Dinesh Wagle on Nepali Society

Dinesh Wagle on Nepali society

Tag: music

  • Panche baaja पञ्चे बाजा

    A wedding ceremony? An auspicious occasion? Someone very important, a thulo manchhe, coming in the village? Play the panche baja (the five -musical- instruments). That’s still the case in many…


  • MLTR ‘Learn to Rock’ in Kathmandu

    https://twitter.com/#!/wagle/status/137863693705822209 {more tweets inside] Nepali band Kutumba, popular for their instrumental music, warm up the audience before the visiting Danish band MLTR show to the Himalayan audience how they have…


  • Crossed the Dhorpatan River. Danced in Nishel Dhor

    I woke up at 8 in the morning. Unusual in normal times. Unusual when I am traveling. When I am not traveling and staying home I wake up very late.…


  • Khojuwa: kathmandu searching dog

    As seen on the wall of a restaurant- Picasso- in Patan. The full name goes like this: Picasso- Artist de la Cusine. Albatross the band will start playing live music…


  • Bryan Adams in Kathmandu: What Does That Mean to Nepal

    By Dinesh Wagle Pic by Narendra Shrestha [This article first appeared on Sunday’s (feb 20) Kathmandu Post. Bryan Adams performed in Kathmandu’s Dasharath Stadium on Saturday.] Were things better here,…


  • Politics of Music Video in Nepali Television

    After the South Asian Film Festival, there was the festival of South Asian Music Videos (from Nepal, India and Pakistan) in Kathmandu today. I didn’t attend the event but I…


  • Nepali Music: Vibrant and Growing

    From the shooting spot of a music video for a folk song Pic by Suraj Kunwar One sector that flourished in Nepal even when the country was going through the…