Bharmaur (Chamba) is known to be the seat of another tribe called Gaddis (Shephards). They have large number of sheep and goats with which they keep moving to higher places in the mountains in summer and come down with their flocks in winter to the warmer places. Such shephards are also living in Bara Bhangal. This tribe is very fond of music and dance. There is hardly any fair or festival where they do not make merry with dance and music duly drunk with local brew, which is very favourite drink with them.

In Kully district there is a very unique village known as Malana. The village is divided into two units for administration purpose because it has its own way of organisation of everything in the villages. It is also known as the oldest democracy of the world. They have their own dialect, a mixture of Kulu and Lahaul words. To rule the two villages, they have elected two Sabhas (Lower and Upper House) through which everything is regulated. They remained cut off from the rest of the world for a very long time and so they had even their own currency. They never recognised the British government. But now the Himachal government has penetrated into the villages with permission of the inhabitants and trying to bring them to the main stream of the nation.

Most of the people are easily recognised from their dresses expecially from the women dresses. The Kulu men wear Kulu cap and the women have particular head coverings for married and unmarried ladies. Due to cold climate they are mostly woollen clothes but colourful. Similarly the upper Shimla inhabitants use Busheri cap under the name of former Busher State and the gents have overcoats in Sirmaur and adjoining areas. The ladies have head covering of different types and long covering over the general dress.

The Gaddis have an interesting dress which looks like the dresses of the time of Alexander of whom they claim themselves to be the descendants. Their women folk are very beautiful and they look more charming when in colourful dresses with lot of ornaments on them. The tribal of Lahaul-Spiti and Kinnaur are also recognised from their unique dresses. It is really very interesting to study their customs, social interaction of marriages and deaths as well as their cultural heritage. In some parts even women drink and smoke due to the cold climate and it has been accepted in their system. Similarly meat is one of the items of food during the winter as they have to stay in cold.

Now the people are becomming well to do because some commercial crops like apple, other fruits, dry fruits and potatoes are being produced on commercial lines.