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Ranjitkar Community brings back lost Lakhe dance after 100 years.
After a century, the Ranjitkar community in Bhaktapur is reviving the extinct Lakhe dance, which had been lost due to damage from the 1934 earthquake.bookmark
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Tayama Rai
Published at : August 2, 2024
Updated at : August 2, 2024 19:39
Kathmandu
When the Ranjitkar group was established, they discovered this forgotten dance and devoted two years to researching it.
Now, they are reintroducing it during Indra Jatra by training the new generation in this traditional art form.
Tayama Rai
Tayama is a video intern at the Post.
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