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Enlightening Dark Tourism in Nepal

Description: This study aims to examine the motivation, experience and benefits of Nepalese domestic tourists visiting the seismic memorial sites after the 25 April 2015 earthquake (known as Gorkha earthquake). A total of 403 surveys was gathered from seismic sites of Nepal (Kathmandu, Bhaktapur and Patan). Data were tested to analyze why the tourists are interested in disaster sites and how their experience during their visit impact the benefits of the visits. Additionally, partial least square structural … more
Date: December 2018
Creator: Thapa Magar, Asha
Partner: UNT Libraries

Photograph of Sumshot and Kamla Bhasin

Description: Photograph of [buw kupmom] feeding Kamla Bhasin by Sumshot Khular during the month long program organized by SANGAT in Dhulikhel, Nepal. Kamla Bhasin is an Indian developmental feminist activist, poet, author, and social scientist.
Date: November 25, 2009
Creator: Sherpa, Mona
Partner: UNT College of Information

Historical narrative about the Jarungkhashor stupa

Description: Mr. Koncho Tshering describes how his son helped build the Jarungkhashor stupa located outside Kathmandu, Nepal. Also known as Bouddha, Boudhanath, or Khasti Chaitya, it is one of the oldest stupas in the world. He says that construction and later renovations were funded by selling religious instruments and blessed earth collected from Nepal, India, and Bhutan in the Tawang district, Arunachal Pradesh, India.
Date: May 30, 2022
Duration: 7 minutes 46 seconds
Creator: Tshewang, Tashi
Partner: UNT College of Information
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