Nima still lives at home and is the youngest daughter of the Tibetan family. Foreign guests are expected and, as is customary, the daughters are offered to the male guests for the night. Nima has long been looking forward to being able to satisfy a guest. But now that the time seems to be here, she is no longer so sure.

Nima

Nima

Nima still lives at home and is the youngest daughter of the Tibetan family. Foreign guests are expected and, as is customary, the daughters are offered to the male guests for the night. Nima has long been looking forward to being able to satisfy a guest. But now that the time seems to be here, she is no longer so sure.

I am called as the guests drive up in their rental car. I stand diagonally behind my father and watch as the guests get out of the car. I am excited and a little bit scared because I have to share a bed with a foreigner. Then a young man gets out who is a good two heads taller than me. I turn pale for my standards. Oh shit... It escapes me in a whisper. My sister grins and my father looks at me grumpily.