Meet:

🌾 Valiana, a #Mayan farmer reviving ancestral soil in the Yucatán

🍉 Samar, a #Palestinian chef holding memory through food

🍯 Ysa, a #Quechua healer working with medicinal bees in Peru

🍽️ Brijlal, a #Tharu advocate preserving oral foodways in Nepal

Catfish Pangasius pangasius

Grass carp (Ctenopharyngodon idella)

Despite being a landlocked country Nepal actually has a large aquaculture industry centred on fish farming in lakes and ponds Trout, carp and catfish. Fish trap are used by the #indigenouspeoples pf The #Tharu, #Kumal & Majhi communities of Nepal.
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#Ashtimki, the wall art painted by #Tharu indigenous communities in the western part of southern plains of Nepal during Krishnashtami, Lord Krishna's birthday, depicts the evolution of life on earth, among others. #EverydayNepal

Achhai Chaudhary, one of the last #Tharu traditional healers, unveils his formulation. Read more about #traditionalhealing here:globalvoices.org/2022/12/08/the-last-of-t...

Inking identity – the stories behind Tharu tattoo motifs A fish tattoo on the hands of Bhuti Devi Chaudhary from Sunsari Many indigenous peoples throughout the world have inked tattoos – for aesthe...

Here's the full blog on the stories behind #Tharu #tattoo motifs.

tharuculture.blogspot.com/2025/01/inki...

The #tattoos inked by #Tharu women from Nepal's southern plains have many interesting stories to tell. I interviewed scores of women to pen this piece. nepalitimes.com/here-now/ink...

#Tattoo motifs inked by #Tharu women in southern plains of Nepal -- the most popular are peacocks! #EverydayNepal

Star fruits -- we call them kabrung in my native #Tharu language. What do you call it in your language? #EverydayNepal

Floral motifs are the most inked #tattoos among the #Tharu women of Eastern Nepal. Garden of demigod Salahesh is one of the most popular tattoos. #EverydayNepal

#Tharu tattoo motifs from Western Nepal. #EverydayNepal