Sep 6, 2026 5 min read
Foraging in the Karnali Hills: Nettles, Ferns and Timur
Nettles, fiddlehead ferns, wild mushrooms, berries and timur pepper. What households in the Karnali hills gather from the forest,…
Read more →Explore national parks, sacred temples, adventure trails, and the authentic culture of Western Nepal.
Nettles, fiddlehead ferns, wild mushrooms, berries and timur pepper. What households in the Karnali hills gather from the forest,…
Read more →Above about 3,000 metres the herds are yak and chauri, and the milk becomes cheese, butter and churpi because it cannot be moved…
Read more →Sel roti is a ring of sweet rice batter poured freehand into hot oil. It belongs to Dashain and Tihar, keeps for days without a…
Read more →Chiya is milk tea boiled with the leaves and sugar together, served in a small glass. It punctuates the Nepali day, and it is not…
Read more →Shoes, leather, which way to walk, where non-Hindus may not go, photography and prasad. The practical rules at Nepali temples and…
Read more →Namaste is only the opening. The real work is done by the kinship terms and the honorific verb forms that follow it, and getting…
Read more →Asar is the third month of the Bikram Sambat calendar, mid-June to mid-July, and the month rice is planted. The full twelve-month…
Read more →Between the collapse of the Khas Malla kingdom and the rise of Gorkha, western Nepal was governed by dozens of small hill states.…
Read more →Nepali began as Khas kura, a hill language of the Karnali. How it is related to Kumaoni and Garhwali, what the inscriptions at…
Read more →