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Geoff Childs, Professor of Sociocultural Anthropology, Washington University in St. Louis

Cheers! Welcome to the Nepalese village where everybody knows how to distill

Distilling is a way of life in in Nubri, Nepal. Geoff Childs, CC BY

Imagine a place where every home has paraphernalia for distilling spirits, where there is a toast for nearly any occasion, and where your taxes – paid in grain, not cash – are deposited straight into a communal still.

Welcome to Nubri.

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