Traditional Tibetan skills include processing wool and fiber, grinding flour, working with metal, painting, and carpentry. Though these Tibetan emigrants are surrounded by Indian culture and traditions, Tibetan schools have been set up for their children in an attempt to preserve their native culture. Traditional Tibetan ceremonies are also still observed. Marriage is usually viewed as a non-religious joining of two households. Astrology and cosmology play an important part in helping someone to choose a mate.
Tibetan women are responsible for rearing the children and preparing food.
They are also allowed to take on responsibilities such as trade or agriculture if they wish, and are not restricted merely to household duties. Three groups of the Tibetans in India still practice their form of Buddhism, called Lamaism. Lamaism was practiced in Tibet for hundreds of years, and many consider it their native religion. Beliefs of the Ladakhi consist of Lamaism and Islam, while the Ladakhi religion is a mixture of Lamaism, Hinduism, and various ethnic religions. The law of karma states that every action in the present life influences how the soul will be born in the next life.