Beautiful. The narrator, Peter Vere-Jones was a famous English born New Zealand actor who immigrated to New Zealand with his family in 1949 aged 9 years. He was well known on stage, on radio, TV and in movies, including Xena-Princess Warrior and Peter Jackson's Brain Dead, Meet The Feebles and The Hobbit - The Desolation of Smaug. I first visited Nepal in 1982 a year after this video was made. I've visited many times since then and plan to return in a few months time. Jai Nepal.
2:15 He is my great-grandfather Tulsi kumar shilakar🥺 And I am so glad to see him ❤️ He is no more with us he died 25years ago 😭 Rip great-grandfather may you live in heaven 😭 Thankyou This video really make my day 🥺❤️
Highly recommended show on mesmerising nostalgic Kathmandu valley, the show touches my soul, well the imaginations of our past is, ironically, also built upon foreign accounts that reduce Nepal to exoticism. Nepal was a place of "lost kingdoms", a “last Hindu kingdom,” a fascinating “hippies trail,” a Shangrila for those who sought it-a place where one could return to their "roots,” visual narratives emphasise a pastoral dream, with rice fields as far as the eye could stretch, or mountain-villages untouched by the corruption of modern industrial and consumer practices. With every passing year, one begins to rue what once was. There is wide consensus that Kathmandu Valley-and its cities-were in a better shape in the past. Pictures of a bucolic past, with green fields, temples, clean rivers and emptier roads flood social media on a daily basis. Such nostalgia extends to other places from "untouched" trekking trails and regions and ideas of governance and politics, it is no longer uncommon to hear a nostalgic ode to royal rule visa vis the current political state of the country. Thanks for this glorious Nepal.
Very well put and articulated.. My grandfather also appears in 10:51 at pashupatinath.. went there for 60 years each day, died October 4 2010 aged 89.. Kathmandu looks so pristine.. sadly most of it is corrupted and lost now.. mostly due to politics 😢
Thanks, Peter Sir for such a tranquil, clear rendition. KTM 🎉and Nepal look like Bhutan of 2023. SO, Magical and untouched with the faint touches of medieval history still remnant. In today' Nepal, people are smitten by western culture which is strange as the Nepali culture is very amazing ❤ in itself. The people were so simple, amazing and hardworking as evident😢 during this documentary. Listen, carefully, you can hear local dialects and sounds of Nature. 😊 Such a beautiful, enchanting memory of a proud Hindu rashtra well governed by King in those days. Sincerely, such a great documentary!!!!!!!
thank you ian john. but i would like to say european materialism has affected nepal alot in last 41 years. but this piece helped reminisce about the time when nepal was so etheral untouched pure and beautiful
only heard about kathmandu valley from grandparents; seeing those reality was nostalgic. beautifully narrated, felt those hammering, chiseling and those vibes. wow ❤❤
Wow.. it resulted into a referendum about whether to continue Panchayat system or bring multiparty democracy and most of the people voted for the Panchayat system to continue
@@aa6eheia156 Yes, the people were at last getting their voices and opinions heard. They were sick of years and years of being used and abused by the corrupt political system. The student movement was followed by the people's movement and then the 10 year Maoist revolution during which families were torn apart and tens of thousands died and ultimately resulted in abolishing the monarchy, the introduction of Democracy and the declaration of the Republic of Nepal in 2008 CE.
मेरो नेपाल कस्तो थियो? मेरो नेपाल कस्तो भयो, त्यहि नेपाल त्यही जोश तेहि जागर नभेटिने भयो,कहाँ गयो? शोषणतन्त्र ,भ्रष्ट दिमागले लुटिएको,बिलाएको मेरो देश कहाँ गयो कहाँ गयो?
My grandfather appears in 10:51.. in pashupatinath.. he went there each day for 60 years.. died in October 4 2010 aged 89.. Kathmandu.. such a pristine place as shown here.. sadly a lot is corrupted now.. mostly due to politics..
You are lucky at least your great grandfather got captured in this footage and you could see him whenever you want to see him . May god bless his soul.
Kathmandu was really beautiful untill 1997-98 then mowest movement and insurgency led almost million people to migrate the from villages to suburban and cuties including kathmandu.
Now i believe my parents they said temples were quite reasonable distance away from each other if u wanted to worship them u needed to walk a long distance and even after travelling u needed to wait inline to worship the gods and now everywhere u go there's atleast 2-4 pictures of atleast 1 god or a small temple like structure that u can pray to as a reminder, to ensure the safety of ur travel, to be blessed and worship them ....
If it was from 1981 AD, then this video is not showing the city areas. I was not born that time but by 1995, I remember seeing lots of concrete buildings. But there were still open spaces and not such tall buildings around Durban squares or even around New road and not many private vehicles on the road. I noticed the river water slowly changing the colour into grey. Buildings spreading throughout the agricultural land without any urban planning in order. The government had chance to think of urban planning which they didn’t. Looks like political parties were fighting with kings for a rights to ruin the country. When they got it they ruin the country.
It’s like asking who were the original English? In today’s most are converted Christians and inherits European/Christian characteristics. Most likely everyone was pagans before the major world religions.
Nepal as a whole is a different story but the kathmandu valley (bhaktapur,lalitpur,and kantipur which is the older name of kathmandu) were inhabited by the newars their culture and artistic examples are most common in these districts . but other than that places like kritipur , panauti ,etc also have newari history .
Guys this is a footage from 1981. Europe and parts of the world were developed already even after WWII. Look how far behind we were and still are. Kahile bujchan yaar Nepali haru.
Beautiful. The narrator, Peter Vere-Jones was a famous English born New Zealand actor who immigrated to New Zealand with his family in 1949 aged 9 years. He was well known on stage, on radio, TV and in movies, including Xena-Princess Warrior and Peter Jackson's Brain Dead, Meet The Feebles and The Hobbit - The Desolation of Smaug. I first visited Nepal in 1982 a year after this video was made. I've visited many times since then and plan to return in a few months time. Jai Nepal.
Thank you for visiting and thank you so much for priceless documentry
wonderful 🌺
💝👍👍✌✌💝
beautiful country..
Jay NEPAL ❤
2:15 He is my great-grandfather Tulsi kumar shilakar🥺
And I am so glad to see him ❤️
He is no more with us he died 25years ago 😭
Rip great-grandfather may you live in heaven 😭
Thankyou This video really make my day 🥺❤️
just wondering do you also practice this art
bro you are so lucky that you can see him. i have a photo of my great grandfather which is black and white and blurry.
Don't let this art go with him. The Art bear a resemblance to your great-grandfather. 🙏
😅
@@chandanagarwal8746t. 😊
I couldn't believe that this video was created about 41 years ago.
Truly a masterpiece on Kingdom of Nepal
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I wish i could go back in time and visit it exactly like it was in 80 and 90s. Raw and beautiful
Good to see old Kathmandu, Nepal!
Tyo bela khicheko aile ko dherai dherau videos haru vanda ramro
Highly recommended show on mesmerising nostalgic Kathmandu valley, the show touches my soul, well the imaginations of our past is, ironically, also built upon foreign accounts that reduce Nepal to exoticism. Nepal was a place of "lost kingdoms", a “last Hindu kingdom,” a fascinating “hippies trail,” a Shangrila for those who sought it-a place where one could return to their "roots,” visual narratives emphasise a pastoral dream, with rice fields as far as the eye could stretch, or mountain-villages untouched by the corruption of modern industrial and consumer practices. With every passing year, one begins to rue what once was. There is wide consensus that Kathmandu Valley-and its cities-were in a better shape in the past. Pictures of a bucolic past, with green fields, temples, clean rivers and emptier roads flood social media on a daily basis. Such nostalgia extends to other places from "untouched" trekking trails and regions and ideas of governance and politics, it is no longer uncommon to hear a nostalgic ode to royal rule visa vis the current political state of the country. Thanks for this glorious Nepal.
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Very well put and articulated.. My grandfather also appears in 10:51 at pashupatinath.. went there for 60 years each day, died October 4 2010 aged 89.. Kathmandu looks so pristine.. sadly most of it is corrupted and lost now.. mostly due to politics 😢
Thanks, Peter Sir for such a tranquil, clear rendition. KTM 🎉and Nepal look like Bhutan of 2023. SO, Magical and untouched with the faint touches of medieval history still remnant. In today' Nepal, people are smitten by western culture which is strange as the Nepali culture is very amazing ❤ in itself. The people were so simple, amazing and hardworking as evident😢 during this documentary. Listen, carefully, you can hear local dialects and sounds of Nature. 😊 Such a beautiful, enchanting memory of a proud Hindu rashtra well governed by King in those days. Sincerely, such a great documentary!!!!!!!
So proud of my country great Nepal 🇳🇵🇳🇵❤️
You should be
thank you ian john. but i would like to say european materialism has affected nepal alot in last 41 years. but this piece helped reminisce about the time when nepal was so etheral untouched pure and beautiful
Awesome, thank you so much for the people who make this video. You awe we nepalese alot.
Am i the only one..??..who want to go back on that era..❤i wish i could go back in those time😅
Me too❤
yes💔
Yeah i also want ho in that era , but to only buy lands as much as possible 😢
Me too❤
only heard about kathmandu valley from grandparents; seeing those reality was nostalgic.
beautifully narrated, felt those hammering, chiseling and those vibes. wow ❤❤
Thanks you “UNESCO “ for Beautiful video🙏🙏
Wow feels so lucky 🍀 to watched this video 😍, old Kathmandu 😍😍thank you for beautiful video , we need more videos about Nepal 🇳🇵
Thank you for updating Old fotos, Videos...keep updating more ❤️
I once came to Kathmandu in 1980 at that time students movement was going there.
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Thanks come back again
Wow.. it resulted into a referendum about whether to continue Panchayat system or bring multiparty democracy and most of the people voted for the Panchayat system to continue
@@aa6eheia156 Yes, the people were at last getting their voices and opinions heard. They were sick of years and years of being used and abused by the corrupt political system. The student movement was followed by the people's movement and then the 10 year Maoist revolution during which families were torn apart and tens of thousands died and ultimately resulted in abolishing the monarchy, the introduction of Democracy and the declaration of the Republic of Nepal in 2008 CE.
@@NewZman23 And its more corrupted now no doubt
मेरो नेपाल कस्तो थियो?
मेरो नेपाल कस्तो भयो,
त्यहि नेपाल त्यही जोश तेहि जागर
नभेटिने भयो,कहाँ गयो?
शोषणतन्त्र ,भ्रष्ट दिमागले लुटिएको,बिलाएको
मेरो देश कहाँ गयो कहाँ गयो?
This is what Kathmandu should be about..
The best Documentary ever . Great work @UNESCO
My grandfather appears in 10:51.. in pashupatinath.. he went there each day for 60 years.. died in October 4 2010 aged 89.. Kathmandu.. such a pristine place as shown here.. sadly a lot is corrupted now.. mostly due to politics..
Hes was a Nepali?
lol
Thankyou very much to show my lovely Nepal.
Nepali art and architecture is simply sublime, we need to honor it and not let it die out.
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Thanks so much for such beautiful video ❤️
it's amazing thanks a lot for uploading this video pride of my Nepal
very lucky to see old nepal .# My Proud
You are lucky at least your great grandfather got captured in this footage and you could see him whenever you want to see him . May god bless his soul.
Since long time i have been searching for the old videos or images of south lalitpur.especially the place called lele and surrounding.
Newa Civilization was great !😭. Such self sustained and happy place !
we all are just a visitors in this beautiful planet for a limited time.
This is awesome..... pls upload more.
beautiful my Nepal 🇳🇵❣️
Great rare valuable video. Thanks lot
Beautiful my Nepal🙏🙏🙏🙏Thank you
10:06 look at Bagmati in Pashupatinath aryaghat back then ❤
Thank you for this Amazing Vidio 🙏🙏
If only we could reverse time, go back there and live those moments again !
Thank u sharing old video of ktm...
We all want to see Our Bagmati River as shown in this video. @Balen is our only hope
Thank you for sharing..🙂🌹
Heaven on Earth Nepal ❤
wish it was like before !! spiritual nepal no materilaistics things and beings !! our nepal was so pure.
That place is just hustle and bustle now from what ive seen
Nice... and great video!❤
WE SHOULD PROTECT OUR CULTURE AND HISTORY.
My Country. My Nepal 🇳🇵❤
Great documentary. Also made me realize that nepal really just transitioned to modern lifestyle
Sir aru Pani purano yastai yastai video xa vane herauna la? Dhanyabad.
In just 41 years what a mess we have created.
Truly mesmerizing 😮
Wonderful video of Nepal !
just 1 word beautiful
Kathmandu was really beautiful untill 1997-98 then mowest movement and insurgency led almost million people to migrate the from villages to suburban and cuties including kathmandu.
You are hesitating to call it ‘ Terrorism’. It’s not a movement, a terrorism without any doubt
@pramitthapa283 our constitution doesn't say that
I was there I remember the heart of this world
Thank you, loved it
lovely Nepal
i think we should try upscale this video quality with AI hard to find such footages
The voice is always epic
Now i believe my parents they said temples were quite reasonable distance away from each other if u wanted to worship them u needed to walk a long distance and even after travelling u needed to wait inline to worship the gods and now everywhere u go there's atleast 2-4 pictures of atleast 1 god or a small temple like structure that u can pray to as a reminder, to ensure the safety of ur travel, to be blessed and worship them ....
Awesome ❤❤
Today's youngs don't know how struggling our history grand father and grabd mothers ,❤️🇳🇵🙏
Old is Gold 🇳🇵
Awesome post thanks 😊 😀 🙏
Very beautiful❤❤❤❤❤
Those days When Nepal was self sufficient in food .
1968 bhane paxi aaja bhanda 52 saal pahileko video rahexa.Tyes bela ma 13 years ko thiyexu.So now i am 52+13=65 Year.😲☹️😢
Sad to learn that we have to listen to foreigners to learn about our own culture and heritage sites. Anyway, good to learn.
Good information for civilian
Did I just time traveled to my valley?
N: NEVER
E: ENDING
P: PEACE
A: AND
L: LOVE
Beautiful video 🥰🥰🙏🙏
I want to go back into that era 🙏
If it was from 1981 AD, then this video is not showing the city areas. I was not born that time but by 1995, I remember seeing lots of concrete buildings. But there were still open spaces and not such tall buildings around Durban squares or even around New road and not many private vehicles on the road. I noticed the river water slowly changing the colour into grey. Buildings spreading throughout the agricultural land without any urban planning in order. The government had chance to think of urban planning which they didn’t. Looks like political parties were fighting with kings for a rights to ruin the country. When they got it they ruin the country.
yeah, 1981 isn't that old, there are some very high quality video of India which was even before ww2 in color (from techicolor camera)
Wow..😍
My country NEPAL 🇳🇵🇳🇵🇳🇵
Ranas actually ruled for abou 104 years. It was not 200.
The documentary of dharmasthali and 2 pipal tree and middle Buddha temple is also there
Hamro nepali purano flim pani eti clear hudaina ❤️
Uniharu ko technology nai advanced thiyo ni ta tyo belama pani
Likr to my nepal Bhaktapur 🎉🎉🎉
Can't believe the footage is as old as my parents though my parents are 9 years ahead .....
loved nepal
Thank you for this Beautiful Video....
Our Beautiful Old Nepal.
But, Sadly! Nowdays Our Beautiful Country is named as most corrupted country.
“The grass is greener where you water it.”
We could neither appreciate our glorious past nor could adopt the useful western values. Testo ramro Kathmandu lai kurup banae.
Wow old is gold🙏🙏🙏🙏
How far we have come in just 40 years .
We are accelerating in terms of development.
Buddha is our culture Asian light is Buddha
wow 100 year ago
thanks....
what a great show...
I am sure 80 to 90%of our these statue are no more which makes ne very sad watching them and thinking we're all these god hidden.
Who were the original tribal communities of Nepal? In today's most are converted Hindu and inherits Indian/Hindu characteristics.
It’s like asking who were the original English? In today’s most are converted Christians and inherits European/Christian characteristics. Most likely everyone was pagans before the major world religions.
Nepal as a whole is a different story but the kathmandu valley (bhaktapur,lalitpur,and kantipur which is the older name of kathmandu) were inhabited by the newars their culture and artistic examples are most common in these districts . but other than that places like kritipur , panauti ,etc also have newari history .
The indigenous people of Nepal are the original tribal communities. They have their website you could check it out if you're interested.
You cannot convert into hinduism
So nise old is gold eveary thing
LONG LIVE OUR NEPAL
Salut this vdo . has there photographer too salut ❤
Jai Nepal ❤❤
WoW 🙂🌍🌎
Where are all those statues now I wonder
Guys this is a footage from 1981. Europe and parts of the world were developed already even after WWII. Look how far behind we were and still are. Kahile bujchan yaar Nepali haru.
Yeah, the rana, panchayat and then maoist held us back ..
Thanks a lot. This film preserve the scenario of past history of Katmanduvalley.This is a great historic records you have.
2:56 is that grandmother 😢