Craig Lovell -Eagle Visions

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Nepalese Culture

Written by craig on March 11, 2021

A boy signs NAMASTE meaning I salute the God within You, as he sits in a CHARIOT used in a local festival - BHAKTAPUR, NEPAL

TIBETAN PRAYER FLAGS blow in the breeze at sunrise - BODHANATH STUPA, KATMANDU, NEPAL

A NEPALI WOMAN rakes RICE drying in a courtyard - KATHAMANDU, NEPAL

A high ranking Tibetan Buddhist MONK from MUSTANG in his TENT with his rosary and prayer book - DOLPO DISTRICT, NEPAL

A young NEPALI GIRL watches over her younger sister who's eyes are blackened to protect against evil spirits - BHAKTAPUR

NEPALI WOMAN collect YAK DUNG near SAMAGAUN on the AROUND MANASLU TREK - NUPRI REGION, NEPAL

The ancient STUPA of SWAYAMBUNATH is sacred to both Hindu & Buddhist alike - KATHAMNDU, NEPAL

Ningmapa nuns wear traditional robes at a remote TIBETAN BUDDHIST MONASTERY - NEPAL HIMALAYA

SWAYAMBHUNATH STUPA sits on a sacred KATHAMANDU site 2500 years old. BUDDHA'S EYES look in the 4 directions

CHRISTINE KOLISCH with a young Buddhist monk at SWAYAMBUNATH STUPA COMPLEX - KATHAMANDU, NEPAL

A NEWARI woman lights PUJA CANDLES at SWAYAMBUNATH STUPA - KATHAMANDU, NEPAL

The all seeing EYES OF THE BUDDHA look out from one of the 4 sides of SWAYAMBUNATH STUPA - KATHAMANDU, NEPAL

FARMERS harvest rice in the Kathamndu Valley below SWAYAMBUNATH STUPA - KATHAMANDU, NEPAL

A monk rides a horse with a father and son in BIHI in the Buddhist area of NUPRI - AROUND MANASLU TREK, NEPAL

SWAYAMBUNATH STUPA sits on a sacred KATHAMANDU site 2500 years old and it is revered by Hindu & Buddhist alike

Buddhist Monks light PUJA CANDLES at BODHANATH STUPA - KATHAMANDU, NEPAL

Tibetan Buddhist monks play musical instruments as they parade around Bodhanath Stupa in a religious festival

An 84 year old VAISHNAVA SADHU, Vishnu following Hindu Renunciate, does YOGA at PASHUPATINATH

A VAISHNAVA SADHU (Hindu follower of Vishnu) at PASHUPATINATH (Hindu Temple) - KATHAMANDU, NEPAL

A SHAIVITE SADHU, Hindu follower of Shiva, with trident - KATHAMANDU, NEPAL

A SHAIVITE SADHU or Hindu follower of Shiva plays flute at the Hindu Temple complex of PASHUPATINATH, KATHAMANDU, NEPAL

A SADHU (Hindu Renunciate) does a TANTRIC YOGA practice by lifting heavy rocks with his penis at PASHUPATINATH

A COW receives TIKA during the HINDU FESTIVAL of TEEJ - KATHAMANDU, NEPAL

Last rights are preformed on a man before CREMATION at the PASHUPATINATH BURNING GHATS - KATHAMANDU, NEPAL

NAGA or snake washing fountain. Legend is that the Newars came from Naga People - BHAKTAPUR, NEPAL

Stone animals guard this stone shikhara a temple to Durga - BHAKTAPUR, NEPAL

Old friends have a visit in the traditional town of BHAKTAPUR in the Kathamandu Valley of Nepal

RICE, the mainstay of the Nepali diet, is dried in an open courtyard - BHAKTAPUR, NEPAL

A POTTER is hard at work in the Pottery Bazaar of BHAKTAPUR, NEPAL

Newari girl spins wool into thread - Bhaktapur, Nepal

The feet of the LIVING GODDESS are never allowed to touch the ground. She loses her title at puberty - Pattan, Nepal

The LIVING GODDESS in her full regalia sits on her thrown during the Rato Machendranath Festival - PATTAN, NEPAL

A Nepali man carries hand woven matts - Pattan, Nepal

A SADDHU or Hindu Renunciate at the temple of DASHINKALI. The goddess KALI is the wrathful form of PARVATI - KATHAMANDU, NEPAL

TIBETAN CARPETS are tied by hand at a factory in KATHAMANDU - NEPAL

GURKA SOLDIERS with a Himalayan backdrop - KATHAMANDU VALLEY, NEPAL

School children march in large PEACE RALLY protesting the violence caused by the MAOIST REBELLION - KATHAMANDU, NEPAL

An American woman of Indian ethnicity with her ADOPTED NEPALI BABY girl - KATHAMANDU VALLEY, NEPAL

NEPALI WOMEN worship at BODHA STUPA - KATHAMANDU, NEPAL

Nepali man lights INCENSE at BODHANATH STUPA in a burner with CHEPPU guardian deity insignias - KATHAMANDU, NEPAL

STONE LIONS watch over BHAKTAPUR'S DURBAR SQUARE with RAMESHWAR TEMPLE (L) & SHIVA TEMPLE (R) - KATHMANDU, NEPAL

NOMADIC YAK HERDERS guide a YAK CARAVAN laden with cargo up a Himalayan Valley - DOLPO, NEPAL

PORTRAIT of a GURUNG MAN with a blanket on his head - ANNAPURNA REGION, CENTRAL NEPAL

A POTTER makes a WATER POT from clay in the village of CHITTIGONG - BODHA HIMAL, NEPAL

VILLAGERS gather underneath the trees in the TOWN SQUARE of CHITTIGONG VILLAGE - BODHA HIMAL, NEPAL

GURUNG VILLAGERS spread out their HARVEST to dry in the DORDI RIVER VALLEY - BODHA HIMAL, NEPAL

A tribal woman uses a BACKSTRAP LOOM to make red cloth in GYASUMDO VILLAGE near Manang on the ANNAPURNA CIRCUIT - NEPAL HIMALAYA

BUDDHIST villagers dance at a WEDDING CELEBRATION in the village of KOTO on the ANNAPURNA CIRCUIT - NEPAL HIMALAYA

TIBETAN villagers from NAR haul firewood with their YAKS past a STUPA - NAR PHU TREK, ANNAPURNA CONSERVATION AREA, NEPAL

TIBETAN villagers of NAR make music during a wedding - NAR PHU TREK, ANNAPURNA CONSERVATION AREA, NEPAL

TIBETAN WOMAN weaves YAK WOOL on a BACKSTRAP LOOM in NAR village - NAR PHU TREK, ANNAPURNA CONSERVATION AREA, NEPAL

TIBETAN HORSEMAN startles TREKKERS in NAR village - NAR PHU TREK, ANNAPURNA CONSERVATION AREA, NEPAL (MR)

A young smiling TIBETAN WOMAN from NAR village - NAR PHU TREK, ANNAPURNA CONSERVATION AREA, NEPAL

A NEPALI VILLAGE WOMAN smokes tobacco in a HOOKAH PIPE - AROUND MANASLU TREK, NEPAL

MULES cross the Budhi Gandaki River on a footbridge with RICE TERRACES on the far side - AROUND MANASLU TREK, NEPAL

A NEPALI MAN grinds wheat into FLOUR using a stone water wheel - AROUND MANASLU TREK, NEPAL

GRASS is harvest for livestock in the village of BIHI - AROUND MANASLU TREK, NEPAL

BUDDHIST NUNS walks through a CHORTEN gateway in the NUPRI AREA - AROUND MANASLU TREK, NEPAL

A NUN lives a traditional monastic life studying the dharma at a remote TIBETAN BUDDHIST MONASTERY - NEPAL HIMALALA

A young MONK practices tantric CHAM DANCING at a remote TIBETAN BUDDHIST MONASTERY - NEPAL HIMALAYA

Smiling NUNS at a remote TIBETAN BUDDHIST MONASTERY - NEPAL HIMALAYA

MULES haul supplies to a remote TIBETAN BUDDHIST MONASTERY - NEPAL

A VILLAGE WOMAN threshing wheat in the village of CHHAK - AROUND MANASLU TREK, NEPAL

A NEPALI baby a basket with her older sister in NUPRI - AROUND MANASLU TREK, NEPAL

Villagers in LHO village at a local store on the Around Manaslu Trek - NUPRI REGION, NEPAL

NEPALI farmers harvest wheat near LHO village - NUPRI REGION, NEPAL

A Nepali woman with her YAK in SAMAGAUN on the AROUND MANASLU TREK - NUPRI REGION, NEPAL

SCHOOL CHILDREN at play in the village of SAMAGAUN on the AROUND MANASLU TREK - NUPRI REGION, NEPAL

A TIBETAN BUDDHIST MONK reads SACRED TEXTS in the village of SAMDO on the AROUND MANASLU TREK - NUPRI REGION, NEPAL

GRANDFATHER with CHILD in the village of SAMDO on the AROUND MANASLU TREK - NUPRI REGION, NEPAL

The traditional town of BHAKTAPUR which was severely damaged by the 2015 earthquake including the famous PEACOCK WINDOW - NEPAL

Face painting as part of a free dental clinic in a remote village was put on by the and Development Society Nepal HDSN and funded by www.wehelpnepal.org - NEPAL

Villagers due puja at a temple in the traditional town of BHAKTAPUR which was severely damaged by the 2015 earthquake - NEPAL

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