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Wednesday, August 10, 2016

Though not so fancy elements of worship in Jitiya festival, these are healthy and have anti-malarial properties

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The Jitiya festival, celebrated with pomp by Tharu and Mithila women in the southern plains of Nepal, is only a few months away. Read: Ji...
Thursday, June 16, 2016

The psychology behind domesticating birds and animals

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A Tharu house and ducks. Image by Flickr user Jean-François Gornet.CC BY-SA 2.0 If you have visited a rural Tharu household, you must ...
Monday, April 11, 2016

No one has long history of residing in Dang, except the Tharus – Prof Dr Shiva Kumar Subedi

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Professor Dr Shiva Kumar Subedi. Image from his Facebook page. Used with permission. Dr Shiva Kumar Subedi, a professor of Nepalese hi...
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Friday, March 11, 2016

As signage around villages in Terai are being changed, there’s urgent need to revoke them

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The name of Biyahi River has been changed to Behai without the local community's consent. If you want to erase a community’s histo...
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Sunday, February 21, 2016

Aginsair – a caretaker god or agnishala?

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Aginsair temple The Chure hills in Saptari district of Eastern Nepal houses ruins of ancient temples and palaces supposed to be built b...
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Thursday, January 7, 2016

Tharuism is good for preserving cultural identity but casteism is bad for cultural harmony – Ashok Tharu

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Ashok Tharu with Sarita Pachhaldangya Ashok Tharu, a legendary Tharu scholar, has dedicated his life to unearthing the different facets...
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Monday, January 4, 2016

Ethnic politics and ideas of modernity heavily influence contemporary Tharu musical performance – Victoria Dalzell

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Victoria Dalzell (Tori) with Tharu researcher Ashok Tharu. Victoria Dalzell, an ethnomusicologist, conducted her research on musical p...
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