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Forester Gunga Singh demonstrates the flexible fibers of the daphne plant used in Himalayan papermaking

Man demonstrates how local pundits pounded plant fibers to make crude paper for astrologic scrolls

Example of decorated astrological scrolls once commonly made for every infant

Back of scroll, close-up, showing crude fibrous paper

Large astrological chart made with local mountain paper most likely dried on cloth

Drying sheets of handmade paper dot the Nepali landscape

Harvesting daphne fiber for papermaking

Washing the fibrous inner bark of daphne

Carrying wood though through foot-hills to use to cook fibers for papermaking

Barrel cooking of daphne fibers