Raute ethnographic material

Brother Bishnu has for over 10 years been visiting the Raute people, a hunter-gatherer tribe of around 2000 people who live in the jungles of Western Nepal. He has learnt their language and is one of the few non-Raute people to have built up a trusting relationship with them. He has some amazing stories and photos of his experiences.

Raute elder drums at public dance in Jajarkot District, Nepal. Photo: J. Fortier (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Bishnu has taken a number of photographs of the Raute which make a unique collection of material, of interest to ethnographers and any serious student of hunter-gatherer indigenous peoples.You can see the entire portfolio at http://www.tacomaecclesia.net/raute.htm .