Five years on from the earthquake in Bhaktapur, Nepal, heritage-led recovery is uniting community
- Written by Vanicka Arora, PhD Candidate at Institute for Culture and Society, Western Sydney University

Since the Gorkha earthquake killed almost 9,000 people in April 2015, Nepal has been on a slow and arduous route to recovery. Nepal’s vibrant cultural heritage of monuments, religious places, crafts, festivals and traditional practices has been key to this process.
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