During the rice harvest
Betrawati, November 2002

Here is a photo that more clearly illustrates some of the rice stalks amassed during the rice harvest (I mentioned this in yesterday’s post, the photo from which was taken at the same time as the one above).

The children in this photo are:

Back row, from left to right—
Rupa (gold kurta), Bipana (in the middle), Dipa (white shirt)

Front row, from left to right—
Ashmita (maroon tee-shirt), Anita (red kurta top), Kobita (flowered dress), Sushmita (gold and white shorts)

Little Bobita sits naked on a stack of the stalks.

Ashmita, Bipana, Bobita, Kobita and Sushmita are all sisters.

The man in the background is wearing a topi, the traditional Nepali hat for men.
Finally, you can see the backside of a family (buffalo) cow under the roof on the left.

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Stacks of dried rice stalks

Saru feeding the buffalo

Friends on a porch

Kisan, Bishal, Sarju and Serika with kittens

Trio

Below the bridge, near fields by the Falakhu river