The Kirat (ethnic group): photo 5
Photo 5 of 15 in Gallery: The Kirat (ethnic group)
Image title: Kirat traditional tools: Mana
Description of the photo
This photograph depicts the following traditional Kirat tools and utensils, classified as Weighing Scales (nap-taul):
3. Mana (啶ぞ啶ㄠぞ) referring in English to a 鈥渕easure of ten handfuls of rice, pulse, etc.鈥�. It can also be transliterated as: M膩n膩.
Note: the word Nap-taul (啶ㄠぞ啶�-啶む啶�), in English 鈥渨eighing scales鈥�, can also be transliterated as n膩p-taul, n膩pa-taula, napa-taula, n膩ptaul, naptaul, n膩pataula, napataula.
Gallery information:
The Kirat people are an ancient civilization from Nepal whose kings ruled in Kathmandu valley since at least 650 B.C. Their native religion consists of worshopping natural entities. The Kirats consists of several groups of which the major branches are called the Yakha, Rai, Limbu and the Sunuwar
Photo details:
Date: 2019-11-11
Camera: SONY ILCE-6400
Exposure: 1/25
Aperture: f/5
ISO: 2000
Focal length: 45mm
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Size: 2.09 MB
Resolution: 2400 x 1600
漏 Photograph by Gabe Hiemstra.
