Some last images
TR's house. His wife, SL, looks in as daughter prepares to remove churned butter
SL weighs out some butter
An evening meal with DB's family
IB and his grandson in their workshop
Friday, July 18, 2008
People
AP and BR's wife drinking tongba
AP with her two grandchildren
BM and her son "maila" - these were my two of my hosts
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
Tekadin - a day in ward 3
JB shows me how many children, grand-children and great-grand-children he has: 27+3=30
Two of JB's grandchildren
View from JB's house with cut and stacked wheat, and bright-green rice paddy seedlings.
View across lower ward 4 and 5 (southwards) from ward 3
Up the hill to eat khir (rice-pudding) (30/5/2008)
View down to main trail through village, with buffalo grazing
View (south) of village from upper ward 1
The houses higher up thatch their roofs with split-bamboo (malingo)
View of the village from above the main (community-owned) forested area
Portrait of my friend "Mohan-Sir"
The first shed (goT) above the village. Wheat grain, to be brewed, is boiling
View of the fire in the first shed up the hill
View towards the shed as we continue upwards
khir - rice-pudding - on the boil using some 5 litres of fresh buffalo milk
The master khir-maker, and buffalo herder who lives in a village down river but works up here (by renting the land)
Helping to stir
Cooked khir served up and offered to various local deities on leaves, both inside and outside the shed
Ready to eat
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