The Last Nomads of Nepal: A Vanishing Culture in the Forests of Surkhet
- Código: 29539730
- Data do Conteúdo: 19/02/2025
- Inclusão no Site: 24/04/2025 08:18:40
- Assunto: NEPAL FOCUS LAST NOMADS
- Legenda: Surkhet (Nepal), 24/04/2025.- Raute girl Kalah Sahi, 14, feeds her one-month-old son at the camp in Girighat, Surkhet, Nepal, on 19 February 2025 (issued 24 April 2025). Kalah married her husband Subiram, 29, when she was 13 years old. According to Raute tradition, girls are eligible to marry at the age of 12. Nepal’s last nomadic tribe, the Rautes, are facing a sharp population decline, with numbers dropping from 566 in 2021 to just 137, according to the Social Service Centre (SOSEC) Nepal. “There are three main reasons for their declining numbers,” Lal Bahadur Khatri, a SOSEC teacher working in the Raute community explained. “First, there is a lack of proper care for newborns. They believe that if a child survives, it is because God allowed it, and if a child dies, it is because God took them. Women give birth in their camps rather than in hospitals, leading to health complications for both mothers and babies.” “Mothers do not allow outsiders, even doctors, to touch their children,” he said. “Since infants do not receive timely medical care, the child mortality rate is very high in the community.” He added that newborns often do not receive adequate breastfeeding. “Mothers leave their newborns at the camp while they go out to work and only breastfeed them in the evening. The lack of proper nutrition for both mothers and children is another major factor contributing to the high death rate.” EFE/EPA/NARENDRA SHRESTHA ATTENTION: For the full FOCUS ESSAY text please go to: https://epaimages.com/misc.pp?code ORG XMIT: EPA4369
- Serviço/Categoria: EFE / Aspectos humanos
- Crédito: Agência Efe/Folhapress
- Dimensão: 59cm x 40cm
- Tamanho: 33.21 megapixels
- Resolução: 300 dpi
- Palavras-chave: CULTURE; FOREST; HEALTH; NOMADS
