folk-music

The musical bridge between past and present

The sarangi is suddenly ‘cool’ again, the music spreading awareness about conservation and discrimination

Songs from Chomolungma

Sherpa folk music predate climate change in sanctifying protection of the mountain environment

Sewa Bhattarai

Songlines of the rivers and forests

Tharu songs plumb the depths of emotion as Nepal’s indigenous people grapple with modernity

Sewa Bhattarai

In Nepal, East meets West musically

Nepali and American musicians come together to preserve the folk music of their mountains

Tibetan music in Nepal's sacred valley

https://youtu.be/OmJUQXfTVlEAfter the 2015 earthquake, many mountain communities in Nepal stopped celebrating festivals because they were in mourning. More than three years later,...

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