The kukri strapped to Mekhman Tamang’s hip belt is more than an ordinary family heirloom. When his father bequeathed the traditional ... tethered to thousands of Nepalese men who fought for ...

The Kukri is the national symbol of Nepal. It is a utility tool in the ... At Dashain, the Hindu religious festival, a ceremonial version of the Kukri (a Konra), is used to sever the head of ...

"Better to die than be a coward" is the motto of the world-famous Nepalese Gurkha ... into battle their traditional weapon - an 18-inch long curved knife known as the kukri. In times past, it ...

On a cold evening in November 1996, a troop of Nepalese Gurkha soldiers from ... they performed their traditional kukri dance with heavy hearts. On July 1, 1997, soldiers from the People’s ...

A Gurkha soldier in the British Army has been removed from duty in Afghanistan after he beheaded a dead Taliban commander with his ceremonial kukri knife. The Nepalese private decapitated the dead ...

"Better to die than be a coward" is the motto of the world-famous Nepalese Gurkha ... into battle their traditional weapon - an 18-inch long curved knife known as the kukri. In times past, it ...