Helambu Sherpa

[aka Sherpa, Yholmo, Yolmo, Yohlmo]

Classification: Sino-Tibetan

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threatened

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YOLMO

The Yolmo is a people living in a small area of the Helambu, a few walk days from the Kathmandu valley. All men are "lay buddhist monks" and the only activity of elders is meditation and prayer. This paceful people is arrassed by the Maoist army for they historical/mythological proximity to the royal family. Still, what they do is praying and meditating on life and death...

ADAM SANDVE

Helambu

Jan. 1, 2012

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