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Category:People
Subcategory:Women
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Keywords:1976, B&W, Bari, Chhetri, Corn, Farm, Millet, N/45, Nepal, Peace Corps, Planting, Woman, work
Planting Millet

Planting Millet

In this photo taken in Baseri, Nepal in 1976 a young Chhetri woman plants millet in rows of corn. In America millet is a weed growing in corn fields. In Nepal, it is a staple of the mountain diet eaten as mush (dherdo), flat bread, or fermented into local spirits (raksi).