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  • A young lowland Hindu woman and fellow merchants wait for buyers after carrying baskets full of goods to the weekly Saturday market in Namche Bazaar, the leading Sherpa town of Nepal's Himalaya.
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  • Lowland Nepalis relax as they wait for Sherpa customers to buy goods they have carried for several days to the Saturday market at Namche Bazaar in Nepal's Himalaya.
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  • Goats wait to be purchased at the weekly Saturday market in Namche Bazaar, the leading Sherpa town of Nepal's Himalaya. Most people pictured have carried big loads for several days up from the lowlands (probably also the source of the goats.)
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  • Sherpas women (Sherpanis) shop for supplies from lowland people who have carried big loads for several days to the weekly Saturday market in Namche Bazaar, the leading Sherpa town of Nepal's Himalaya.
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  • A young lowland Hindu woman rests after carrying a basketful of goods to the weekly Saturday market in Namche Bazaar, the leading Sherpa town of Nepal's Himalaya.  Behind her is a huge mani stone carved with Tibetan Buddhist prayers.
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  • A young lowland Hindu boy rests after carrying a basketful of goods to the weekly Saturday market in Namche Bazaar, the leading Sherpa town of Nepal's Himalaya.
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  • Hindu men from Nepal's lower hills rest after selling basketfuls of goods they have carried up to the weekly Saturday market in Namche Bazaar, the Himalaya's leading Sherpa town.
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  • A cow tries to graze at the weekly Saturday market in Namche Bazaar, the leading Sherpa town of Nepal's Himalaya. Most people pictured have carried big loads for several days up from the lowlands (probably also the source of the cow.)
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  • Local Sherpas bargain with lowland people who have carried big loads for several days to the weekly Saturday market in Namche Bazaar, the leading Sherpa town of Nepal's Himalaya. Although most Sherpas are Tibetan Buddhists and most lowlander are Hindu, this is not a source of conflict.
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  • A Sherpa woman herds yaks carrying trekking equipment above Namche Bazaar, the leading commmercial center of Nepal's Khumbu region.  Behind is Mount Thamserku.  (This photo was taken in 1979, before the explosion of trekking and mountaineering activity in the region.)
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  • Sherpa women and a child work in their field in Namche Bazaar.
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  • An elderly Sherpa woman turns a huge prayer wheel at a small temple in Namche Bazaar, the leading town for the  Sherpa culture in Nepal.
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  • Kancha Sherpa and his wife Ang Lakpa pose with their sons outside their house in Namche Bazaar, a leading town for the Sherpa people.
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  • Sherpa girls watch intently as village life goes on in Namche Bazaar, the leading town of Nepal's Khumbu region.
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  • Sherpa women (Sherpanis) carry big loads for trekkers en route to Mount Everest Base Camp in Nepal's Himalaya.
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  • Village farmers who have trekked days from lowland Nepal relax  after carrying baskets of their wares to sell at  the Saturday bazar in mountainous Namche Bazaar, leading town of the Sherpa people.
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  • Crowds of farmers who have trekked days from lowland Nepal sell their wares at the Saturday bazar in mountainous Namche Bazaar, leading town of the Sherpa people.
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  • Sherpas women (Sherpanis) shop for supplies from lowland people who have carried big loads for several days to the weekly Saturday market in Namche Bazaar, the leading Sherpa town of Nepal's Himalaya.
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  • Village farmers who have trekked days from lowland Nepal admire the view after carrying baskets of their wares to sell at  the Saturday bazar in mountainous Namche Bazaar, leading town of the Sherpa people. Kwangde Peak rises behind.
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  • Village farmers who have trekked days from lowland Nepal relax  after carrying baskets of their wares to sell at  the Saturday bazar in mountainous Namche Bazaar, leading town of the Sherpa people.
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  • Village farmers who have trekked days from lowland Nepal admire the view after carrying baskets of their wares to sell at  the Saturday bazar in mountainous Namche Bazaar, leading town of the Sherpa people. Kwangde Peak rises behind.
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  • Village farmers who have trekked days from lowland Nepal admire the view after carrying baskets of their wares to sell at  the Saturday bazar in mountainous Namche Bazaar, leading town of the Sherpa people.
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  • Village farmers who have trekked days from lowland Nepal admire the view after carrying baskets of their wares to sell at  the Saturday bazar in mountainous Namche Bazaar, leading town of the Sherpa people. Kwangde Peak rises behind.
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  • A tired porter stretches after carrying a big load to the weekly Saturday market in Namche Bazaar, the leading Sherpa town of Nepal's Himalaya. Mount Thamserku towers in the background.
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  • Village farmers who have trekked days from lowland Nepal relax after carrying baskets of their  wares to sell at  the Saturday bazar in mountainous Namche Bazaar, leading town of the Sherpa people.
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  • Crowds of farmers who have trekked days from lowland Nepal sell their wares at the Saturday bazar in mountainous Namche Bazaar, leading town of the Sherpa people.
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  • Village farmers who have trekked days from lowland Nepal relax  after carrying baskets of their wares to sell at  the Saturday bazar in mountainous Namche Bazaar, leading town of the Sherpa people.
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  • Sherpas women (Sherpanis) shop for apples from lowland people who have carried big loads for several days to the weekly Saturday market in Namche Bazaar, the leading Sherpa town of Nepal's Himalaya.
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  • Traders and Village farmers who have trekked days from lowland Nepal sell their  wares  at  the Saturday bazar in mountainous Namche Bazaar, leading town of the Sherpa people. Thamserku Peak rises behind.
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  • Lowland Nepalis relax as they wait for Sherpa customers to buy goods they have carried for several days to the Saturday market at Namche Bazaar in Nepal's Himalaya.
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  • Lakpa Doma Sherpani and her daughter play with 3-year old Ben Wiltsie by the hearth in their hom in Namche Bazaar, leading town of the Sherpas in Nepal.
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  • NEPAL, HIMALAYA. 6011 meter Kwangde Ri & houses in Namche Bazaar, leading town of Sherpas, Khumbu Region. Much growth has occured since this photo was taken in 1986.
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  • NEPAL, HIMALAYA.  Trekkers en route to  Mount Everest Base Camp climb "Namche Hill" out of Dudh Kosi canyon to Namche Bazaar, main Sherpa town.
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  • CHINA, TIBET. Tibetan Buddhist pilgrims circle Jokhang Temple through Lhasa's Barkhor Bazaar in 1986.
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  • CHINA, TIBET. Tibetan Buddhist pilgrims circle Lhasa's Jokhang Temple through the Barkhor Bazaar (1986).
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  • CHINA, TIBET. Tibetan monk & pilgrims pray and spin prayer wheels for alms in Barkhor Bazaar surrounding the Jokhang Temple, Lhasa.
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  • Boys play as pedicab drivers on broken bikes in the bazaar in Kathmandu, Nepal.
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  • Dyed goat heads adorn a meat shop in the bazaar in Kathmandu, Nepal.
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  • Boys play as pedicab drivers on broken bikes in the bazaar in Kathmandu, Nepal.
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  • Dyed goat heads adorn a meat shop in the bazaar in Kathmandu, Nepal.
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  • Root crops fill baskets in a bazaar in Dhaka, Bangladesh.
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  • Namdu Sherpani laughs with her children in their kitchen in Namche Bazaar, the leading Sherpa town in Nepal's Himalaya.
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  • Sherpa Tsering Ongchu and his mother pose inside their family's kitchen in Namche Bazaar, a leading town of Nepal's Sherpa people. (Picture taken in September, 1980.)
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  • Sherparelax by the kitchenhearth in Namche Bazaar, a leading town of Nepal's Sherpa people. (Picture taken in September, 1980.)
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  • A Sherpa women works in her field in Namche Bazaar.
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  • People shop at a sidewalk fruit and vegetable bazaar in Kathmandu, Nepal.  1982.
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  • Shoppers buy potatos from a merchant in the bazaar in Kathmandu, Nepal.
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  • Boys play as pedicab drivers on broken bikes in the bazaar in Kathmandu, Nepal.
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  • A man sells Hindu posters in the bazaar in Kathmandu, Nepal.
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  • A fruit and vegetable merchant sells his wares in the Bazaar in Kathmandu, Nepal, 1977.
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  • A fruit and vegetable merchant sells his wares in the Bazaar in Kathmandu, Nepal, 1977.
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  • Dyed goat heads adorn a meat shop in the bazaar in Kathmandu, Nepal.
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  • Women shop for chilis and potatos at the bazaar in Kathmandu, Nepa;/
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  • A woman spins wool and she and other women sell their wares in the bazaar at Kathmandu, Nepal.
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  • NEPAL, Kathmandu. Water buffalo herd passing through vegetable bazaar.
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  • NEPAL, Kathmandu. Vegetable merchant at bazaar.
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  • Village farmers who have trekked days from lowland Nepal relax after carrying baskets of their wares to sell at  the Saturday bazar in mountainous Namche Bazaar, leading town of the Sherpa people.
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  • NEPAL, HIMALAYA. A Sherpa from Namche Bazaar inspects yak meat for sale at Saturday market, Khumbu Region.
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  • NEPAL, HIMALAYA. Weekly Saturday market in Namche Bazaar, leading Sherpa town, where locals trade with lowland people. (1986 Photo).
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  • Sherpa elder Kunchok Chombi, a veteran of Hillary's l 1952  Everest expedition, sits by a window in a house in Namche Bazaar, the biggest town in Nepal's Khumbu region.
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  • Lakpa Doma Sherpa presents ceremonial kata prayer scarves to 3-year old Ben Wiltsie & mother Meredith at her home in Namche Bazaar,leading town of the Khumbu region of Nepal.
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  • Proprietors Dawa and Namdu Sherpani prepare a meal in the kitchen of Khumbu Lodge in Namche Bazaar, the leading town of Nepal's Sherpa people.
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  • NEPAL, HIMALAYA.  Pasang, a Sherpa girl in her parents' trekking store at Khumbu Lodge in Namche Bazaar, Khumbu Region.  She became 1st Sherpa dentist (picture from 1986).
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  • HIMALAYA, NEPAL. 3-year old Ben Wiltsie turns giant Tibetan Buddhist prayer wheel in Namche Bazaar, Khumbu region (Sherpa homeland).
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  • NEPAL, HIMALAYA. Leading Sherpa town Namche Bazaar, houses & lodges (fgnd.).
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  • HIMALAYA, NEPAL. Trekkers between Namche Bazaar & Thame in Khumbu region. Mounts Kangtega, Thamserku & Kusum Kanguru bkg.
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  • HIMALAYA, NEPAL. Sherpa houses in Namche Bazaar, leading town of Khumbu region. 6,623m (21,729') Thamserku bkg.
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  • CHINA, TIBET. Village girls circle Jokhang Temple through Lhasa's Barkhor Bazaar.
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  • CHINA, TIBET. Tibetan Buddhist pilgrims from remote village circle Jokhang Temple through Lhasa's Barkhor Bazaar.
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  • CHINA, TIBET.  Chinese shopkeeper sells skins of endangered leopards in Lhasa's Barkor Bazaar near the Jokhang Temple.
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  • CHINA, TIBET. Tibetan Buddhist pilgrims pray before printed cloth Buddhas in Barhkor Bazaar surrounding revered Jokhang Temple, Lhasa.
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  • A Sherpa woman (Sherpani) carries home big clay pots she has bought at the Saturday market in Namche Bazaar, the leading Sherpa town in Nepal's Himalaya.
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  • Sherpa elder Kunchok Chombi relaxes by a window in a house in Namche Bazaar, Khumbu region, Nepal.
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  • Sherpa elder Kunchok Chombi drinks yak butter tea by a window in a house in Namche Bazaar, the biggest town in Nepal's Khumbu region.
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  • Sherpa elder Kunchok Chombi drinks yak butter tea by a window in a house in Namche Bazaar, the biggest town in Nepal's Khumbu region.
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  • Sherpa elder Kunchok Chombi relaxes by a window in a house in Namche Bazaar, Khumbu region, Nepal.
    KF 0636.jpg
  • Namdu Sherpani laughs with her children in their kitchen in Namche Bazaar, the leading Sherpa town in Nepal's Himalaya.
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  • Ang Lakpa Sherpani talks with her children in their kitchen in Namche Bazaar, the leading Sherpa town in Nepal's Himalaya.  (Her husband, Kancha Sherpa, was a famous trekking guide at the time [1980].)
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  • Sherpa elder Kunchok Chombi relaxes by a window in a house in Namche Bazaar, Khumbu region, Nepal.
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  • Sherpa elder Kunchok Chombi drinks yak butter tea by a window in a house in Namche Bazaar, the biggest town in Nepal's Khumbu region.
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  • Sherpa women [Sherpanis] share yak butter tea by the wood stove in a house in Namche Bazaar, the leading town of Nepal's Khumbu region
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  • Lhakpa Doma Sherpani prepares a meal in the kitchen of her house in Namche Bazaar, the leading town of Nepal's Khumbu region.
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  • Dawa Sherpani prepares a meal in the kitchen of Khumbu Lodge in Namche Bazaar, the leading town of Nepal's Sherpa people.
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  • A Sherpa mother dresses her son in her kitchen in Namche Bazaar, the leading Sherpa city of Nepal's Himalaya.
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  • A young Sherpa woman (Sherpani) prepares meals for trekkers in her family's lodge in Namche Bazaar, the leading Sherpa town in Nepal's Himalaya.
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  • Traditional Sherpa houses crowd a hillside in Namche Bazar, leading town of the Sherpas in the Khumbu region of Nepal's Himalaya. Photo from 1979. These house have all been replaced by more modern ones.
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  • Villagers circumambulate the Jokhang Temple, one of holiest sites in Lhasa, Tibet, China.
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  • A truck with a loudspeaker blasts campaign rhetoric for an election in Kathmandu, Nepal in 1982.
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  • A truck with a loudspeaker blasts campaign rhetoric for an election in Kathmandu, Nepal in 1982.
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  • A youngster carries his brother in Kathmandu, Nepal.
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  • Friends laugh together as they tend a flower stall in the streets of Kathmandu, Nepal.
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  • A youngster carries his brother in Kathmandu, Nepal.
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  • Friends laugh together as they tend a flower stall in the streets of Kathmandu, Nepal.
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  • Weekend cattle market at Mirpur near Dhaka, Bangladesh.
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  • A food vendor sells her wares in an outdoor market in upper Belem, a crowded neighborhood in Iquitos, Peru.
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  • A young mother plays with her son between selling handmade cigarettes in an outdoor market in upper Belem, a crowded neighborhood in Iquitos, Peru.
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  • Fish merchants wait for buyers in an outdoor market in upper Belem, a crowded neighborhood in Iquitos, Peru.
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  • A merchant sells turtle meat in an outdoor market in upper Belem, a crowded neighborhood in Iquitos, Peru.
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  • Merchants sell bananas & exotic meats in an outdoor market in upper Belem, a crowded neighborhood in Iquitos, Peru.
    PEe 091115-051-2.jpg
  • Fish from the Amazon River await sale in an outdoor market in upper Belem, a crowded neighborhood in Iquitos, Peru.
    PEe 091115-047-2.jpg
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