Antique Posters from The Eden Hashish House in Nepal

[Medical Marijuana]

Kathmandu Nepal, located in a beautiful valley in the Himalaya Mountains, was a hippie magnet in the late 60's and early 70's. Friendly and intelligent people, great food and cheap lodging were some of the attractions, but an important reason was the local attitude towards marijuana - it was legal. Indeed Ganga, as it is called there, grows wild all over the hills, and its' more interesting properties have long been explored and respected by Sadhus - the wandering holy men of Nepal and India. The hippies fit right in.

Eden Hashish Centre The Eden Hashish Centre was the largest of several legal storefronts in Kathmandu that provided quality hash and grass to the tourists. Mr. Sharma, the owner, opened two shops. The original location was at 5/1 Basantpur in the famous "Freak Street" hippy district, a location that ironically now is occupied by a bank. The second shop was located at 5/259 Ombahal, said to be in the Thamel area.

In late 1973, soon after the second Edenhash shop opened, threats of the loss of foreign aid from the American administration of Richard Nixon forced Nepal to outlaw hashish and marijuana. The two Eden Hashish Centres, the Central Hashish Centre and the others closed their doors and the pot and hashish business moved underground. These days much of the hash in Nepal ("charris" in Nepali) is mixed with a type of glue, making a harsh and unappealing smoke.

The memory (and perhaps a trace of the aroma) of the Eden Hashish Center lives on in the advertising posters Mr Sharma distributed. Extraordinary prints of Hindu gods and other subjects were embossed with the Eden name and addresses to make a unique picture that was often taken home and prized by their Hippie customers.

These rare genuine posters (many had calendars attached at the bottom) are valuable collector's items today. Yet there is a universial appeal in the art of the Eden Hashish Centre that should not be reserved for those few collectors who can afford them.

[greenmonkey]

sweet, the lady with ten arms is holdin a joint and an upside down bong. even got the lighter in the other one.
cool that the gods somke ganga

[tintala]

Yep, GANJA was made illegal by the USA government in NEPAL in 73-74, they paid the KING OF NEPAL 40 million$ to do so. Now you get hash and ganja from the streets or If the sadhus like you , they will let you smoke with them, but sometimes they don't like westerners. THese are way cool posters, this used to depict the quality of hash they sold in the shops. you could sample. My NEPALI grandpa in law, used to have a HOOKA from one of these shops.

[Alton Ellis]

that is NICE ! this one would make a wicked avatar !!!