November 1, 2008
Nuns of Thukjechoeling nunnery at Swoyambunath coming outside after morning mass prayer.
Students of Shree Manjushree Primary School, Paljorling Tibetan Refugee Settlement.
Chenrenzig, Buddha, Guru Rinpoche: Swoyambunath
Tibetans washing clothes at one of two taps of Paljorling Tibetan Refugee Settlement. Most of the time there is a water shortage.
Kindergardeners at Paljorling.
Kyangchak Lama prostrating around the Swoyambunath.
Tashi Palkhil Tibetan Refugee Settlement, one of five settlements within the Gandaki zone, Kaski district, Nepal. Therre are approximately 1200 Tibetans living here.
View from the top of Shang Gadhen Choekhorling Monastery, Paljorling. To the left is Machapuchare (22,943 feet) and Annapurna (26,583 feet).
The old carpet factory at Paljorling, once providing jobs for 150 Tibetans, now closed because of failing European trade ventures.
Marpha apples come from the upper Kali Gandakhi valley and lower Mustang. They are delicious and famous in Nepal. Here Tibetans are buying Marphas in Pokhara.
Tibetan monk doing KORA at Swoyambunath.
Students at Shree Manjushree Primary School, Paljorling.
Making Momos at Sonam Restaurant, Pokhara. Profits from the business go to the Tibetans of the Paljorling settlement.
Flour storage and the making of kapsay.
Making kapsay.
Collecting water.
Tibetan monk reading Buddhist texts for alms at Swoyambunath.
Tibetans having tea and snacks after morning KORA at Swoyambunath at Nepalese-owned stalls.
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