Faces of Nepal (2014)
In the streets of Nepalgunj.
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Me with herders in the valley of the Chuwa Khola.
Woman smoking a chillum.
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Woman cooking in her tent in the valley
of the Nyalu Khola
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In a tea house in the village of Dzang.
Women clearing snow from rooftops in Dzang after a night snow storm.
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In the 11th-century Buddhist monastery (rikung Kagyu Thubten Rinchenling Gompa)
of the village of Halji in the Limi valley. Right:
Preparation for the forthcoming puja.
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Puja in the monastery.
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A villager puha in
Halji. I had arrived in the village soon after a snowstorm. Local people were
praying for the quick melting of snow so that they could complete their harvest
of buckwheat.
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Cooking for
the puja participants.
In a tea house below Nara La.
Women near the hamlet if Nim.
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Women travelling on foot to Simikot.
Women in a painted chorten (left) and in
a flour mill (right), near Simikot.
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