THE YAKHA: CULTURE, ENVIRONMENT AND DEVELOPMENT IN ...

usinesses were located near them, These shops were very much dependent
on people attending the bazaar for much of their business, and indeed,
some only opened on bazaar days, particularly if the owner had another
job during the week, This was the case with a shop at Sansare Mude
bazaar, the only shop I discovered which was owned and run by a Yakha.".
He was a teacher in Ankhibhui, making the trip up the hill to Sansare
Mude once a week.
Tea shops on the paths leading to the bazaars were also very
dependent on the bazaars themselves for much of their trade, There were
two ' tea shop' settlements on the way from Tamaphok to Basantapur,
called Ghitre and Deurali. Deurali benefited from its position at a 'T-
junction' where the main path from Basantapur to Taplejung met the path
which funnelled traffic off to Tamaphok, Sansare Mude, Ankhibhui and
beyond. In consequence, traffic was fairly constant and most of the tea
shops here were consequently open every day. Ghi tre, however, was
further down the smaller path, where the path to Tamaphok and beyond
forked from the path to Sansare Mude. On non-market days business was
very quiet here, but for the market special snacks, fried by the
proprietors to tempt passers-by, appeared on the narrow wooden counters
of the shops and raksi was also generally available, No Yakha ran any
of these shops either: the only Yakha-run tea-shop we encountered was
the 'last stop' on the path up the hill from Tamaphok into the forest,
and there was hardly ever tee available here, and only slightly more
frequently raksi.
Regular h rkets
Basantapur market, held every Monday, had only been operating for