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The tug of tradition
Photos: AMIT MACHAMASI.Prem Lal Shilpakar of in Bhaktapur was eleven when he first worked on the chariot for the ancient Biska Jatra. 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…
The Day of the Holy Serpents
Chet Kumari Chitrakar, 65, uses wooden blocks to imprint the outline on paper, then infills them with colour. All photos: MONIKA DEUPALAThe…
Yomari Punhi
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ccGvvnK0tsQ&feature=youtu.beA popular Newari festival observed every year during the December full moon, Yomari…
Bel Bibaha
Girls from the Newa community in Nepal get married at least three times in their lifetime. The first ceremony called Bel Bibaha (‘Ihi’) is where…
Waiting till the cows come home
Photo: KUNDA DIXITThe first thing one notices these days while travelling by road in the Tarai are hundreds of cattle blocking the East-West…
Jung Bahadur’s destitute descendants
Jung Bahadur Rana with his principle wife Bada Maharani Hiranya Garva."If it pleases your highness, please partake of your repast,” says a woman…
Kathmandu’s festival of the mysterious dancing goddess
All photo: SAURAV THAPA SHRESTHAThe Tantric goddess has the face of a hog, and she moves slowly through the narrow streets of Bodey with 19…
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. Indeed, his…
Ancient Panauti’s French Connection
Panauti in 2013. Photo: PRASANT SHRESTHAThe 13-century town of Panauti has the ambience of a place that has been bypassed by history. The…
Paint the town red
Photos: MONIKA DEUPALAThe annual Sindoor Jatra in Thimi has been observed with much fanfare. Devotees carried idols of different deities in 32…
Patan's museum piece
Photos: SHEILIN TEOThe Patan Museum is a must-visit among the draws of Kathmandu Valley: tastefully designed and informative, its curation is…
Maha Shivaratri
As every year, Hindu devotees from all over the country and neighboring India have gathered to the sacred Pashupatinath Temple for the annual…
Deconstructing reconstruction
Rani Pokhari at the centre of Kathmandu awaits reconstruction. All photos: ALOK TULADHARThe 7.8 magnitude earthquake in 2015 caused a tragic…
Our past is our future
Photo: HANS HOFERCommunities in Kathmandu Valley’s historic towns have revived age-old traditions and craftsmanship to rebuild after every…
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…
The making of Chaku
https://youtu.be/p93NbVY7gRcMakar Sankranti or the first day of the month of Magh is celebrated as an important festival by various ethnicities…
Eastern melodies in Kathmandu
https://youtu.be/dftVLbsLptIA long time ago in the beginningThere was no vast cosmos,And there was no beautiful earthLater the omnipotent…
Kathmandu’s Ranjana renaissance
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CtFNPi-Yt_cOver the Tihar festival this month, while most people were busy worshipping crows, dogs and cows, an…
Bhaktapur’s potters adapt to survive
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fToB9yl5T44Tihar is right around the corner, but the festival of lights is not going to be a holiday for the…
The sacrifice of animal sacrifices
Photo: Kunda DixitDasain is here again, a festival of shopping, family reunions, feasting – and controversies. Fierce debates again rage online…
Parodying patriarchy at Tij
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1P59ri5M1KM&feature=youtu.beTij has been called a festival of women, and indeed it is a time Nepali women let…
Fasting, feasting and festivities of Gaura
https://youtu.be/4adGA4P0k54The buses to Darchula, Baitadi, Doti or Dadelhura were all packed last week for the annual Gaura Festival of…
Lost in reconstruction
OLD TO NEW: Barpak before the earthquake destroyed most of its buildings, and today with its haphazard modern concrete structures. Barpak was at…