In a cool December evening, young Sushma Mahato, dressed in typical Tharu attire with white plain sari, black blouse, a peacock feather on her hair and heavy dazzling silver jewelry, was getting ready ...

The Tharu made up 6.2% of Nepal’s population in the 2021 census in 2021, outnumbering other indigenous communities: the Tamang, Newa, Limbu and Gurung peoples. The rest of the country has just begun ...

Tharu people are in festive mood on the eve of Maghi, the biggest festival of the community which also marks the beginning of their new year, in Kailali and Kanchanpur districts. They have cleaned ...

In the Bardiya region of Nepal, near the western border with India, Bhadai Tharu grew up with tales of tigers. They were not common in the forests around his home. At the turn of the 20th century, ...