Mani Rimdu is an annual festival in Thame in the Kumbu region of the Himalayas in Nepal. All photos were taken in 1976.

The performance took place under a stretched canvas over the square in front of the small monastery.

Monsoon was and still is one of my favourite seasons. After the 'wind month' of March, all the dry dust and sand (some from the Rajasthan desert) is washed away.

On mirrored terraces, rice sprouts grow for the new planting - in an unparalleled shade of green.