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In the past, Teej included traditions such as arranged marriages for girls as young as five years old. But in these modern times, women of Chitwan celebrate Teej by singing conservation songs to mark the importance of protecting wildlife in their local areas.
About Rhishja Cota-LarsonRhishja is the founder of Saving Rhinos, which publishes news and information about the illegal trade in rhino horn and rhino conservation issues. She is the Editor of the blogs "Rhino Horn is Not Medicine" and "Project Pangolin", and author of the book "Murder, Myths & Medicine". Check out savingrhinos.org, rhinoconservation.org, and pangolins.org to learn more. When Rhishja is not blogging about the illegal wildlife trade, she enjoys rocking out to live music.
[...] with beekeeping, fisheries, and pig rearing. Recently, PARC/Nepal held an event called “Women on Conservation” – which was attended by over 800 [...]
IT’S GREAT TO SEE WOMEN MOVING TO THE FRONT TO DO
GOOD CAUSES…
CONGRATULATIONS LADIES/PARC-NEPAL !!!