It is said that in times gone by the king and his family would frequently Holliday in what’s now Chitwan national park. Also home to the Tharu people. As the legend goes these women were taken as sex slaves, and so came up with an ingenious idea to put an end to this. They began to tattoo their bodies so as to make themselves less attractive. You can just about see the faint ink on this elderly woman’s legs. Chitwan, Nepal, 2019

A young boy eating a bowl of rise. Chitwan, Nepal, 2019