Mayor's Family Nira Village,Mugu 1985
The jewelry and garments of these two women of Nira village in Mugu district recall the Rajput ancestry of the high caste Hindu Thakuri people of Northwest Nepal. Locally woven yak wool blankets provide the backdrop for the mayor's wife, daughter-in-law, and grandchildren.
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