Carving out a heritage
Seven years after the 2015 earthquake, temples in Kathmandu Darbar Square are slowly coming out of the scaffoldings. While the iconic Kasthamandap...
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Crafting a heritage
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cI1CkRG7MxU“Had I not become a woodcarver, I don’t know what I would be doing today,” says Indra Prasad Shilpakar. “I have never...
Coming out of the woodwork
Heinrich Meyer came to Nepal in 1975 to work on the German government-supported Bhaktapur Development Project to restore the old town and...
In with the old, in with the new
Bhaktapur’s traditional woodcarver experiments with traditional forms to create a modern aesthetic
Our past is our future
Communities in Kathmandu Valley’s historic towns have revived age-old traditions and craftsmanship to rebuild after every earthquake in the past. The disasters...
Learning from Nepal's past to rebuild its future
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=csrbcdCBW4IIt has been nearly four years after the 2015 earthquake, and media reports about reconstruction of damaged buildings is mostly negative: compensation...
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