Caption: Date: 1994-08
Location: Namche Bazaar, Solukhumbu
Description: Kanchha Sherpa with prayer beads in one hand and spinning a prayer wheel in the other on his daily kura. Located at the entrance to Namche near the spring that emerges from the hill side. Some say that the name Namche comes from a Tibetan word meaning the place where water and forest meet. Keywords: Nepal Photo History Project, Peace Corp Photo History, People, Peter Von Mertens, community, named person, street scene
