"An attempt
to capture the flavour of Kathmandu. China has been bulldozing Tibet and
its culture since the 50's. This has produced a lot of refugees, many
of whom live in Nepal. One of the aspects of Tibetan tradition which was
immediately accessible to me was the consumption of Tungba (spelled
various ways by various Westerners). This is a kind of flat ale made
from fermented millet, drunk hot. An acquired taste, but not that hard
to acquire. The search for Tungba came to occupy a fair amount of what
leisure time I had on that trip. Tom Kelly is an American photographer
who at the time had lived in Kathmandu for 9 years, and who had the
largest motorcycle I saw in Nepal.....
-- from "Rumours of Glory 1980-1990" (songbook), edited by Arthur
McGregor, OFC Publications, Ottawa, 1990. Submitted by Rob Caldwell.
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