Carrying loads on a pole is the preferred method in the Kathmandu valley, unlike in the mountains where loads are carried on the back in baskets suspended from a headband. In the less frequented squares and courtyards of Baktapur grain and pulse is laid out to dry in the autumn sun. Eastern Nepal. October 1999.

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Carrying loads on a pole is the preferred method in the Kathmandu valley, unlike in the mountains where loads are carried on the back in baskets suspended from a headband. In the less frequented squares and courtyards of Baktapur grain and pulse is laid out to dry in the autumn sun. Eastern Nepal. October 1999.

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