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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Anna Marie Stirr has completely immersed herself into the world of Nepali dohori folk duets, not just doing a PhD on the subject and publishing a book, but also performing the song routines. Anna ...

Shanta Gautam, who has been in the teaching profession for a long time, has written stories, songs, and poems that are of interest to children and has also collected folk songs of various ethnic ...

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 ...

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 ...

Nepal's musical heritage is enjoying a revival as young musicians fuse the sounds of traditional instruments once at risk of disappearing with lyrics that examine the modern challenges facing the ...

Need to differentiate between "imagination" and "reality of situation" in Iran, says Abdul Majid Hakeem Ilahi, representative of country's Supreme Leader ...

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 ...