Girls from the Nepal’s Newar community are married thrice. But not all three times to men. They are first made to marry a bael fruit, also known as wood apple. They are then married to the Sun, before ...

Rachana Shakya, 30, smiles as she fries bara, fat black-lentil pancakes, the kind that Newari street vendors sell in the Kathmandu Valley, where she grew up. Ginger, garlic, cumin: Her small apartment ...

In April 2015, a 7.8 magnitude earthquake hit Nepal. The earthquake left 9,000 people dead, injured over 21,000 people, and left millions homeless. The earthquake and the subsequent aftershocks caused ...

Russia’s Big Mideast Announcement After Macron’s Stunning Move on Palestine Statehood Russia backs a two-state solution, reaffirming support for Palestinian statehood and urging adherence to UN ...

The greatest crime an architect of our origin can commit in this century is to see our traditional architecture as only the facade and try to breed it to the functional requirements of a project Nepal ...

The Newars of Kathmandu valley have graced Nepal with resplendent architecture, lost-wax and repousse metalwork, lattice windows—and with such marvels as mamacha, a spicy, delectable version of ...

Name: Himalayan Café in Baldwin Park. Why you made the trip: Chef Uttham Adhikari is turning out several Newari-inspired festival dishes, served exclusively at his newest Himalayan Café (with branches ...

Newari girls attending a ‘bel’ marriage ceremony in Kathmandu yesterday. Bel marriage is a ceremony in Newar community in Nepal in which pre-adolescent girls are ‘married’ to bel fruit (wooden apple), ...

Newars, the indigenous settlers of the Kathmandu Valley, are one of the largest ethnic communities in Nepal. During the five-day Nepali festival of “Tihar”, the Newari people not only celebrate their ...

Around 50 people today recited poems and sang songs in Newari language at a Poetry Symposium organised by Daboo — an organisation formed by Newari youths to promote their art, culture and literature — ...