The poetry of Nepal's bridges

To get to school, work, or another town in Nepal, it helps if you don’t have a fear of heights. That’s because this mountainous terrain (it’s home to Mount Everest after all) is connected via THOUSANDS of bridges. Whether permanent or seasonal, made of bamboo and rope or pulleys and wire, suspended above incredible mountains or rapid waters, the Nepalese have networked their country through amazing, unique, and exhilarating engineering. Find out how building and re-building bridges became a part of the nation’s culture, and how trusting that a treacherous trip is worth the risk shapes the way the Nepalese perceive connection, community, and what in life we ought to hold onto. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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The poetry of Nepal's bridges is an episode from Far Flung with Saleem Reshamwala by TED.

This episode is 28:10 long.

This episode was published on Jun 30, 2022.

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