I'm awful wordy on these pages, so as I sit here in the Portland airport all sentimental I thought I'd reward the faithful with some eye candy: various favorite shots from Nepal and North India, 2008-10. Shout out to Thandiwe Gobledale, Alden Towler and his Aunt Ninny for photo credits.
Goat sacrifice at a rice mill to in honor of the goddess Durga. Millions of animals are sacrificed every year at the culmination of this Dashain festival. Tamang village of Borjyang, Kabhre district, Nepal.
The annual Newar tradition Mha Puja (honoring one's own body) at a home in Patan, Nepal
At a rang waali's (color vendor's) stall in Kolkata, 2009
Getting the full treatment on Holi, the festival of colors. Pedong, Darjeeling district, Spring 2009
Sadhus lounging at Pashupatinath, Kathmandu
A prayer flag in lower Mustang on the Annapurna circuit
Sorting coriander seeds on the porch of a village house on the outskirts of the KTM valley. When asked how old she was, this woman shrugged and said in Nepali 'who knows, my eyes don't work, can't hardly get around, it's about time to die already'
One of a million little roadside shrines in Kathmandu
Bel juice vendor in Kolkata
3-tier sleeper class, baby
Where's Waldo material. I'd be scowling too if I were buried in vinyl handbags in 95 degree heat...Bhubaneshwar, 2010
Near the fabled Jagganath temple in Puri, Orissa
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