A vertige of demonolatry is the lakhe dancer, an ogre whose task it was once to procure sacrificial victims, here dancing in front of the Gaddhi Baithak during the Indra Jatra Festival.
Nepal opened up to the outside only in 1950s. Cameras were only allowed to the Ranas and a few elites. The portraits taken before the 50s are interesting as they give a glimpse into a common man's life that are not documented otherwise.