Hanging with the support of some ropes along a deadly cliff to fight deadly honey bees and collect honey from their hives is more difficult than it sounds.
Honey hunting dwells in Nepal as a lesser-known practice that is only known to a few. This age-old technique is passed from one generation to another harvesting a rare and potent honey also known as ‘mad honey’ from the towering cliffs of Nepal. The Gurung community has practiced the ancient art of honey hunting for centuries. They are the true witness to the evolution of honey-hunting fame throughout the generations.
Honey hunting dwells in Nepal as a lesser-known practice that is only known to a few. This age-old technique is passed from one generation to another harvesting a rare and potent honey also known as ‘mad honey’ from the towering cliffs of Nepal. The Gurung community has practiced the ancient art of honey hunting for centuries. They are the true witness to the evolution of honey-hunting fame throughout the generations.
I got a call from locals as an invitation to document wild honeybees (Apis Dorsata Laborasia) hunting, the largest in the world. I had heard the honey collected in the Himalayan cliffs carried a lot of nutritional, medicinal, aphrodisiacal and hallucinogenic properties.
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