Holy Cow

This is a "holy cow" I passed on my way to work the other morning, although not treated as so. You find these cows resting on highways medians, baking in the hot sun with nowhere to go, and slowly killing themselves as they eat the garbage which eventually ties up the inside of their stomachs. Sorry for the details.....

A great night....

Campfire, guitar, whisky.......!

Newar Rite of Passage Ceremony

Me at work.....

Newar Ihi Marriage Cermony

Before Newar girls reach puberty they are married to the fruit of wood-apple tree called Bel. It is performed at the girl’s odd age like 5, 7, 9. Ihi is a two-day ceremony commencing with purification rituals and ending with “Kanyadan” of the girl by her father meaning “giving away the virgin”. This Kanyadan ceremony performed in Non-Newar Hindu marriage. So Ihi could actually be taken as the first marriage of the Newar girls except for that they are married to an icon of Suvarna Kumar, the immortal God.

Temple in Ilam

Life as a Farmer