When Dil Khadka was a boy in Bhutan, he made his first instrument — a bamboo flute — by hand. Inspired by the music he heard on the radio, he cut bamboo from the forest and burnt holes into it using a ...

Global Voices has a special relationship with Nepalese culture. Many of our longtime contributors are from Nepal, allowing us to cover Nepali languages, art, literature, history, politics, and news.

Given the vibrant art and literature scene in Nepal, we tend to forget that there is a whole Nepali-speaking world out there. At least 5 million Nepalis live beyond the country’s borders, performing ...

Niru Tripathi has been working as a journalist for a community news paper in Australia for many years now. However, with the first ever release of a song that she wrote, Tripathi is also gaining ...

As you near Siliguri, a few kilometres from Bagdogra, the Teesta becomes your constant companion till you reach Yuksom, a little town in western Sikkim. The river of Himalayan origin takes on ...

Nepali indie singer Ankit Shrestha sings from memory — about home, solitude, cold winters and hailstorms. Shrestha, who has ...

Gajendra Maharjan, left, Shreesha Maharjan, middle, and Surendra Maharjan, right, perform music from the Newari region of Nepal on traditional drums at the Nepali Jatra festival at the Longmont Museum ...

If you like Nepali folk songs, you must have come across a hirsute man on Youtube, singing old, familiar songs with an unusual accent and lilt. The backdrops to the music videos are always mountains ...

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Singer Shrinkhala Joshi decided to shoot her Nepali folk song music video on Sydney trains, wearing traditional Nepali attire. The song titled "Sydney Jhaney Rail" translates to "the train that goes ...

Nepali child singer Sachin Parriyar, famous for the song 'Otha Kholera', passed away at the age of 15. He was being treated for multiple severe health issues including a congenital trilateral ...