we arrive at majuli, and it's turmoil again trying to get off the boat.a sneaky way out, which basically involves climbing onto another boat and going down the steps that way. do you know what? i think i'm going to take that one. well, here we are on land. it doesn't look quite as spiritual as i imagined. and if you look way into the distance, it's just one big, flat land of desert. but let's see. majuli island is home to 22 monasteries — or sattras — initially established in the 16th century by the assamese guru sankardev. boys are instructed from a very young age in the religion he preached, vaishnavism, an offshoot of hinduism. the monks are celibate and, according to their beliefs, they worship only one god, follow a vegetarian diet and reject the caste system. here at uttar kamalabari, the doctrine includes this special art form. this form of classical dance is now recognised by the authorities as a genre in its own right, and many of these monks have performed around the world. that was amazing. thank you very much indeed. and i know you spend a lif

we arrive at majuli, and it's turmoil again trying to get off the boat.istance, it's just one big, flat land of desert. but let's see. majuli island is home to 22 monasteries — or sattras — initially established in the 16th century by the assamese guru sankardev. boys are instructed from a very young age in the religion he preached, vaishnavism, an offshoot of hinduism. the monks are celibate and, according to their beliefs, they worship only one god, follow a vegetarian diet and reject the caste system. here at uttar kamalabari, the doctrine includes this special art form. this form of classical dance is now recognised by the authorities as a genre in its own right, and many of these monks have performed around the world. that was amazing. thank you very much indeed. and i know you spend a lifetime learning the skills of this, but can i have a go? can i try? like this? yeah, yeah. 0h, er, arm is through here. yeah? yeah. 0k. first type is... yeah... they hit drums hey. no. hit...? sorry, wrong one. very good. thank you so much. one, two, three, four, one