Goodbye program
Decorations in front of the central seat
Kailash - the "MC"; school children, in the background, begin to arrive
The ceremonial "tongba" - millet beer, with endless-refill-thermos
Children gather around the MC for the first song of the program
A partly-paralysed Limbu woman, wife of a former British and Indian army soldier
Villagers, including my good friend SB on the far left, and CM on the far right
"ke-lang" (L) or Chebrung (N); the traditional Limbu dance
The husband (on the right) of the woman I mentioned above
Members of the "mother's group" dance the rice-paddy-dance - "ya'rakma" (L); dhān nāch (N)
Girls from ward 5 perform a dance
Girls from ward 3 performing a dance
An improvised dance: limbu-anglo fusion
Receiving flower garlands and giving thanks
View from the garlanded-seat
Spectacular performance from a boy who lives in Jhapa (but was born in the village) and is training in dance
Later that evening, laden with gifts and covered in petals and red paint
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