HIMALAYA, the Journal of the Association for Nepal and Himalayan Studies Volume 34 Number 2 Article 24 2014 Review of 'The Sacred Town of Sankhu: The Anthropology of Newar Ritual, Religion, and Society in Nepal' by Bal Gopal Shrestha Jessica Vantine Birkenholtz University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.macalester.edu/himalaya Recommended Citation Vantine Birkenholtz, Jessica. 2014. Review of 'The Sacred Town of Sankhu: The Anthropology of Newar Ritual, Religion, and Society in Nepal' by Bal Gopal Shrestha. HIMALAYA 34(2). Available at: https://digitalcommons.macalester.edu/himalaya/vol34/iss2/24 This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License. This Review is brought to you for free and open access by the DigitalCommons@Macalester College at DigitalCommons@Macalester College. It has been accepted for inclusion in HIMALAYA, the Journal of the Association for Nepal and Himalayan Studies by an authorized administrator of DigitalCommons@Macalester College. For more information, please contact
[email protected]. ...a significant contribution toward climate change adaptation research. Pasang Yangjee Sherpa on Climate Change Modeling for Local Adaptation in the Hindu Kush-Himalayan Region environmental dangers are a social with communities engaged around The Sacred Town of Sankhu: The construct that are invisible to climate all stages of generating, interpreting, Anthropology of Newar Ritual, models. Therefore, they argue that and applying the result” (p. 233). Religion, and Society in Nepal. having a “professional ear ” (p. 69) Pasang Yangjee Sherpa is an anthropologist that listens to the concerns of the Bal Gopal Shrestha. Newcastle at Penn State University.