In The Shadow of Gaurishanker: Dolakha 1973 to 2011

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In The Shadow of Gaurishanker portrays the changes seen in Dolakha district in eastern Nepal over the past 40years. The photographs in colour and back & white take us back to vanishing traditions, costumes and knowledge, and the struggles of the hill people on their way to a better future. Roads, forests and potatoes are the main drivers behind these immense changes, and were only possible throught the joint eddorts of the local people, government forces, and long-term engagement by Switzerland.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR Fritz Berger

Fritz Berger worked as a planner and horticulturist in Dolahka in the 1970s. It was then thal he fell in love with nepal and began to document in film, photo and text the life of this extraordinary country and its people.

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Title
In The Shadow of Gaurishanker: Dolakha 1973 to 2011
Author
Edition
1st. ed.
Publisher
ISBN
9789937597173
Length
296p., Colour Photographs; 23cm.
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