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Article: Culture is dead, long live culture.(ComMuniTy IndePenDent MediA)(Nepal)
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- Women in Action
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- December 1, 2005
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Can a country promote cultural diversity through media as a deliberate national policy, or will all such policies eventually end up "Disney-fying" cultures by stripping them down to their most basic, visible symbols?
After the Nepalese King's Proclamation of February 1, 2005, which suspended democratic rights, including freedom of the press, in Nepal, television channels abruptly started to feature a number of poetry and literary readings from different cultures. First, it was the Tamangs, then the Gurungs, who both held readings in their own languages. The events were prominently featured in the evening news. The deja vu I felt came from the historical memory of ...