People: Dolpo, Rukum and Jumla

Taken during November 1969 this collection of images shows the high altitude people encountered between the southern areas of Dolpo and Jumla in Nepal's western area. The images also show people in northern areas of the Rukum district (averaging 3-3.5,000 metres) who are quite distinct from the more Tibetan people of Dolpo. One series shows the nomads from Dolpo whom I walked with for many days as they moved to new pasture. Another group shows the village of Tarakot (3,500 metres) where I spent several weeks. Yet another shows a wandering Lama and his servant whom I encountered and a single image is of a Bon-po (pre-Buddhist) Lama who was about to enter meditation retreat but who was keen to tell me that he had recently helped a French anthropologist (Cornielle Jest, whose jacket he wears) and was therefore a person worth chatting with! The final grouping shows the people to be found in Jumla town, in Nepal's far west, an administrative centre.Original format: col.; 5 x 5 cm

本图像集拍摄于1969年11月，收录了尼泊尔西部多尔波（Dolpo）与琼姆拉（Jumla）南部区域间高海拔地区的居民影像，同时涵盖鲁库姆（Rukum）北部区域（平均海拔3000至3500米）的人群——该区域居民与多尔波的藏裔群体特征差异显著。其中一组影像记录了多尔波的游牧族群：笔者曾随他们同行多日，见证其迁徙至新牧场的过程；另一组展现了塔拉克特（Tarakot）村落（海拔3500米）的风貌，笔者曾在此驻留数周；另有内容呈现了一位云游喇嘛与其侍从，还有单幅影像记录了一位本教（Bon-po，前佛教时期）喇嘛：这位喇嘛即将进入闭关修行，他主动提及自己近期曾协助法国人类学家科尔尼耶·热斯特（Cornielle Jest，他身上所穿的夹克便来自对方），并表示自己是值得交流的对象。最后一组影像展现了尼泊尔最西部的行政中心琼姆拉镇的居民。图像原始格式为彩色胶片，尺寸为5×5厘米。