Faces of Nepal (2016
& 2017 & 2023)
2016:
In the streets of Atariya
(in the far-west corner of the Terai lowland region of Nepal).
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Restaurant between Atariya
and Darchula.
In the streets of Darchula
(on the western border of Nepal with India).
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Uday, a porter whom we hired from a
village near Darchula.
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Pasang (right, one of my companions on
the trek) buying fresh cabbage.
Along Mahakali Nadi, the river that
marks the western border of Nepal with India:
- Tea house.
- Village scenes.
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- Traders carrying
goods toward villages further up along Mahakali Nadi.
- Left: Men and women repairing a
damaged section of the trail above Mahakali Nadi. Right: My friend Dawa
discussing with a woman in the village of Gaga
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2017:
In a lodge in Simikot
(Humla region of Nepal).
People encountered along Humla Karnali Nadi (river) toward
Yalban:
- Girl and boy.
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- Old man with a baby.
- People getting clean
water at a fountain.
- Young girl on her way
to fetch clean water.
- Old man spinning wool
and woman in a tea house.
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- Traders on their way
to Simikot.
- Woman and child in a
Tibetan camp.
In the village of
Chala.
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People of Chala
returning from their monsoon pasture camp.
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Mushroom hunters encountered
along Kawadi Khola.
Caravans of goats (and
sheep) carrying bags of salt, rice, and grains. Each animal can carry about
15kg.
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Porters from Kolti
carrying 30kg bags of mushrooms to be sold on the Chinese market.
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People in the small
hamlet of Lampato.
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Children in a camp of
villagers returning home from their monsoon pasture and (next photo) woman from
this camp seen later along the trail.
Shepherds and sheep.
Women in the village of
Baudi.
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People of the village
of Yuna.
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Left: Man of Yuna in a
traditional water-propelled flour mil. Right: Shaman of Yuna.
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Men of Yuna plowing fields
with handmade wooden plows drawn by oxen.
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Man smoking a chillum
(straight pipe).
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In villages along
Karnali Nadi.
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A man carrying a shovel
and a woman fetching water.
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Joyous children.
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Woman getting water
from Karnali Nadi.
Left: Young girl
threshing grain with a frail near Kolti. Right: Man in Kolti.
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In the street of Kolti.
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Pilgrims in Lumbini, the birthplace of
Buddha.
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Buying Buddhist souvenirs in Lumbini.
2023:
Mother and her children at a small
settlement along the Humla Karnali
Nadi, south of Simikot, Humla
district.
Two women in the village of Rip, south
of Simikot, Humla district.
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At a single-family farming settlement,
south of Mune Lagna (pass), Humla district.
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Women near the village of Palsa, Humla district.
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Men and women
in the village of Lauthi, Humla
district.
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Procession in
the town of Kolti (Bajura
district) on the 8th day of the Dahain festival.
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Family tikka
ceremony in the town of Kolti (Bajura
district) on the 10th day of the Dahain festival.
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Sadhus at the Pashupatinath temple,
Kathmandu.
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Fortune
tellers on the eastern bank of the Bagmati river, Pashupatinath temple, Kathmandu.
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