Linge pings: Covid is blamed for the disappearance. But, why didn’t they come back after the pandemic?

Until some years ago, at this time of the year, Prasanna Khatiwada (12) of Biratnagar, along with his sisters, would always go to an open space nearby his house to play linge ping, a traditional swing.

Whenever Dashain came, they used to get excited to play linge ping. They would desperately wait to see the swing in that open space as the swing would only be installed during Dashain. Khatiwada and his friends used to spend their entire day swinging.