Five years on from the earthquake in Bhaktapur, Nepal, heritage-led recovery is uniting community
- Written by Vanicka Arora, PhD Candidate at Institute for Culture and Society, Western Sydney University
Bhaktapur Durbar Square in January 2020Vanicka Arora, Author provided
Since the Gorkha earthquake killed almost 9,000 people in April 2015, Nepal has been on a slow and arduous route to recovery. Nepal’s vibrant cultural heritage of monuments, religious places, crafts, festivals and traditional practices has been key to this process.
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