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Photographs in East Nepal 1964-65 Caplan Collection

Paddy planting requires a large cooperative effort Paddy planting-women transplant seedlings Paddy planting (khet ropain) in stepped terraces Paddy planting requires a large cooperative effort Planting paddy-women gather seedlings to transplant A Limbu sows paddy in a flooded seed bed Fishing in Pua River – grass being pounded is used to stun fish Lalmohar (royal decree) affirming Limbu Subba's authority
Subba-Limbu headman, drum a symbol of status 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 Going to the twice-weekly market (hat bazaar) in town
Senior Zonal official inaugurates new Panchayat building Members of the Village (Gau) Panchayat committee Limbu with two wives-the first (on left) was childless Phedangma - Limbu ritual specialist, was an ex-Gurkha 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 Thatched roofs have to be renewed every few years Houses in one of the 'Indreni' settlements Houses and terraced fields

East Nepal 1964-65 Caplan Collection in Topic


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