Chitwan, May 17 -- Ayushma Chepang, 11, who has completed Grade 5, has been forced to repeat the same class due to family responsibilities and the lack of a nearby higher school in her rural ...

The cultures of Indigenous peoples across the world have traditionally depended on native plants and animals. It is when these culturally significant species start disappearing that the ways of life ...

NYC-viaNepal grinders Chepang and Chicago political hardcore vets Racetraitor are putting out a split 7″ on Twelve Gauge Records this Friday, 12/2 (pre-order), with two new songs by each band, and ...

A well-equipped hostel for Chepang girls is to be built in Dhading’s Gajuri. The hostel will be built in Hangetar of Gajuri Rural Municipality. The number of girls who go to school is very low in the ...

In Nepal, the Chepang people have long relied on the chiuri tree (Diploknema butyracea or Indian butter tree) for timber, fuelwood and butter. According to folklore, the Chepang tribe, the chiuri tree ...

The Indigenous Chepang community in Nepal, a Tibeto-Burman ethnic group, has traditionally maintained a profound connection with forests and nature. Over generations, the community has developed ...

Neither slippers on the feet nor warm clothes on the body in the shivering cold season. Children belonging to Chepang community are studying in the National Primary School at Jinglau of Kalika ...

Chepangs are a highly marginalised indigenous group in Nepal with an estimated 70,000 individuals spread across Chitwan, Makawanpur, Dhading and Gorkha districts. King Mahendra during Panchyat renamed ...

Global Voices recently conducted a face-to-face interview with Gobindaram Chepang in January 2024, the Chairperson of the Nepal Chepang Association, to gather more information on the implications for ...

Hetauda, March 21 -- Lack of citizenship certificates has left many elderly members of the marginalised Chepang community in Makawanpur district unable to receive social security allowances. This ...

The impossible-to-pin-down Nashville metal/punk band Yautja recently released their first album in six years and first for Relapse, The Lurch, and now they’re gearing up to return to the road. They ...