Selling Otherness

Contesting Place in a Post-colonial Space

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(Re)colonizing Tradition

A Pedestrian Guide to a "Traditional" City

Welcome to Bhaktapur

[1] The Tea Stall at Guhepukhu

[2] Nava Durga Chitra Mandir

[3] Khauma Square

[4] Tourist Motor Park

[5] Indrani Pitha

[6]Lasku Dhwakha Gate

[7]Char Dham

[8]Cafe de Temple

[9]Batsala Temple

[10] Batsala Temple

[11] City Hall

[12] The Procession Route

[13] Pujari Math

[14] The Peacock Restaurant

[15] Sewage Collection Ponds

[16] Bhairavanath Temple

Selling Otherness

One of Nepalšs few resources in the global marketplace is its perceived otherness from the West. The commodification of this otherness produces "tradition." Tradition means many different things to many different people. In Nepalšs tourist discourse traditoin means what is authentically indigenous, that is, what is premodern, eastern, and exotic.