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Caption: Date: 1974 Location: Namche, Solukhumbu Description: Ang Maya ends up on the ground after friendly tussling with a Sherpa. She is from a Dalit family in Namche. She was born and raised there so speaks fluent Sherpa and wears Sherpani dress. But the Dalits are treated as a separate society, ritually and socially, from Sherpa society. Keywords: Jim Fisher, Nepal Photo History Project, Peace Corp Photo History, People, named person, portrait