Two Nepalese guides smiling
About this photograph
- Creator
- Margery H. Freeman
- Date created
- October 2, 1984
- Location
- Jomsom, Nepal
- License
- This photograph copyright ©2007. Terms of use
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Two men, shoulder to shoulder, give broad smiles. Men embracing each other and holding each others hand is fairly common in much of Nepal and is seen as a sign of friendship. Generally speaking, however, public displays of affection are frowned upon in Nepalese culture.
