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 ...

A bizarre and vicious form of animal cruelty promoted as entertainment in Nepal has hopefully come to an end. On Dec. 19, World Animal Protection, the Jane Goodall Institute and the Nepali Police all ...

Our Peace Corps correspondent discovers that Nepal is a country where everyone dances all the time. And you have no choice but to bust a move. Recently, for perhaps the first time in my life, I ...

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 ...

BBC Studios has secured a deal for the Dancing with the Stars format in Nepal. The local production house ANC is on board for the Nepali version, Dancing with the Stars Nepal. It is set to premiere by ...

An overnight rescue of two captive bears Tuesday ended the tradition of bear dancing in Nepal, the World Animal Protection (WPA) announced this week. The 19-year-old male and 17-year-old female sloth ...

Human trafficking makes for dramatic stories of suffering, struggle and survival, which is why it is frequently the theme on stage and screen performances. But few, perhaps, with the grace and ...

Nepal’s capital city of Kathmandu hosts numerous dance bars, where young women and teenage girls entertain male customers every night. Most of the bar dancers are women, without much education, who ...

Recently, for perhaps the first time in my life, I witnessed my father dance in public. Not only was this in public, but on live TV at a Nepali temple in the middle of festival season. Keep in mind ...