorious "bandit" Veerappan...

if you want adventure, India has more than enough, believe me, it is vibrant, filthy, lawless, loving, brutal, pristine, ecstatic, maddening, beautiful and so much more - as much as you hate it, you will love it, believe me

Veerappan - once thought to be dead, but now said by some Indian news channels to be alive and well in the Tamil country - who will ever know?

 

[bonecarver_OG]

blocks of hash..

 

[mriko]

yum, very nice way to get us back to the thread ! looks pretty yummy, thanks for sharing BC !

Irie !

 

[binaryfission]

hey - I second everything Mriko said in response to that line: India is just so absurdly vast that it really defies any attempt to generalise about it... some 3.3 million km squared or so, and incredibly diverse at that... it is teeming with places which are totally unexplored - the whole of the NE, basically everywhere beyond the usual narrow lines of destinations through the N and S

to step off the beaten track requires very little effort or imagination - anyone with half a brain and a bit of soul will soon get utterly sick of the "scenes" in places like Manali and McCleod Ganj, not to mention the more rank bits of Goa etc.. all of which are crawling with unbearable wankers from the UK, Israel, Italy etc. and the tired, resentful Indians who have to deal with their shit...

pick quite literally any of the 28 or so states and you will find that almost all of it has been untouched by backpackers who really are a bunch of ignorant sheep mostly - this includes even Himachal, about 85% of which stays totally unvisited: you realise this as soon as you start to explore, how fresh everywhere is off the beaten track... grab a map and a bag, a good guide if you need one and walk - within miles of awful places like Bhagsu are true paradises - and the fact that none of the nightmare trustafarians (trustfund "rastafarians") in Bhagsu realise that is enough to make you believe in karma frankly

anyone who tells you India has been done to death has either not been there or was a bit thick about how they used the time when they were - if you want a book that gives you something of the attitude with which you should approach India as an outsider looking for adventure you could try Children of Kali, which is by a Brit hunting for the Kali strangler cults and their descendants in Madhya Pradesh and beyond - men such as the notorious "bandit" Veerappan...

Veerappan - once thought to be dead, but now said by some Indian news channels to be alive and well in the Tamil country - who will ever know?

this is fantasitic information ngakpa, thank you. I am delighted to hear u, and mriko, both tear down my misconceptions about india. I will most certainly look into the book u mentioned, as u answered a question i was wanting to ask. The most interesting part of ur post is that 85% of Himachal remains "unexplored" for lack of a better term. That is fantastic news! I was thumbing thru Hashish and it made Himachal seem ideal, wth the "ancient history" of hand rubbing dating back to Shiva and Parvatti. That sounds like some empassioned people and great pot. more questions....

any chance of being there at the right time and getting to harvest resin with/for someone? or do locals basically just harvest personal amounts?
when is harvest season?
also, a member at OG mentioned a psychedelic season? true or bulletin board fodder?

ngakpa and mriko, thank you both again for the knowledge.

PEACE

 

[bonecarver_OG]

mriko - this hash is tasty hehe one of the better this summer.

 

[HazeVentura]

Hello Hash lovers...

bone, looks really yummie...

here's some maroccan i got this summer....one of the best here in Germany i got the last years....a wonderful smooth taste and a really hard stone....








and some homemade....







peace hv

 

[mriko]

any chance of being there at the right time and getting to harvest resin with/for someone? or do locals basically just harvest personal amounts?
when is harvest season?

September/October/November although you can rub as soon as early August, but you'll have to find the early enough strains in the wild.

Otherwise it's just plentyfull ! You can indeed hire people to rub for you, or you can also "rent" some rubbing time in some plantations, although you'll need the right contact for that. Not always safe to entersome plantations un-invited. Some are run by quite unfriendly people, carefull...

but that's for the Manali-Malana-Parvati area, as Ngakpa said Loads of other places to explore in Himachal were situation would be better, with less influence from the corrupting commercial interest brought by westerners.

and there's plentyof it in the wild, waiting for some hands to rub them !

By the way, Google Earth have been updated and it's now possible to have a look at Most of Malana and Parvati valleys, great views ! Find the ganja fields !

Irie !

 

[jingles]

This thread is awesome. I try to look in everyday and drool over the quality hashes..

 

[mriko]

HV that Moroccan indeed looks great ! Good stuff in Germany, I remember during some HTcannabis cup in A'damsome US soldier from some base in Germnay had brought stuff he bought there, that was kickass one!

Irie !

 

[Guest]

By the way, Google Earth have been updated and it's now possible to have a look at Most of Malana and Parvati valleys, great views ! Find the ganja fields !

Are you sure? Doesn't look high enough resolution to me, no detail can be made out at that kind of level.