Market in Namche Bazar


Namche Bazar is the most important town in Solu Khumbu, the land of Sherpa people, Nepal. The town is located in the lower part of Solu Khumbu, at 3500 metres above sea level, on the cross of traditional trade routes in this part of Himalaya. The bazar (market) takes place every week in the town in high season (spring and autumn). There are many traders from lower part of Himalaya foothils and also many Tibetan Traders who come over Nangpa La passage, where Sherpa people came some centuaries ago from Tibet to south side of Himalayas. The article is about this weekly bazar in Namche in the heart of the Himalayas.


text Urban Golob