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.

Kathmandu, May 2 -- Seema Luitel, 52, from Kathmandu, has been attending Paleti almost every month since 2008. Previously, ...

Among the songs GenZ protesters were chanting at the Mandala on 8 September was Amrit Gurung’s folk-rock rendition of the Panchayat-era patriotic song, रातो र चन्द्र-सुर्जे जङ्गी निशान हाम्रो.

One of the better known names in the Nepali music scene today, as the founder of Project Sarangi and part of Kutumba, is Kiran Nepali. He breathes new life into the traditional string instrument, ...

Recent coverage of Nepali music spans from tributes to late legend Bhakta Raj Acharya to profiles of enduring stars like Sabin Rai, alongside global playlists celebrating cultural roots. These stories ...

I'm on a brick patio at Northfield, a popular café in Kathmandu, Nepal, strumming “Will the Circle Be Unbroken” on my guitar alongside Les Thompson, a founding member of the pioneering SoCal folk and ...