Echoes across oceans: How Chilean memory met Bardiya’s grief at the disappeared people’s memorial park

In the heart of Bardiya—a district bearing the highest toll of enforced disappearances during Nepal’s ten-year armed conflict—a quiet, solemn bridge has been built across time, geography, and language.

On August 30, marking the International Day of the Disappeared, the Kumbharadda Disappeared People’s Memorial Park inaugurated a 100-day exhibition featuring Chilean photographer Claudio Pérez’s landmark series, Última Huella (Last Footprint)