Chinese foreign minister visits Nepal and Music festival promotes local Nepali music: Weekly Nepal update

Chinese Foreign minister Wang Yi visits Nepal.

Chinese Foreign minister visits Nepal. Source: RSS

Chinese foreign minister Wang Yi arrived in Nepal for his three-day visit on Friday. Wang, who visited Pakistan, Afghanistan, and India before coming to Nepal, is a part of a tour of South Asian countries. This and more news of last seven days and listen to the conversation with Riju Tuladhar about Echoes in the valley festival of music.


he Bisket festival is celebrated to mark the Nepali New Year 2076, especially in the ethnic Newar communities in Bhaktapur. During the festival ethnic newar devotees carrying a chariot of Hindu gods and goddesses and smear vermilion-color powder on each o
Nepalis sing and dance to traditional music smearing vermilion colour powder during the 'Sindoor Jatra'. Source: EPA/NARENDRA SHRESTHA

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