At least 68 people died on Sunday in a plane crash near Pokhara, Nepal. The victims include a Nepali folk singer, an Argentine hotelier, and a Russian travel blogger. Some of them made social media ...

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 ...

KATHMANDU: Sakchem is a folk band consisting of school-going students from Kirtipur, who are devoted to Nepali culture and folk instruments. Sakchem, which means ‘ability’, reflects not only the bands ...

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 ...

To neighbors on the quiet, leafy street where he lives on Columbus’ Northeast Side, Peter McDonough, 37, appears typical enough. He mows his lawn, plays outside with his two young daughters and ...

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 ...

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 ...

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The small country of Nepal stretches from Mt. Everest in the north to the Indian border in the south. Nepal's musical traditions reflect its geography, from Himalayan folk tunes to Indian ragas. Reese ...