Sunday 8 March 2009

Raute ethnographic material

Brother Bishnu has for over 10 years been visiting the Raute people, a hunter-gatherer tribe of around 2000 people who live in the jungles of Western Nepal. He has learnt their language and is one of the few non-Raute people to have built up a trusting relationship with them. He has some amazing stories and photos of his experiences.
Raute elder drums at public dance in Jajarkot ...
Raute elder drums at public dance in Jajarkot District, Nepal. Photo: J. Fortier (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Bishnu has taken a number of photographs of the Raute which make a unique collection of material, of interest to ethnographers and any serious student of hunter-gatherer indigenous peoples.You can see the entire portfolio at http://www.tacomaecclesia.net/raute.htm .
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