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![[Headman Pipon standing in rocky field, as children use hoes in earth, Lachung, Sikkim]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5NzEvMDEvMDEvaGVhZG1hbi1waXBvbi1zdGFuZGluZy1pbi1yb2NreS1maWVsZC1hcy1jaGlsZHJlbi11c2UtaG9lcy1pbi1lYXJ0aC1sYWNodW5nLTEwMjQuanBn/320/218/jpg "[Headman Pipon standing in rocky field, as children use hoes in earth, Lachung, Sikkim]")
![[Headman Pipon and child with hoes on shoulders, walk by fence in rocky field, Lachung, Sikkim]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5NzEvMDEvMDEvaGVhZG1hbi1waXBvbi1hbmQtY2hpbGQtd2l0aC1ob2VzLW9uLXNob3VsZGVycy13YWxrLWJ5LWZlbmNlLWluLXJvY2t5LWZpZWxkLTY0MC5qcGc%3D/40/27/webp "[Headman Pipon and child with hoes on shoulders, walk by fence in rocky field, Lachung, Sikkim]")
![[Headman of village, Pipon, seated in house with children, drinking out of cup, Lachung, Sikkim]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5NjUvMDEvMDEvaGVhZG1hbi1vZi12aWxsYWdlLXBpcG9uLXNlYXRlZC1pbi1ob3VzZS13aXRoLWNoaWxkcmVuLWRyaW5raW5nLW91dC1vZi1jdXAtNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/27/webp "[Headman of village, Pipon, seated in house with children, drinking out of cup, Lachung, Sikkim]")
![[Rinchen Namgyal Lachungpa and boy standing next to yak-butter churns, Lachung, Sikkim]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTEvMjkvcmluY2hlbi1uYW1neWFsLWxhY2h1bmdwYS1hbmQtYm95LXN0YW5kaW5nLW5leHQtdG8teWFrLWJ1dHRlci1jaHVybnMtbGFjaHVuZy05M2I0NmYtNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/58/webp "[Rinchen Namgyal Lachungpa and boy standing next to yak-butter churns, Lachung, Sikkim]")
![[Headman Pipon (front) near building with children, Lachung, Sikkim]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5NzEvMDEvMDEvaGVhZG1hbi1waXBvbi1mcm9udC1uZWFyLWJ1aWxkaW5nLXdpdGgtY2hpbGRyZW4tbGFjaHVuZy1zaWtraW0tNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/59/webp "[Headman Pipon (front) near building with children, Lachung, Sikkim]")
![[Shinglay Lama and grandchildren sit in haystack near Singhik,Sikkim]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMDkvMjgvc2hpbmdsYXktbGFtYS1hbmQtZ3JhbmRjaGlsZHJlbi1zaXQtaW4taGF5c3RhY2stbmVhci1zaW5naGlrc2lra2ltLTMzYWNkYi02NDAuanBn/40/27/webp "[Shinglay Lama and grandchildren sit in haystack near Singhik,Sikkim]")
![[Boys from Lachung carrying wood in the mountains, Sikkim]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMDkvMTMvYm95cy1mcm9tLWxhY2h1bmctY2Fycnlpbmctd29vZC1pbi10aGUtbW91bnRhaW5zLXNpa2tpbS04YmNkM2MtNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/58/webp "[Boys from Lachung carrying wood in the mountains, Sikkim]")
