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Cheers! Welcome to the Nepalese village where everybody knows how to distill

  • Written by Geoff Childs, Professor of Sociocultural Anthropology, Washington University in St. Louis
Cheers! Welcome to the Nepalese village where everybody knows how to distillDistilling is a way of life in in Nubri, Nepal.Geoff Childs, CC BY

Imagine a place where every home has paraphernalia for distilling spirits, where there is a toast for nearly any occasion, and where your taxes – paid in grain, not cash – are deposited straight into a communal still.

Welcome to Nubri.

A valley in northern Nepal, Nubri...

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