I have just visited Kathmandu's famous Durbar Square and I caught a glimpse of the Kumari child who is worshipped as a Goddess.
I came back to the Hotel to post the photographs but disaster - I can't find the cable to download from camera to computer! Unless I find it this could be a very boring blog. There are better photos than I could take on the internet at
http://www.visitnepal.com/nepal_information/kumari.php This little Kumari child will not leave the building until she reaches puberty, when she is then replaced by another and she has to return to an ordinary life. She comes out on to a balcony for a minute or so each morning and afternoon but photographing her is not allowed. All pre-pubescent girls are revered in Hindu and Buddhist families here, but all that changes when they become wives and mothers.
My wonderful guide Sushil, surely the best in Kathmandu, has given me an insight into this fascinating and different culture and also took me to the Swayambunath Stupa. He studied English at University and became a teacher, but now that he has a wife and family he finds it more lucrative being a tour guide.
Hopefully the camera cable is in my main luggage and I will be able to download my photographs when I get to Pokhara-if I have internet access
I came back to the Hotel to post the photographs but disaster - I can't find the cable to download from camera to computer! Unless I find it this could be a very boring blog. There are better photos than I could take on the internet at
http://www.visitnepal.com/nepal_information/kumari.php This little Kumari child will not leave the building until she reaches puberty, when she is then replaced by another and she has to return to an ordinary life. She comes out on to a balcony for a minute or so each morning and afternoon but photographing her is not allowed. All pre-pubescent girls are revered in Hindu and Buddhist families here, but all that changes when they become wives and mothers.
My wonderful guide Sushil, surely the best in Kathmandu, has given me an insight into this fascinating and different culture and also took me to the Swayambunath Stupa. He studied English at University and became a teacher, but now that he has a wife and family he finds it more lucrative being a tour guide.
Hopefully the camera cable is in my main luggage and I will be able to download my photographs when I get to Pokhara-if I have internet access
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