| Peace Corps Volunteer Memoirs |
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 The
most common food in Nepal is dal-bhat, or rice and lentils, which
is typically eaten twice a day. In addition to dal-bhat, a curried
vegetable of whatever vegetable is in season and pickled mango are
served on the side. Generally, all vegetables are grown by small farmers
and sold locally in vegetable bazaars by weighting them out using
a hand scale. This photo was taken in busy Ashon Chowk near downtown
Kathmandu where fruit and vegetable vendors congregate. |
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 Peace
Corps Volunteer Zack Nelson taught 5th and 6th grades at a lower secondary
school in the city Janakpur, Nepal. For his farewell, he was given
garlands of flowers as well a Tika, red powered on his forehead that
is traditional for departures and religious ceremonies, which gradually
grew to cover his entire face. |
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 Eighty
to ninety percent of Nepali’s are engaged in self-sufficient
agriculture. This woman is an ethnic Mithali, a very traditional Hindu
group living in southern Nepal and northern India. She is laying unhusked
rice (don) in the sun to dry on woven grass mats. The division of
labor between the sexes is very rigid in Mithali society; some jobs
like plowing can only be done by males, while females do all the domestic
work (as well as much field work). Many women work 16-18 hours a day. |
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