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 ...

Gajendra Maharjan, left, Shreesha Maharjan, middle, and Surendra Maharjan, right, perform music from the Newari region of Nepal on traditional drums at the Nepali Jatra festival at the Longmont Museum ...

When she was growing up in a refugee camp in Nepal, Neeru Cvakoti used to watch her sister dance while their brothers played the accompanying music live. “Tabla, flute — they had a crew,” Cvakoti ...

Nepali Jatra was a journey out of Longmont and 7,000 miles to Nepal. Through art, music, dance, food and community, attendees experienced Nepal for themselves. Held at the Longmont Museum, 400 Quail ...

While her friends would bicker about who would be the ‘doctor’ or ‘pilot’ during pretend play, young Sulochana Gopali always chose to be a dancer. Such was her love for the art that the girl from ...

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 ...

Say you woke up this morning and thought it was about time to finally experience the beauty and splendor of traditional Nepalese culture. To pull this off, a Coloradan would first have to make the ...

The traditional lion and dragon dances welcoming Chinese New Year in Nepal this year carried extra significance, celebrating both the donation of 1,000 bicycles from China and the launch of Nepal ...