Aren't they similar? The red-green-yellow sikki basket is from Nepal, made by Parbati Chaudhary Tharu while the yellow-brown-black basket is from Old America, made by Navajo Indians. How did indigenous peoples from different continents come up with similar ideas?

#Rudraksha from Nepal, seed of the tree Elaeocarpus ganitrus, is in high demand in China and India. #EverydayNepal

H/T: Nikki Thapa.

Learn more about these enigmatic seeds here:

https://globalvoices.org/2025/03/17/the-story-of-nepals-enigmatic-rudraksha-seeds-through-photos/

The full blog on the stories behind #Tharu #tattoo motifs.

https://tharuculture.blogspot.com/2025/01/inking-identity-stories-behind-tharu.html

The stories behind #Tharu #tattoo motifs.

https://nepalitimes.com/here-now/inking-an-idenity

A collaborative @globalvoices article showing the impacts of floods in different parts of the world, including from @asteris @sankuchy and more!

https://globalvoices.org/2025/01/08/stories-from-a-flooded-planet-the-impacts-of-floods-from-the-perspectives-of-eight-authors/

Esperanto was introduced in Nepal in 1957 by Hungarian explorer Tibor Sekelj

https://globalvoices.org/2024/12/01/the-journey-of-the-esperanto-movement-in-nepal-over-the-past-eight-decades/

I met with Tirtha Maharjan, 41, from Pyangaon who is still making pyangs - the traditional measuring containers. The village got its name from these bamboo containers. #EverydayNepal
https://globalvoices.org/2024/11/25/in-a-nepali-village-residents-struggle-to-reconcile-traditional-artisanship-with-modernization/

#Pyang, the grain measuring containers made from bamboo, is on the verge of disappearing. However, the youth of Pyangaon, the village named after pyangs, are trying to revive and promote them. #EverydayNepal

Summit 2024! :blobcat_rss:

Join us at the Hotel Yak & Yeti in Kathmandu, #Nepal, on December 6-7 for two days of connection, collaboration, and conversation with #journalists, #activists, #technologists, and others from around the world.

📝 Register at https://lnkd.in/eyaemwtK!

Visiting Eastern Nepal's Labipur Village last November was an experience extraordinaire for me. I came across many traditional Tharu houses with exquisite #MokhaArt around the doors and windows.

Sadly, similar artworks called #Payar have almost vanished from my village as people are resorting to replacing the traditional mud-walled houses with concrete ones.

Here's how the Tharu women, artists without any formal education in arts, create these beautiful designs:

https://globalvoices.org/2023/12/01/as-nepali-villages-modernize-mokha-art-is-on-the-verge-of-disappearing/

Google starts prompting users to set up passkey login https://www.theverge.com/2023/10/10/23910966/google-account-passkey-setup-prompt-default-passwordless-security

If you'd like to hire a science writer or if you're a science writer who wouldn't mind being hired, The Open Notebook has a large database. That's free. And full of the most amazing science writers. https://theopennotebook.com/writers/

Join us on Monday, October 9, 3PM Bangkok time (UTC+7) as we chat with Korea University School of Law professor Kyung Sin Park to discuss how the South Korean government is restricting online freedoms through the proposed "sender pay model" and the censorship of critical content.

How do these measures impact South Korean society, and what lessons can Southeast Asia learn about addressing threats to internet freedom?

Sign up and send your advance questions: https://engagemedia.org/webinar

"Since the #motifs on peoples’ bodies are not clear, I want to redraw them and write a book so that people can see the Indian tribal tattoos in their purest form," says #tattoo artist Amit Arjel

https://globalvoices.org/2023/09/28/documenting-indian-tribal-tattoos-before-they-disappear-forever/

Have you heard about #BiodynamicFarming? It emphasises the use of locally available raw material, particularly compost made from animal dung, horns, herbs, and other raw materials, with the goal of achieving soil self-sustainability.

https://www.nepalitimes.com/banner/biodynamic-agripreneurs/

Nepali #artist Ishan Pariyar, from lake city #Pokhara, includes #boats in most of his paintings. Presenting his artwork on Shwet Bhairav -- one of the fiercest manifestations of Lord Shiva.

A traditional resting place for #travellers, #hikers and #trekkers. Called #thanti locally, this one is from Sindhulimadhi of Central Nepal. #EverydayNepal

Have you been to #RootArts #Museum in Sindhuli? Biswambhar Lamichhane has been creating amazing artwork s from tree roots for the last 31 years. And still going strong! #EverydayNepal

I travelled to Nepal's southern plains, met with #Tharu #traditionalhealers to pen this story. Their age-old traditional medicine system is bound to disappear soon.

https://globalvoices.org/2022/12/08/the-last-of-the-tharu-traditional-healers-of-nepal/

@maiakbc Thank you, really helpful.