Untouchables of Asia - Badi prostitute

Jakob Carlsen

Freelance

Gomati Nepali is 29 years old. She belongs to the Badi community in Western Nepal and works as a prostitute in the village Mura. She has three children with one customer that she thought would marry her. When she asked him to marry her he left for india. Being untouchables, the badi prostitutes are also visited by caste people, even when they are considered unclean.

Jakob Carlsen, "Untouchables of Asia - Badi prostitute," in POYi Archive, Item #43133, http://archive.poy.org/items/show/43133 (accessed November 22, 2024).