Riepe's Future

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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.​

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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.’