Classroom » Multimedia
Preparing the whitewash
About this photograph
- Creator
- Margery H. Freeman
- Date created
- September 28, 1984
- Location
- En route from Ghasa to Tukche, Nepal
- License
- This photograph copyright ©2007. Terms of use
Related media
Learn more
In the classroom
- See our collection of articles on visual literacy for ideas on using photographs meaningfully in the classroom.
Whitewash is prepared by mixing limestone with other materials such as rice starch, which makes the wash last longer. Whitewashing the house is an important preparation for the arrival of the post-harvest festivals. Dasain, Nepal’s national festival, falls in October. Tihar, another major festival, takes place in November.
