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Photographs in Indreni Settlement Cluster

Stark contrast of neighbouring houses Houses of the wealthy have corrugated iron roofs Village houses of mud & stone are rendered white Most village houses are of mud & stone Houses of the poor are made of bamboo strips and mud Bringing goats to sell at the twice-weekly market in town Limbu with two wives-the first (on left) was childless Phedangma - Limbu ritual specialist, was an ex-Gurkha
Limbu dhameni (ritual specialist) in front of shrine Ritual friends (mith)-Limbu and Newar-greet each other Limbus celebrate Dasein festival with tika Limbu rite to 'wash away bad feelings' (sarap bagaunu) Limbu pancaboli ritual takes place by a river Animal sacrifice at a Limbu pancaboli ritual Millet is planted in unirrigated fields (bari) Ploughing and seeding a maize field
Ploughing an unirrigated field (bari) for growing maize Planting paddy-women transplant seedlings Houses in one of the 'Indreni' settlements Houses and terraced fields Bridge over Mai river below Barbote Settlements with Mai river valley below

Indreni Settlement Cluster in Places


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