Shop owner ( usually the shop is part of the house – grocery supplies , fresh fruit and vege, alcohol, material, clothes and shoes, hardware and building supplies, water stalls , and music shops of CD's and cassettes everywhere !( copied)
Selling Food: snacks, roasted nuts, momo (a type of boiled dim sim), noodles, full meals of rice and Dahl, barbecued maze.
Tending to the animals: buffalo ( milking) and goats and chickens-subsistence living
Handy craft: Sewing shops ( tailors) where all traditional garments are sewn, weaving cloth and mats for the home , tapestry and embroidery , metal work- bronze castings, wood carving -mask making , stone carving ( photos) , puppet making , painting –Thangkas traditional Tibetan Buddhist paintings and other paintings of the gods , bronze statues of gods, beaded and silver jewellery, Pashmina, Tibetan carpets, knife making (khukuri- the traditional knife of the Ghurkhas)
Trades: bicycle and rickshaw repairs, welding, brick making and umbrella repairs!
Tourism Hotel and Resort owners (yes Resorts! – not as we know them), guides
Gardening/ Agriculture- 40% of the country
Manufacturing & Industry
Working in the many Educational Institutes locally and in the main centres- Literacy 60%
Less common:
Government Jobs– in the main centre – e.g. Kathmandu, Pokhara, Dhran
Health – Health Care Assistance, Dr’s, Nurse, Physio
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