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Chepté A Nepalese Village
Patrice Olivier
Translated by :Kathryn Pascal/Olivia Izzard
Association
Terra Incognita
Summary 5
Summary
The Himalayan Range
Page 10
The Sherpa community
Page 12
Chepté village
Page 14
The Sherpa family
Page 16
Life and the rhythm of the seasons
Page 18
Terrace cultivation
Page 20
Stock
Page 22
Feeding the animals
Page 24
On men’s backs
Page 26
Bhalthumka’s shops
Page 28
Summary
Summary
Bhalthumka’s market
Page 30
Hindu portraits
Page 32
Dashain
Page 34
The Houses
Page 36
Crafts
Page 38
Basketwork
Page 40
Children’s games
Page 42
Chepté school
Page 44
In the classroom
Page 46
Sanskrit
Page 48
Summary 7
Summary
The playground
Page 50
Children’s games (2)
Page 52
Dance
Page 54
Tibetan roots
Page 56
Buddhism
Page 58
The temple
Page 60
Shamanism
Page 62
Nepalese hospitality
Page 64
Water
Page 66
Milk
Page 68
Summary 8
Summary
Potatoes
Page 70
Sweetcorn
Page 72
Cooking
Page 74
Meals
Page 76
Scenes from the road to Chepté
Page 78
Dusk over the Himalayan Range
Page 79
Acknowledgements
Page 80
Glossary
Page 81
The Democratic Federal Republic of Nepal
Page 82
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To get to Chepté from Katmandu, you need to go to Jiri which is only 200 kms away but it takes a whole days bus ride to get there. Then you need to walk for 3 days from Jiri to Chepté. This area is at the gateway to the
Himalayan range of mountains. Above is GauriSankar which is 7 181 meters high.In Sanskrit* it translates as the goddess Gauri and her husband Sankar (a Hindu god).
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The Himalayan Range
The Himalayan Range is one of the five natural areas in Nepal. It has nine peaks over 8 000 m, one of which is Everest (8 846 m) and a dozen peaks higher than 7 000 m. This region forms
a gigantic wall between Nepal and China. Chepté is situated in the foothills *(a sub-range) of the Himalayas, 60 kms south-west of Everest in the Okhadhunga district.In Nepalese mythology*, these mountains are sacred. They are considered to be the home of the gods. In Nepalese Everest is called Sagarmatha, the name of the goddess who is mother of the sky.
Summary 11
Ngima Sherpa.
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The Sherpa community
The Nepal population is made up of more than 60 ethnicities*. They are divided into two large groups : the Indo-Nepalese who have Indian roots and generally come from the Hindu region and
the Tibetan Nepalese who come from Tibet and usually live in the mountains.In Chepté, twelve families have Indian Nepalese roots, twenty-three are Tamangs and eighteen are Sherpas. The Tamang and Sherpa ethnicities have the same Tibetan origins and both share the same Buddhist religion. Each ethnicity has its own history, dialect*, customs and beliefs.
The giant Bodhnath Buddhist stupa, in Katmandu. Buddha’s painted eyes look in four different directions and see everything. The “question mark” represents unity and is the number one in Nepalese.
Sacred prayers have been written on the flags which fly from the top of the “stupa”.