Nepal

Projects in Nepal

Gorkha Gurung Women c NIWF

Preservation of Indigenous Food Heritage in Nepal

Documents food heritage in Nepal’s highlands, where climate change threatens traditional foraging and cooking. Women lead the effort to record recipes and practices across pro…

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Main temple in Samling with deteriorated masonry c Kai Weise ICOMOS

Towards Protecting the Cultural Heritage in the High Himalayas of the Shey Phoksundo National Park of Dolpo

Focuses on documenting and protecting the Upper Dolpo region’s monastic sites and historic settlements. It includes community training for heritage mapping and long-term conse…

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Kusunda Studentsc Archive Nepal

Safeguarding the Kusunda (The Ban Rajas) Language and Culture for future generation

Aims to preserve the critically endangered Kusunda language through school courses, online learning, and bilingual children’s books to increase usage and awareness among youth…

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Elephant wall relief c Claire Burkert Janakpur Womens Development Center

Preservation and revival of Maithil women's wall painting and sculpting arts

Reviving traditional Maithil wall art and mud decoration by training local women in Kuwa village. The project empowers women, preserves cultural heritage, and enhances the loc…

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EAP1023c

Digitising Rare Medieval Sanskrit Manuscripts scattered in Newār Settlements in Rural Kathmandu and Hill Areas in Nepal.

Nepal has a rich tradition of manuscript production, especially from the Nepalese Middle Ages (12th to 18th century). These are mostly kept in private collections, where the c…

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Digitisation of pre-modern Hindu ritual manuscripts from Kathmandu Valley

The family collection of Mr Upendra Bhakta Subedi is exclusively about rites and rituals. Very few households in the Kathmandu Valley have such a specialised collection in the…

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Preservation of the Music and Dance Archive at the Music Museum of Nepal (NFMIM) - Phase 2

The instruments, music, songs and dances of the diverse ethnic groups of Nepal are unique in the world. Digitisation is the only way present and future generations in Nepal ca…

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Digitisation of the photographic collection from DirghaMan and GaneshMan Chitrakar Art Foundation

The DirghaMan and GaneshMan Chitrakar Art Foundation has a total of 1,800 glass plate negatives and 4,000 acetate negatives. At a time when most people did not have access to …

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EAP 790

Digital documentation of endangered medieval manuscripts in individual and Vihāra collections from various Newār settlements in the Kathmandu Valley, Nepal

The main focus of the project was to digitise rare medieval Sanskrit manuscripts, related to Buddhism and Hinduism, as well as secular topics, in Newar communities, as well as…

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