Wolfgang's photos with the keyword: Tramar

Meeting the Maoist group in Geling

02 Apr 2008 591
I was much surprised that the leader of the Maoist group spoke a fluent German language. He was educated 4 years in Munich and studied the sience of politic

In the private guest house at Tramar

03 Apr 2008 589
we were invided to an house party

The rocks befor Tramar village

02 Apr 2008 738
High up in the rocks people dig caves to store the bodies of their relatives. In their tradition the sky burial is common. A human corpse is cut into small pieces and placed on a mountaintop or this caves, exposing it to the elements or the mahabhuta and animals – especially to birds of prey. In Tibetan and Thakali the practice is known as jhator, which literally means, "giving alms to the birds."

Valley of Tramar (Red Crag)

Way down into the Tramar valley

Boy in Tramar

Thakali girl in Tramar

02 Apr 2008 628
The Thakali are ethnolinguistic group originated from the Thak Khola region of the Kingdom of Lo Mantang in Nepal.

Boy in Tramar

Our cook preparing tea

Tramar village

Khola (beck or river) in Tramar

Reaching Tramar late in the afternoon

Sunset in Tramar

Rocks at Tramar

Bizarre landscape in the Tramar area