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Nepalese People

(vero;2017-March-17)

Nepalese People are friendly, welcoming and play an essential part in making the country so enjoyable.

Man attending a festival at Swayanbunath stupa in Kathmandu.

Family visiting the Kumbheshwar Temple for puja in Patan.

Man after puja at Swayanbunath stupa in Kathmandu.

Manaslu Trek. Children filling empty juice cartons with water at the village tap and pretending it is the “real” thing.

A proud father and his child.

The didis in our lodge in Nyak Phedi on the Manaslu trek. Didi means “sister” in Nepali and this is the word people use when they address young women, even if they do not know them personally. These two ladies were actually real sisters.

A cheerful lady in the village of Chitre.

Children in Ghandruk.

This woman is looking fascinated at the toddler of an American couple in our lodge in Ghandruk.

Children playing on a makeshift slide in Landruk.

Small girl in Landruk.

Happy family celebrating Dashain in Pokhara. They all have a tikka on their forehead made from a mixture of rice, yogurt and vermilion and applied by the Elders of the family to bless them with abundance in the coming year. The grass stems in some of the women's hair are rice stems.

Woman at the Bindhyabasini temple in Pokhara bringing offerings for Dashain.

Pretty girls with their “Dashain tikka” on the forehead at the Bindhyabasini temple in Pokhara.

Daman. Three brothers mimicking us as we look at the Himalayan summits with our binoculars.

Our host family in Labchane, between Those and Deorali in the Solukhumbu foothills.

Grandmother at the Everest View Lodge in Phurtyang, mother to the lady on the next picture.

The friendly lodge owners of the Everest View Lodge in Phurtyang.

Janakpur. Mother with her children waiting for her husband in the shadow of the Janaki Mandir.

Janakpur. Women having a break at the entrance of the Janaki Mandir.

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$updated from: Photos.htxt Mon 04 Mar 2024 16:04:41 trvl2 (By Vero and Thomas Lauer)$