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Tue, 16 Jul 2019 10:58:28 +0000

Date: 1967-1968 Location: Ghachok, Kaski Description: Father of Toya Nath Sharma, Ghachok elementary school teacher, addressing villagers. The elder Sharma had converted from Hinduism to Buddhism, lived in a forest dwelling above Ghachok, and was generally regarded by locals as spiritually wise.

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Tue, 16 Jul 2019 10:58:22 +0000

Date: 1967-1968 Location: Ghachok, Kaski Description: Woman weaving on a handloom in the courtyard of her house.

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Tue, 16 Jul 2019 10:58:15 +0000

Date: 1967-1968 Location: Pokhara, Kaski Description: Laborers and a steam-roller working on Pokhara-Kathmandu road financed by China.

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Tue, 16 Jul 2019 10:58:10 +0000

Date: 1967-1968 Location: Ghachok, Kaski Description: Ghachok Panchayat member ("sadasya") Sehr Bahadur Gurung and two of his children at outdoor meal ("bhoj") in Upper (Uppalo-) Ghachok.

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Tue, 16 Jul 2019 10:58:04 +0000

Date: 1967-1968 Location: Kaski Description: Gurung women in traditional dress and coral-and-turquoise jewelry with part of Annapurna Range (including Annapurna II in background.

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Tue, 16 Jul 2019 10:57:59 +0000

Date: 1966-1968 Location: Kaski Description: Villagers plowing and seeding (with corn, wheat, or millet) hillside plot above Ghachok. Part of Annapurna Range in background.

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Tue, 16 Jul 2019 10:57:53 +0000

Date: 1967-1968 Location: Pokhara,Kaski Description: Tibetan refugee woman breaking rocks into smaller stones for use in construction of the Pokhara-Kathmandu road financed by China. Laborers were paid according to quantity of rocks prepared.

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Tue, 16 Jul 2019 10:57:48 +0000

Date: 1966-1968 Location: Kaski Description: Children returning to Ghachok with firewood obtained from a forest above Ghachok. Machhapuchchhre in background.

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Tue, 16 Jul 2019 10:57:40 +0000

Date: 1966-1968 Location: Kaski Description: Gurung women in traditional attire and jewelry using baskets to catch fish.

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Tue, 16 Jul 2019 10:57:34 +0000

Date: 1967-1968 Location: Ghachok, Kaski Description: Kaski Panchayat Training Assistant Dil Nath Sharma and workers in Sharma's paddy field with corn crop in background. Hired help was paid in grain or rupees.

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Tue, 16 Jul 2019 10:57:29 +0000

Date: 1966-1968 Location: Ghachok, Kaski Description: Mother and sister of Ghachok Panchayat secretary ("sachib") Shiva Lal Khatri doing morning dishes in front of their house. Ashes from the hearth were typically used as a cleaning abrasive.

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Tue, 16 Jul 2019 10:57:23 +0000

Date: 1966-1968 Location: Ghachok, Kaski Description: Ghachok elementary school headmaster Chhabilal Paudyel and family in front of their house with Paudyel's father standing at right in distance and Machhapuchchhare in background.

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Tue, 16 Jul 2019 10:57:17 +0000

Date: 1967-1968 Location: Ghachok, Kaski Description: Ghachok Panchayat secretary ("sachib") Shiva Lal Khatri and (right to left) his mother, brother, wife, and sister with neighbor children in front and Khatri family's house behind.

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Tue, 16 Jul 2019 10:57:12 +0000

Date: 1967 Location: Pokhara, Kaski Description: Peace Corps volunteer Steve Larson (Group 9, Panchayat Training) in Matepani area of Pokhara pretending to be attacked by bear owned by Muslim man with beard from Terai to the right. (Photo taken by Peace Corps volunteer Gene Finger.)

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Tue, 16 Jul 2019 10:57:05 +0000

Date: 1967 Location: Pokhara, Kaski Description: Peace Corps volunteer Steve Larson (Group 9, Panchayat Training) and Muslim man from Terai with his bear in Matepani area of Pokhara. The man was seeking tips from onlookers. (Photo taken by Peace Corps volunteer Gene Finger.)

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Tue, 16 Jul 2019 10:56:59 +0000

Date: 1966-1968 Location: Pokhara, Kaski Description: Lower end of Pokhara bazaar with Machhapuchchhare and Annapurna I behind leafless tree on left in background.

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Tue, 16 Jul 2019 10:56:53 +0000

Date: 1966-1968 Location: Pokhara, Kaski Description: House (upstairs) in Matepani area lived in by Peace Corps volunteers Gene Finger (Group 6, Surveyors/Overseers), Steve Larson (Group 9, Panchayat Training) and, later, Bill Nance (Group 14, Community Development). Machhapuchchre in right background and Annapurna South to the left.

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Tue, 16 Jul 2019 10:56:47 +0000

Date: 1966-1968 Location: Kaski Description: Villager carrying bamboo to his village. The striped wool garment was worn to keep warm and dry as well and facilitate carrying things and the criss-crossed burlap was for storing miscellany including snack food. The all-purpose knife (khukuri) was used here to cut the bamboo.

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Tue, 16 Jul 2019 10:56:41 +0000

Date: 1967-1968 Location: Kaski Description: Children, probably Tibetan refugees, eating a meal near refugee camp in Pokhara or Hyangja.

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Tue, 16 Jul 2019 10:56:35 +0000

Date: 1967 Location: Lhachok, Kaski Description: Festival celebration (Dashain?) with food prepared on-site by Brahmins.