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Balkumari Dapha Khalah Kathmandu, April 21 Dāphā Dhukū, a collective of dāphā khalahs from Kirtipur municipality, in collaboration with Folk Lok, a community-based music programme, has announced a callout for Dāphā Dhukū Pāsā Programme.  Dāphā Dhukū Pāsā is a year-long youth arts programme and is open to young people (20-35 years) living in Kathmandu who practise dāphā and are interested in careers in the creative expression of indigenous music and knowledge.  Through the programme, the participants will get a chance to learn from dāphā practitioners, musicians, ethnomusicologists, advocates, and different experts, which will enable them to build their entrepreneurial, creative, interpersonal, and organisational skills, the organisers say. The six-week workshop will start on May 22. After the Dāphā Dhukū Pāsā workshops, the participants will get a chance to implement their learnings in the next edition of Dāphā Calling , an annual forum for the sharing of knowledge and...