The mainstream parties’ inability to control corruption and end the ongoing economic crisis and so forth has given rise to populist politics, as in America and many other countries. Rabi Lamichhane, ...

Meeting is taking place during Ramadan this year, and much of its programming echoes the communal nature of the holy month.

Around 300 people attended a primary school's first large-scale community Iftar – after weeks of hard work to prepare. Iftar ...

“We were in a peaceful protest but hired thugs showed us kukris (large knives) and attacked us – and we countered them,” protest committee leader Shree Linkhim Limbu told AFP after the ...

As Christianity spread through Europe, some of those celebrations and traditions melded with Christian ones, Ward said. In Poland, the tradition was to eat “bad food” before Lenten fasting began.

Although fasting is observed similarly, by refraining from eating, drinking, and other activities that invalidate the fast from dawn until dusk, each country has different unique traditions. These ...

Celebrated in Uttar Pradesh, the women playfully hit the men with sticks (lathis) as a reenactment of Radha and Krishna's playful love. Dhuleti is the name of the Holi celebrations in Gujarat. In ...

The Princess of Wales has 'put her foot down' to stop her children having to take part in a centuries-old 'blooding' tradition, a new royal book claims. In Yes, Ma'am – The Secret Life of Royal ...