Shringaar Stories is a podcast series that attempts to archive intangible cultural heritage of Nepal’s diverse ethnic communities - a curiosity of women’s indigenous identities - an appeal for tradition to thrive.

A Tharu woman's hand-poked tattoo induced with mother's breastmilk, a Newa girl's coming of age celebration with her first "alaa" and two young women travellers' exploration of their indigenous identity growing up away from their mothers - this podcast series documents how women's aesthetic symbols signify a deeper mother-daughter bond from the womb to the afterlife in indigenous Nepali communities, with the aim to archive intangible cultural practices.

The podcast has been supported by the British Council Nepal Gender Grants

Produced by Juliana Shrestha  

Edited by Suraj Shakya