From the left: the elder husband Lama Lobsang, the wife Rigzin and the younger husband Zangmu. Limatang, Humla district, Nepal.
View on the Niymba Valley and the Dojamchaur River. Nepal
From the left: the father Padma Ngutrub, the first husband Nupbu with Jigme, the wife Jamtan and the younger husband Tagpa with Dekyid. Simikot, Humla.
Traditional food with bread and yak butter in Torpa, one of the four villeges of the Nyimba Community.
From the left: the eldre husband Nimajundup his daughter Phumtsog, the wife Zomba and the younger husband pema Rigzin. On the backgroung the Niymba Valley, Nepal.
Traditional feast in the Niymba Valley against hunger.
From the left: the eldre husband Nimajundup his daughter Phumtsog, the wife Zomba and the younger husband pema Rigzin. On the backgroung the Niymba Valley, Nepal.
Traditional Niymba house. The Nyimba belive in the three realms of existence and their houses represent a microcosm of these realms in three storeys: the upper storey , as the realm of God or heaven, the middle as realm of demi-gods or human world, and the lower as the subterreniam realm for the Naga or the Serpent God. So, the upper storey is where Gods are worshipped, the family lives in the middle storey and the lower storey is the barn where animals are kept.
From the right: the older husband Chhonchanab with his daughter Dralma, the wife Shilangma, the younger husband KaliBahadur and the second daughter Tsering. Baragaon, Humla district
Simikot airport, the only access to the all region. The pupulation surrounds an elicopter after ten days of isolation due to bad weather.
From the left: the mother Yutrol with the nephew Tony, the elder husband Jigme, the wife Pangyn, and the younger husband Chakra with the daughter Laymi.
Traditional Niymba house. The Nyimba belive in the three realms of existence and their houses represent a microcosm of these realms in three storeys: the upper storey , as the realm of God or heaven, the middle as realm of demi-gods or human world, and the lower as the subterreniam realm for the Naga or the Serpent God. So, the upper storey is where Gods are worshipped, the family lives in the middle storey and the lower storey is the barn where animals are kept.
From the right: the elder husband Ngutub with his daughter Nima, the wife Tsekjid, and the younger husband Tshuming Tondup.
Polyandry family in Simikot, the main village of the Humla District.
From the left: the father Nagdera, the elder husband Dharma with Nunbu, the wife Tsering with Kunsang, and the younger husband Buddhi. Baragaon, Humla district, Nepal.
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