A Nepal National Ethnographic Museum exhibiting the art and culture of Mountainous, Hilly and Terai regions of Nepal is to be constructed in Champadevi of Kritipur.
The Museum is to be constructed on 200 ropanis of land.
The Museum will contain the typical houses of every ethnic community of Nepal and inside the prototype houses would be placed the material, unique cultural and traditional items that would reflect the costumes and lifestyle of the respective communities.
Similarly, various articles and artifacts used by each ethnic community of Nepal during the birth, marriage and death rites and accessories would be kept at the Museum, which would be developed into a microcosm of the Nepali society and culture.
Minister for Agriculture and Cooperative Keshar Bahadur Bista
Minister for Agriculture and Cooperative Keshar Bahadur Bista
Speaking at the programme, Minister for Agriculture and Cooperative Keshar Bahadur Bista pledged the maximum assistance for the development of the physical infrastructure of the Museum.
Stating that all should be alert so that the land acquired for the Museum is not encroached from any side, he stressed that every strata of society should extend whatever cooperation they can to the Museum, which reflects the ethnic diversity and ethnic syncretism that is Nepal.
Minister for Agriculture and Cooperatives Bista, Minister for Science and Technology Prakash Koirala, Minister for Land Reform and Management Narayan Singh Pun, Minister of State for Labour and Transport Management Rabindra Khanal, Minister of State for Health and Population Mani Lama, Minister of State for Information and Communications Shrish Shumshere Rana, Assistant Minister for Physical Planning and Works Chhakka Bahadur Lama and Assistant Minister for Health and Population Nikshe Shumshere Rana jointly laid the foundation stone of the Museum amidst a special function organised on Saturday.