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A comforting meal, multigrain flour mixed with yak butter and hot water.

In a shop in Salleri Bazaar, yak tails—used as fly whisks, in rituals, and as dusting tools—hang alongside hardened churpi, the traditional Himalayan cheese.

Aluminum laddles with spout for pouring lentil and other soup.

Traditional handmade wooden containers called Theki are used for churning butter in the highlands of Nepal.

An elderly Sherpa woman plays tunes on her Murchunga, the Nepalese version of the Jew's harp.

The gourd, known as Chindo in Nepali, is traditionally hollowed out and used as a water bottle by various ethnic communities in Nepal. Among the Kirati people, it also serves as a ritual beverage container.

Yak cheese, gourd bottle, & Murchunga

Located near the district headquarters of Salleri, Phaplu Airport provides access to the Khumbu region. The other main airport serving this area is Lukla, which offers direct access to Everest.

A Nepali version of the Jew's harp called Murchunga with handmade bamboo case.

With a shoe clenched in its mouth, a playful dog strolls past the “Welcome to Solukhumbu” sign

Fir sapling

Otherwise slender, a hematophagic leech becomes engorged beyond recognition from a blood feast.

A traditional handmade lock and key, locally known as Bhote Talcha, used for generations in Himalayan communities.

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Adept researcher, Sudhir Aryal darts to his survey household

Mantra-painted rocks amidst the lush greenery of the Himalayas.

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Solukhumbu (Nepal)