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Kumaon Pine Forest
November 2017
Avani Society
Berinag, India
Ultimately, both brothers missed the cucumber, forcing one to leave home and go into the forest. While living in exile, the brother fell in love with a woman from a Bora village. However, their romance was frowned upon by her family, and the woman's brother banished her from the family home. So, both lovers went to live in isolation in the forest.
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- Title: Kumaon Pine Forest
- Date Created: November 2017
- Location: Uttarakhand, India
- Type: Photograph
- Photography: Emilie Thevenoz
- Community: One of the primary communities Avani works with are the Bora Kuthaliya, a small caste based in the Kumaon region of Uttarakhand, India. The Bora have a rich heritage and tradition of cultivating and weaving hemp to create bags, rugs, and mats. However, with the government's ban on hemp cultivation in the 1980s, this practice has all but disappeared. Today, with the help of Avani, Bora communities are reviving these traditional weaving skills through new art forms, enabling them to continue making a living in their Himalayan home.
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