Inside buses on their daily commute Nepalis are used to listening to familiar-sounding songs that feature alternating female and male voices, responding to one another, often cheekily. Called lok ...

KATHMANDU: Eating just nun, khursani and dhido and wandering around the remote villages collecting words and tunes of songs seem quite crazy an idea in these sophisticated days. But this was exactly ...

Folk singer Pashupati Sharma’s new song ‘Lootna sake loot Kanchha, aru deshma paidaina, Nepal mai ho chhoot’, today created a buzz in the House of Representatives too. Lawmakers from both the ruling ...

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Magar Sangathan from Chauthe in Nepal's Central Kaski is one of the indigenous communities trying to their almost extinct folk culture. Kaura dance, performed from mid-January to June, is one of the ...

When Deepti D’Cunha was on her maiden visit to Sikkim in 2011, she found herself being chased by a song everywhere. The “immensely hummable” tune put her in “a skippy, joyous mood” every time, even ...

Smithsonian Institution, Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage, Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections, 600 Maryland Ave., S.W., Suite 2001, Washington ...

A year ago in the hilltop town of Kirtipur overlooking Kathmandu, musicians started to experiment with a blend of Appalachian Bluegrass with the mewl of the sarangi from the Himalaya. Zoe Levitt, a ...

Ram Prasad Kadel, the founder and curator of the museum, has been collecting the musical instruments since 1995 together with his wife Nanda Sharma. His passion has taken him to all 77 districts of ...

A self-taught 25-year-old musician from Darjeeling, Ankita Chettri, was given a unique opportunity to teach 30-odd musicians from across the world a Nepali song in Germany. Ankita was selected for ...