Himalayan Viagra - Nepal

March 2006
It's the world's most rare and expensive herb -- a mysterious aphrodisiac which only grows on the head of caterpillars in Himalayas. But trade in yarchagumba is funding the Maoist uprising

It's the world's most rare and expensive herb -- a mysterious aphrodisiac which only grows on the head of caterpillars in Himalayas. But trade in yarchagumba is funding the Maoist uprising. The best Yarchagumba comes from Dolpa - the poorest region of Nepal, where there are no roads, few jobs - an area dependent on aid. At harvest time, entire villages empty as inhabitants go in search of the herb. "Everybody wants to collect yarchagumba to earn money." But Maoists have taken over the trade and impose their own tax, staving the government of it's income. "We make a lot of money from the yarchagumba tax. It's the main source of income for our party", states Maoist spokesman Comrade Deepak.

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[tibet4504]

自由西藏，中國出西藏。中國剛剛回到你的土地，我們不需要你的幫­助。自由西藏

Free Tibet . We don't need your help, just go back to your own land . Tibet is not part of china .

[free2rhyme4lyfe]

What a beautiful country, the scenery at 10:03 is absolutley stunning. A country with so much beauty and potential, so sad it's in such a terrible shape. As usual greedy assholes get in the way of development.

I hope everything works out for the best eventually :(

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love the video man

[distractionxx]

very interesting video thanks

[meercatzz]

The rights to harvest yarshagumba in Dolpo should remain only with Dolpolis and no one else. They should be the main beneficiaries from the sale of Yarshagumba. Just imagine, if the local people got real value of their product how drastically their life would change. Instead, the government and the maoists stripped off Dolpolis' rights to earn and introduced a new conflict over it. The maoists' rise to power was possible only because of the poor, and this is how they're thanking them.

[meercatzz]

7:28.. that's the main problem. The government never felt any remorse to sugarcoat a terrible truth. The military was never in control once maoists emerged out from the jungles. They were brutally driven away from most parts of western Nepal. However the government never acknowledged this as a problem albeit they kept losing every battle in the west. Apparently maoists took control of all local resources, including yarshagumba which is the most lucrative one.

[Unknownguy6142]

"there are no maoist here you know, because we provide the highest security here you know"

Maoist - " yeah we earn about 3 million per year from it"

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[TheBikram18]

this motherfucker maoist sucks. just sucks.

[SabineLutzmann]

these new Maoist are parasites. terrible!

[tentry1446]

The future of Dolpos are robbed by Maoist regime, but they are still much better than whats has been done just across the mountains (inside Tibet!)

Save Tibet!