By Foad Shafighi All the five pictures in this journal were taken around the Bouddhanath stupa in Kathmandu, Nepal between June and July 2012.

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Everyday around the Bouddhanath stupa, monks, nuns, tourists and the ordinary people start their day by practicing Buddhism in different ways. The nun in the picture is meditating after the prostration practice.

There are numerous monasteries built around the Bouddhanath stupa. Many monks start their spiritual life from their early childhood years. In the picture a group of monks are doing their daily religious rituals through circumambulating the sacred Buddhist objects inside a monastery.

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One of the surprising scenes one might encounter in Nepal is the women labor for building constructions. In Nepal women work even harder than men when it comes to construction, however they are paid less. They carry heavy loads of construction materials while bearing most of the weight on their forehead. The young girl in the picture was working in a construction site around the Bouddhanath.

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By Foad Shafighi All the five pictures in this journal were taken around the Bouddhanath stupa in Kathmandu, Nepal between June and July 2012.

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