Wedding dresses like those worn in five-day events, ornate replicas of mandalas and miniature brass lions are among the ...

Traveling back to childhood homes and streets, this overland journey through Nepal explores Kathmandu’s vibrant culture, ...

The author of this story was a guest editor at GLLI during the Nepali Literature Month. GV: What is the prospect of Nepali literature (either written in English or translated into English) in the ...

Whenever Nepali art is mentioned, the first things that come to mind are thangka paintings or bronze Tara. Now, an exhibition at Europe’s foremost ethnographic museum in Vienna paints a surprisingly ...

The Vietnamese monks said they wanted a river. So Lok Chitrakar, one of Nepal’s most prominent painters, wrote “need river” amid the folds of a landscape on a preparatory sketch for the gateways of a ...

Today, it is normal for male priests to officiate at Hindu worship in Nepal, but there was a time when it was considered more auspicious for women to conduct such rituals. While the tradition of ...

With the festive season around the corner, brand marketers need to remember that Nepal has over 100 plus diverse ethnic groups, each with their own distinct language and traditions. The cultural ...

Lighting sang, a traditional incense made from juniper and other local plants, is a sacred daily ritual among Buddhist communities in Nepal’s Trans-Himalayan regions like Manang, symbolizing ...

If you liked this story, share it with other people. Ram Prasad Chaudhary is an ethnobotanist who for decades has studied how various communities throughout Nepal use medicinal plants and pass on this ...

Nepal’s music scene is a vibrant fusion of tradition and innovation, with artists blending folk instruments and modern genres to create globally appealing sounds. Digital platforms and social media ...

The Tribune, now published from Chandigarh, started publication on February 2, 1881, in Lahore (now in Pakistan). It was started by Sardar Dyal Singh Majithia, a public-spirited philanthropist, and is ...