Namaste World

At the heart of many Nepalese festivals are ritual dances: without the performance of those dances there is no festival. Historically da...

Yesterday I spent in a nice peaceful place in Therai called Narayani resort. It is near Gaidakot town. So, what did I see there? Many thing...

Basant Panchami is a festival that has more than one meaning. It marks the beginning of spring ("basant" literally means ...

Namaste!  Nothing much to say here, just have a look at these mannequins that I saw in the streets of Kathmandu Laughing mannequin...

Peacock window of the Kumari house, Basantapur I like ancient Hindus' description of peacock, it is precise and witty: "it ha...

Namaste! Majority of people in Nepal live in villages. On one hand, life in a village seems almost idillic: beauty of nature, fresh ai...

Namaste! When my friends from Moscow came to Nepal for the first time, the first thing they were impressed of on the road from the air...

Namaste!  There is a complex of structures with the Royal Palace of the Malla kings and also of the Shah dynasty in the Durbar Square...

Another year, and another Diwali has come - the most joyful, colourful and noisy in good sense festival. I have written about it before ( h...

Namaste! Walking along the streets of Kathmandu sometimes you can notice strange strings of lemons and chilies hanging in front of the...

One of the greatest festivals in Nepal is Dasain . It reminds me of Christmas in a way: same shopping fever when everybody buys gifts an...

Crespelle from "Fire and Ice" Namaste! In Kathmandu there is a big choice of restaurants and cafes offering different ty...

Namaste! The one thing that is rarely seen in the streets of Kathmandu is a cat. The large number of dogs, domestic as well as stray,...

Namaste! These photos I took a couple of weeks ago on the way to Mailung. So many beautiful waterfalls , some bigger, some smaller an...

Namaste! Pottery has a long history in Nepali culture. The oldest recorded finds in Lumbini date back at least 2600 years. The large ...

Namaste! Teej is the festival of Hindu women honouring their husbands. The first day is called darkhana and at this day women enjoy a...

Krishna is one of the most popular deities among the Hindus. So the festival Krishna Jayanti, his birthday, is a big day for all devoti...

Here is my personal list of the most interesting places in Nepal 1. Bhaktapur . Of the three ancient capitals of the Kathmandu valley...

Sankhu is the ancient Nepalese town which lies beside the holy Salinadi river about 20 km east of Kathmandu. Though it is called "...

Namaste! Traditional masks of Nepal can be devided into two sorts: "tribal" masks which belong to the ethnic groups s...