Photos: Handmade Nepali Lokta Paper
July 17, 2013
The shadow of one of Arjun Nepali's sons is cast on a Handmade Nepali Lokta Paper kept to dry out in the sun after being produced at a factory in Bhaktapur July 17, 2013. According to Arjun he earns 300 Nepalese rupees ($3.15) a day working at a factory from which he runs his house and sends his three sons to a government school. Lokta papers are made up of fibrous inner bark of Lokta bushes that are found above 5,000 m above sea level. According to factory owner Shyam Hari Kadel most of the papers that he produced are exported to countries like Germany and Britain. REUTERS/Navesh Chitrakar ( NEPAL )
Kumari Nepali, wife of Arjun Nepali, carries a frame used to make Handmade Nepali Lokta Paper as she prepares to makes one at a factory in Bhaktapur July 17, 2013. According to Arjun he earns 300 Nepalese rupees ($3.15) a day working at a factory from which he runs his house and sends his three sons to a government school. Lokta papers are made up of fibrous inner bark of Lokta bushes that are found above 5,000 m above sea level. According to factory owner Shyam Hari Kadel most of the papers that he produced are exported to countries like Germany and Britain. REUTERS/Navesh Chitrakar ( NEPAL )
Arjun Nepali carries a frame used to make Handmade Nepali Lokta Paper as he makes one at a factory in Bhaktapur July 17, 2013. According to Arjun he earns 300 Nepalese rupees ($3.15) a day working at a factory from which he runs his house and sends his three sons to a government school. Lokta papers are made up of fibrous inner bark of Lokta bushes that are found above 5,000 m above sea level. According to factory owner Shyam Hari Kadel most of the papers that he produced are exported to countries like Germany and Britain. REUTERS/Navesh Chitrakar ( NEPAL )
Kumari Nepali, wife of Arjun Nepali, makes a Handmade Nepali Lokta Paper at a factory in Bhaktapur July 17, 2013. According to Arjun he earns 300 Nepalese rupees ($3.15) a day working at a factory from which he runs his house and sends his three sons to a government school. Lokta papers are made up of fibrous inner bark of Lokta bushes that are found above 5,000 m above sea level. According to factory owner Shyam Hari Kadel most of the papers that he produced are exported to countries like Germany and Britain. REUTERS/Navesh Chitrakar ( NEPAL )
Arjun Nepali makes Handmade Nepali Lokta Paper at a factory in Bhaktapur July 17, 2013. According to Arjun he earns 300 Nepalese rupees ($3.15) a day working at a factory from which he runs his house and sends his three sons to a government school. Lokta papers are made up of fibrous inner bark of Lokta bushes that are found above 5,000 m above sea level. According to factory owner Shyam Hari Kadel most of the papers that he produced are exported to countries like Germany and Britain. REUTERS/Navesh Chitrakar ( NEPAL )
Sons of Arjun Nepali, a worker in a factory producing Handmade Nepali Lokta Paper, pose for pictures as they play inside the factory in Bhaktapur July 17, 2013. According to Arjun he earns 300 Nepalese rupees ($3.15) a day working at a factory from which he runs his house and sends his three sons to a government school. Lokta papers are made up of fibrous inner bark of Lokta bushes that are found above 5,000 m above sea level. According to factory owner Shyam Hari Kadel most of the papers that he produced are exported to countries like Germany and Britain. REUTERS/Navesh Chitrakar ( NEPAL/ )
Kumari Nepali, wife of Arjun Nepali, carries a frame used to make Handmade Nepali Lokta at a factory in Bhaktapur July 17, 2013. According to Arjun he earns 300 Nepalese rupees ($3.15) a day working at a factory from which he runs his house and sends his three sons to a government school. Lokta papers are made up of fibrous inner bark of Lokta bushes that are found above 5,000 m above sea level. According to factory owner Shyam Hari Kadel most of the papers that he produced are exported to countries like Germany and Britain. REUTERS/Navesh Chitrakar ( NEPAL )
Factory owner Shyam Hari Kadel arranges newly made Handmade Nepali Lokta Paper at his factory in Bhaktapur July 17, 2013. Lokta papers are made up of fibrous inner bark of Lokta bushes that are found above 5,000 m above sea level. According to factory owner Shyam Hari Kadel most of the papers that he produced are exported to countries like Germany and Britain. REUTERS/Navesh Chitrakar ( NEPAL/ )
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