When people walk, they also take the time to stop and chat. Often about where they are going and the road ahead, checking directions and the time to the next village. There are families spread out along the valley for miles and the pathside conversation is what keeps family members in touch. Household chores are often carried out in public also. The man on the left is grinding roasted cumin. You will also see people weaving bamboo, repairing clothes, threshing wheat. People wash on the side of the street. A cluster of toothbrushes pokes out from around the public water pipe and there are usually a few bars of soap there too.

Animals are casually slaughtered on the side of the path. Typically the unfortunate animal is lead to the middle of the road, some food stuff is thrown down to distract it and it is beheaded on the spot. The butchers then scorch the carcass with burning kerosene to remove any hair and skin it. If it is a buffalo which is being slaughtered, the pelt is layed out on the ground and each customers neat parcel of meat is layed out on it for collection. The whole operation is over within a half hour, leaving nothing but a stain on the road after it has finished.