Image title: Sherpa utensils: Thaka Kare

Thaka Kare (ठका करे) refers to a “wooden container for storing local beer”. It is a Nepali word which can also be transliterated as Ṭhakā Kare, Ṭhakākare or Thakakare.

The text in Devanagari reads:

ठका करे - जांड/जाण्ड राख्ने काठको कठुवा

Transliteration (IAST):

ṭhakā kare - jāṃḍa/jāṇḍa rākhne kāṭhako kaṭhuvā.

Plain text (initially IAST, brackets indicate Hunterian):

thaka ... - jamda/janda [jad/jand] rakhne kathako kathuva.

Gallery information:

The Sherpa people refers to one of the indigenous ethnic group from Nepal (the Himalayan regions) who migrated out of Tibet as early as the 13th century. Their religion is Tibetan Buddhism (particularly Nyingma) and they worship mountains as Gods pr protector deities. Sherpas speak Sino-Tibetan which represents a dialect of Tibetan.