Every winter the people of Shaday take their Yaks to collect wood from the forests surrounding their village. This wood collected by the Yaks is called Yak Shing. It is an annual event at the village, one that is vital for their survival during the winter months. This practice is disappearing all over Ladakh and the Shaday village in Zanskar is the last place where the Yak-Shing is still being collected.