Tag: #festivals
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MASK
Nepali aerospace engineer pens a children’s book that touches on migration, mental health, racism and identity
Dasain 2022
Vermilion rice paste and barley shoots prepared for Tika. All photos: SUMAN NEPALIAfter two years of relatively muted Dasain festivities due to…
Reasons for disdain at Dasain
I am not good enough for Dasain in a society that uses the festival to reject anything out of the established norm
Horsing around
The Ass takes umbrage at Nepal celebrating Horse Day with an official holiday in Kathmandu Valley on 25 March, whereas there is no special day…
Home is where the heart is
What drives Nepal's singular obsession with owning a house?
Creation to destruction, then revival
The ancient town of Panauti is preparing for its once-in-12-years Makar Mela this month, a festival that dates back 1,000 years. Despite the…
New Year New Places
The Old Inn, BandipurMost people driving from Kathmandu to Pokhara do not realise that 30 minutes off the highway and up a mountain side is the…
Santi, the female Santa
Me as Santi, the female Santa, during a staff association 2008 Christmas get together in UNICEF. Photos: COURTESY OF RUPA JOSHIIt is that time…
Sons of bitches
It’s that time of year again when dogs are gods in Catmandu, and as we involuntarily get the urge to raise our hind-legs when passing a…
Non-government of Nepal
Photo: MONIKA DEUPALAThe first 100 days of Sher Bahadur Deuba as fifth-time prime minister is not a huge disappointment to Nepalis -- most did…
Kathmandu Valley’s Nil Barahi Dyo Pyakhan
A dancer impersonating Goddess Nil Barahi at the festival. All photo: SAURAV THAPA SHRESTHAMore than 500 years after they were first performed,…
Biska celebrations begin in Bhaktapur
All photos: AMIT MACHAMASICelebrations around Bhaktapur’s Biska Jatra began Saturday afternoon after public outrage over its suspension for a…
5 Myths about the Tharu
One misconception about the Tharu people is that they never got malaria. In fact they did, but less than hill settlers. A US-led insecticide…
Kathmandu marks 'Ihi' with a difference
All photos: MONIKA DEUPALABefore girls from the Newa community reach their puberty they are ceremonially 'married' to a holy fruit which is…
Kathmandu marks 'Ihi' with a difference
All photos: MONIKA DEUPALABefore girls from the Newa community reach their puberty they are ceremonially 'married' to a holy fruit which is…
Rani Pokhari open for Bhai Tika
All photos: BIKRAM RAIRani Pokhari’s Bal Gopaleshwor Temple was opened to the public for the first time after the 2015 earthquake on Monday. The…
With temples locked up, Nepalis improvise
A girl worships in a locked up Ganesh temple in Kuleshwor in Kathmandu this week. All photos: Rajani MaharjanFor decades, Dhanamaya Singh…
A light for Tihar
The festival of light is upon us this week, and the Prajapatis of Bhaktapur are busy with their ancestral occupation of moulding clay to make…
No broom boom in Kathmandu this year
All photos: BIKRAM RAIAny other year, the months leading to and during the festive season of Dasain and Tihar would be the busiest for…
Crying fowl at Dasain
Photos: MONIKA DEUPALAA market at Bhaktapur was doing brisk business on Saturday as people ignored physical distancing rules and flocked to buy…
Nepal’s baffling ban on India flights
Photo: KUNDA DIXITAfter eight months, non-Nepalis were finally allowed to fly to Kathmandu from 17 October, but with two bizarre exceptions:…
Machindranath festival concludes amidst Covid-19
All photos: BIKRAM RAIThis year's Rato Machindranath festival has come to an end. On Monday, devotees took down the red god from its chariot in…
Lockdown eased in Kathmandu
Signs for seven provinces at Kathmandu airport. All photos: BIKRAM RAIThe jumbled up signs for seven provinces at Kathmandu airport is symbolic…
The red god rises again in Patan
All photos: BIKRAM RAIThe rain god Machindranath’s chariot procession that was stopped following a clash between locals and police on Thursday…