The tug of tradition
Prem Lal Shilpakar of in Bhaktapur was eleven when he first worked on the chariot for the ancient Biska Jatra. The chariot, which...
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With temples locked up, Nepalis improvise
For decades, Dhanamaya Singh concluded each day at Aakash Bhairab Temple in Indrachok in Kathmandu’s historic heart, to sing bhajan hymns.As an unmarried elder,...
The Day of the Holy Serpents
The ancestral occupation of Chet Kumari Chitrakar, 65, is devotional art – painting gods and goddesses for the altars of the people...
Yomari Punhi
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ccGvvnK0tsQ&feature=youtu.beA popular Newari festival observed every year during the December full moon, Yomari Punhi, is upon us. Traditionally people in Kathmandu Valley...
Bel Bibaha
Girls from the Newa community in Nepal get married at least three times in their lifetime. The first ceremony called Bel Bibaha...
Waiting till the cows come home
The first thing one notices these days while travelling by road in the Tarai are hundreds of cattle blocking the East-West Highway,...
Jung Bahadur’s destitute descendants
"If it pleases your highness, please partake of your repast,” says a woman dressed in a frayed kurta, using the courtly language...
Kathmandu’s festival of the mysterious dancing goddess
The Tantric goddess has the face of a hog, and she moves slowly through the narrow streets of Bodey with 19 other...
Lost in Transition
Though the medium is oil on canvas, Mann Gurung employs only sepia tones in his paintings, evoking the era of old photographs....
Ancient Panauti’s French Connection
The 13-century town of Panauti has the ambience of a place that has been bypassed by history. The fertile valley along the Rosi Khola...
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