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A vistor in the night


A vistor in the night
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Copyright: gloria williams (touristdidi) Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 881 W: 0 N: 1323] (6469)
Genre: People
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2005-09
Categories: Daily Life
Camera: Olympus 8080
Photo Version: Original Version
Date Submitted: 2005-09-23 7:30
Viewed: 533
Points: 4
[Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note
You may visit a freind any time you wish in Nepal. You must not wait till invited, as America has become. You do not even knock or announce yourself, simply come in. What could a Nepali be doing that would require a locked door? I miss having freinds drop in. When I was young I was never alone, and could visit at random anyone I might be passing by in daily trips. Now the westeren world is often shut tight against freindships, laughter, tears, a shared cup of coffee when the need is felt for a freind. The flat wooden surface is Ramkumaris bed. This is her kitchen, bedroom, and living room. Most Nepalis live in a single room.
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Hi Gloria,
a perfect note to this shot ... and that's absolutly right: noone passes by anymore without an invitation ... I miss that too sometimes, (where sometimes I'm glad about it, I must admit) ... well, we're all getting older, more 'polite' in the sense of not trying to bother others etc.etc.
Once I came back to a small village in Himachal Pradesh after 20 years, some people still recognized me and within a few moments it was like having been away for a couple of days only ... and was their ininvited guest and most welcome to stay. A really touching experience that I have never made here, where I live.
Thanks for sharing your thoughts here, that lets one hold on for a moment (in bewtween all those serious important things we're busy with ...)
Take care
Guntram

Hi Gloria,
Very nice shot and very interesting note. It reminds me some shocks I had when I went to and lived in a remote village many years ago. I do like the very closed relations between people. Thank you very much for sharing your story with us.
Antony

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