Nature has so blessed these Himalayan foothills where generations have lived in harmony. However, such is the lure of city life and the chaotic energies of a fast changing world that the future of these ancient ways is of course threatened.
And yet, in the village of Riepe, old-style prosperity is finding fresh vigour; no longer the uprooting of people from ancestral homes, there is the drive to cultivate new cash crops – avocados and coffee for example – while Riepe’s visitor project is quite a small part in a village patchwork of viable enterprises.
Heritage, culture, tradition, agriculture and community are alive and well. Yes, this is how Riepe sees its future.
'And the soul and the soil can again nurture one another.’
