Photos: AMIT MACHAMASI.Prem Lal Shilpakar of in Bhaktapur was eleven when he first worked on the chariot for the ancient Biska Jatra. The…
A girl worships in a locked up Ganesh temple in Kuleshwor in Kathmandu this week. All photos: Rajani MaharjanFor decades, Dhanamaya Singh…
Chet Kumari Chitrakar, 65, uses wooden blocks to imprint the outline on paper, then infills them with colour. All photos: MONIKA DEUPALAThe…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ccGvvnK0tsQ&feature=youtu.beA popular Newari festival observed every year during the December full moon, Yomari…
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…
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 Rana with his principle wife Bada Maharani Hiranya Garva."If it pleases your highness, please partake of your repast,” says a woman…
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…
Though the medium is oil on canvas, Mann Gurung employs only sepia tones in his paintings, evoking the era of old photographs. Indeed, his…
Panauti in 2013. Photo: PRASANT SHRESTHAThe 13-century town of Panauti has the ambience of a place that has been bypassed by history. The…
Photos: MONIKA DEUPALAThe annual Sindoor Jatra in Thimi has been observed with much fanfare. Devotees carried idols of different deities in 32…
Photos: SHEILIN TEOThe Patan Museum is a must-visit among the draws of Kathmandu Valley: tastefully designed and informative, its curation is…
As every year, Hindu devotees from all over the country and neighboring India have gathered to the sacred Pashupatinath Temple for the annual…
Rani Pokhari at the centre of Kathmandu awaits reconstruction. All photos: ALOK TULADHARThe 7.8 magnitude earthquake in 2015 caused a tragic…
Photo: HANS HOFERCommunities in Kathmandu Valley’s historic towns have revived age-old traditions and craftsmanship to rebuild after every…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=csrbcdCBW4IIt has been nearly four years after the 2015 earthquake, and media reports about reconstruction of…
https://youtu.be/p93NbVY7gRcMakar Sankranti or the first day of the month of Magh is celebrated as an important festival by various ethnicities…
https://youtu.be/dftVLbsLptIA long time ago in the beginningThere was no vast cosmos,And there was no beautiful earthLater the omnipotent…
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…
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…
Photo: Kunda DixitDasain is here again, a festival of shopping, family reunions, feasting – and controversies. Fierce debates again rage online…
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…
https://youtu.be/4adGA4P0k54The buses to Darchula, Baitadi, Doti or Dadelhura were all packed last week for the annual Gaura Festival of…
OLD TO NEW: Barpak before the earthquake destroyed most of its buildings, and today with its haphazard modern concrete structures. Barpak was at…
