Nepal’s Musician Caste Adapts to Changing Times
[vc_row][vc_column width=”1/1″][vc_column_text] Ramchandra Gandharba is one of a dozen instrument salesmen who can found wandering the streets of Pokhara, a lakeside tourist hotspot in Nepal. They all sell the same instrument: a four-stringed traditional Nepali violin called a sarangi. To the unknowing tourist, this instrument may serve as a simple wall decoration, or to remind them of an evening they spent in a tourist restaurant enjoying a cultural performance. However,…