Nepali Ho!

Last Friday was the launch of the Nepal Tourism Year 2011, and I got a press pass to attend the event at the national stadium in Kathmandu. After the fall of their monarchy, Nepal experienced ten years of civil war. This event was a bid by their government to bring in higher revenues through the tourist dollar.

Of course, I was much more interested in what was OUTSIDE the stadium than what was inside...




I like this shot a lot. How people are just so used to the presence of the armed police force that they just go about their daily lives... If I see the armed police in Singapore, I'd probably be hiding at home.

During the parade, a song Nepali Ho rang through the air in the stadium. It's like the Nepalease version of "Home". The crowd starts to wave their flags and shout "Nepali Ho" with such pride and fervor. Despite ten years of civil war, the Nepali pride still stands strong.


A boy waving the Nepal flag in tandem with "Nepali Ho".