ABHA (About Best Himalayan Adventures) – July 2019

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April 15, 2019. Laati does make-up.


Laata-Laati
Episode

An old couple wore masks
topped with bright colored
balloons, probably a modern
addition to the costume. The
old man wearing an ugly
pinkish mask and shabby
clothes led the performance.
Later on, his wife wearing
a dark mask crowned with
equally bright colored
balloons joined him after
throwing lots of tantrums.
The fun began.

The wife hugged the
husband, put on make-
up, and applied lipstick
to his masked-face. They
played the trick of Mwair-
Morin, applied the dry and
wet flour on the selected
audience. They even walked
to the houses of the selected
villagers to play the trick.

In local dialect, laata
and laati mean an idiot,
immature, and /or retarded.

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