Caption: Date: 1966-1967
Location: Parsa
Description: Stripping the hide from a dead cow. Once a cow dies, its body is devoured by vultures,the village dogs, jackals and other birds. On many occasions, as in this picture, low or out caste villagers remove the skin. In 24 hours, nothing of the animal is left but bones. About twice a year, bullock carts come through the villages to pick up the bones and take them to India where they are used for fertilizer. Peace Corps Volunteer Bill Borsa is in back, right. Keywords: Bob Nichols, Nepal Photo History Project, Peace Corp Photo History, agriculture, butchering
