From Nepal, with love... by KarmaSong
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_______ I wanted to come back to Nepal for two reasons this year: to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the association I am a member of, which organizes a humanitarian trek every year and sponsors and helps financing the building as well as the renovation of schools in a VDC (Village Development Committee) comprising a dozen villages around Laprak, one of the villages that were nearly completely blown down by the 2015 earthquake, whose epicenter was just a couple of miles away, in the Gorkha region, west of Kathmandu. The second reason was actually to see how the villagers and the whole country had recovered from the terrible earthquake that also destroyed houses, facilities and temples in Kathmandu and the two other former capital cities of Nepal: Patan and Bhaktapur.
________I took this photo on Sunday, April 14th which was actually New Year's day in Nepal,(Bisket Jatra in Nepali) the very first day of the Nepali year, namely the first day of....2076 !!! Along with a couple of fellow trekkers, we went to Bakhtapur, packed with people celebrating the New Year in the hustle and bustle of crowded streets and joyful smiling Nepali people from every age, and much to my surprise, the numerous scaffoldings here and there for the reconstruction of the Bhaktapur Durbar Square ( the old city center with magnificent temples) pointed to an active and fast rebuilding and renovating process, sponsored by several countries, such as Japan and Germany,among others, which generously donated substantial funds, but the names of individuals from all over the world were also listed next to the renovated temples, a moving sight actually.
________The lighting of this photo, along with the peaceful smile of this woman from Bhaktapur, with her little daughter, epitomizes for me the dignity and tender-heartedness of this courageous people who taught me a lot on life, observing them and sharing invaluable moments with them.
_______Thank you so much for your comments on my former Roman photo ...Have a nice sunny weekend! Zoom in for the details and the atmo!
________I took this photo on Sunday, April 14th which was actually New Year's day in Nepal,(Bisket Jatra in Nepali) the very first day of the Nepali year, namely the first day of....2076 !!! Along with a couple of fellow trekkers, we went to Bakhtapur, packed with people celebrating the New Year in the hustle and bustle of crowded streets and joyful smiling Nepali people from every age, and much to my surprise, the numerous scaffoldings here and there for the reconstruction of the Bhaktapur Durbar Square ( the old city center with magnificent temples) pointed to an active and fast rebuilding and renovating process, sponsored by several countries, such as Japan and Germany,among others, which generously donated substantial funds, but the names of individuals from all over the world were also listed next to the renovated temples, a moving sight actually.
________The lighting of this photo, along with the peaceful smile of this woman from Bhaktapur, with her little daughter, epitomizes for me the dignity and tender-heartedness of this courageous people who taught me a lot on life, observing them and sharing invaluable moments with them.
_______Thank you so much for your comments on my former Roman photo ...Have a nice sunny weekend! Zoom in for the details and the atmo!
Comments (36)
virginiese
Oh Karma! Je suis certaine que cet instant figure parmi tes souvenirs les plus chers.❤ Merci de les partager avec nous, sans parler de la beauté de cette photo. La première chose qui m'a frappée c'est que ces personnes sont très belles et semblent très sereines malgré toutes les difficultés qu'elles ont traversées. C'est une superbe leçon de dignité que nous donne ce peuple à travers ta photo. Nous devrions prendre exemple sur eux! Je leur souhaite que cette nouvelle leur apporte bonheur et réconfort... ils le méritent largement. Quant à toi, je te remercie de m'avoir donné de quoi méditer, mon ami!😊
Jean_C
Une photo superbe et émouvante de cette femme avec son enfant, où leurs regards ne laissent rien deviner des épreuves qu'ils ont subies. C'est effectivement une belle leçon de vie! Merci pour la photo et le témoignage, Jean-Luc!
VDH
Very lovely scene !!
Leije
Un émouvant portrait avec de belles lumières........bravo pour ton action humanitaire, Jean-Luc, c'est bien que la reconstruction se soit faite rapidement !
Lucterios
Une bien belle photo pleine d'humanité effectivement.
goldie
Beautiful photo of these beautiful people...nice candid capture of the little girl...it is most welcome news that rebuilding is in full force...that earthquake was truly a disaster causing such loss of a culture's valued/treasured symbols.
MagikUnicorn
Superbe cliché
3DClassics123456
Un sourire et un texte qui m'aident à bien commencer la journée!
starship64
What a wonderful picture of mother and child.
gaius Online Now!
Tu es donc revenu de 2076 (quelle est l'année 1 chez eux ?) pour rapporter cette image (et d'autres j'imagine) qui semble symboliser l'âme de ce peuple qui a souffert, dont la vie n'est pas simple mais qui sait encore sourire et nous émerveiller.
Radar_rad-dude
A very beautiful family! Love this photo! Stellar capture of this loving pair! Thanks also for all the information! I am so glad to hear about it! Much appreciated! Heart warming in these troubling times! We need more things like this to happen worldwide!
JeffersonAF
Beautiful photo my friend.
Kordouane
Merci de nous faire partager cette photo et ton texte tout aussi touchant. Pour moi cela vaut mieux qu'un reportage à la télévision, dans ta photo et dans ton texte il y a de l'amour, de l'humanité et une grande pudeur, bravo
rainbows
beautiful picture of the lady and her baby, thank you for the write up Jean-Luc. Hugs galore DiDi. xx
afsinatre
Very nice..
eekdog Online Now!
Bet that was a great country to visit, not much of a traveler myself. Cool shot of the locals.
Koala44
Votre implication est formidable, merci de donner du temps à ceux qui en ont besoin
STEVIEUKWONDER
I visited Nepal as a child, very briefly, in the Military. You have captured a lovely and very sensitive attachment here! Lovely work!
bakapo
This is a tender and beautiful photo. That baby is adorable, may she have a good life. Bless you for caring about people.
farmerC
Exellent shot.
GrandmaT
Beautiful photo of these two charming females!
pchef
elle est mignonne
Richardphotos
I have had the pleasure of meeting people from Nepal, India, Pakistan and call many as a friend. you really have represented the essence of the country with this beautiful lady and child
DukeNukem2005
It is very good!
Crudelitas
Fantastic photo. Great people and beautiful colors. It is certainly very nice to see that humanitarian aid is not silted up. I think it's great that you get involved there.
ia-du-lin
Very nice photo!
Flint_Hawk
It is good to hear about the reconstruction taking place! Your photo is wonderful!
steve2
Wonderful picture !
bugsnouveau
Is very special what you are doing, thank you
anitalee
Excellent