Enrique Lopez-Tapia / Woman having paste applied to her forehead during the celebration of Diwali / Tihar (the festival of lights) taken in a small village around the Royal Chitwan National Park, Nepal, October 2011.

Enrique Lopez-Tapia / Woman having paste applied to her forehead during the celebration of Diwali / Tihar (the festival of lights) taken in a small village around the Royal Chitwan National Park, Nepal, October 2011.

Enrique Lopez-Tapia / Family celebrating Diwali / Tihar (the festival of lights) taken in a small village around the Royal Chitwan National Park, Nepal, October 2011.

Enrique Lopez-Tapia / Zebu (Bos primigenius indicus) cattle with marks painted on skin, possibly for Gai Tihar - part of the Nepalese festival Tihar / Dewali (festival of lights) in a Tharu village. Royal Chitwan National...

Enrique López-Tapia / Sita, widow, with her children, Goma, Anish and Aarati, in the room that serves as a home, in Namaskar Association ‘House of Widows'. Culturally in Nepal women lose many rights when they become widow...

Enrique López-Tapia / Kanchi Tamang, widow, in her small room in Kathmandu, in Namaskar Association ‘House of Widows'. Culturally in Nepal women lose many rights when they become widows and may be treated badly by their fa...

Enrique López-Tapia / Rabina, widow, in the room that serves as a shelter with her two children, Subin and Sahan, in Namaskar Association ‘House of Widows'. Culturally in Nepal women lose many rights when they become widow...

Martha Holmes / Nepalese man carrying hay, Bajura, Nepal 2001