Category: Nepal
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High and happy
High and happy Before attacking the higher summits. Photo of the week: Kathmandu Valley, Nepal 1996
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The last picture show
The last picture show That’s what it is, this picture of an old Nepali woman smoking her hookah. It is the last photo on the film roll that I had removed from my camera before it was stolen from my bag from under my seat in the bus to India, back in 1996. Maybe that…
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Freedom
Freedom When a school selects imaginative teachers, children get a chance to develop creative minds. An egg rack carton and some paint make for a beautiful pineapple. Photos of the week: New United School, Kathmandu, Nepal 2018
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Happy faces
Happy faces Today our parents are invited to school. We are going to show them our work and a nice programme of song and dance. Photos of the week: New United School, Kathmandu, Nepal 2018
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Dal bhat
Dal bhat The staple food of Nepal used for making a map of the country. Lentils and rice. Nice idea of the children and their teacher! Photos of the week: New United School, Kathmandu, Nepal 2018
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Joy of life
Joy of life It was a nice surprise to discover the cute erotic scenes at the bottom of a row of struts that had fallen down in the 2015 earthquake. As if showing us that after a disaster life does resume its course with new zest. What is she up to? I have seen many…
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Heaps of arms, rows of struts
Heaps of arms, rows of struts All fallen down during the earthquake of 2015. The only advantage of this sad sight is that we can admire the wood carvings from close. The reconstruction of Durbar Square takes years, but at some point these arms and struts will get fixed again under the roofs of the…
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Sundari Chowk
Sundari Chowk The ‘beautiful courtyard’ in the old palace of the Malla kings in Patan. The lavishly ornamented pool in the centre shows that the art of Nepalese stone carving is in no way inferior to its art of wood carving. Many ancient buildings in Patan were destroyed or heavily damaged during the 2015 earthquake.…
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Gateway of delight
Gateway of delight Exquisite wood carving, that’s what the Newari artists of Nepal are masters of. See the modest expression of pleasure on the lady’s face while the man next to her holds her arm. A gateway of delight. Let’s pass through. Photo of the week: Durbar Square, Patan, Lalitpur, Nepal 2018
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