Nepal's Former Kingdom Of Lo
Photographer Taylor Weidman was given special permission by the
government of Nepal to travel in the restricted area of Mustang, an area
hidden in the rain shadow of the Himalaya in one of the most remote
corners of Nepal. Hemmed in by the world's highest mountain range to the
south and an occupied and shuttered Tibet to the north, this tiny
Tibetan kingdom has remained virtually unchanged since the 15th century.
Today,
Mustang
is arguably the best-preserved example of traditional Tibetan life in
the world. But it is poised for change. A new highway will connect the
region to Kathmandu and China for the first time, ushering in a new age
of modernity and altering Mustang's desert-mountain villages forever.
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