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Item Cultural Hegemony and Displacement in Buhran(Department of English, 2023) Pokhrel, Tej PrasadThis research work tries to explore ambivalence of cultural hegemony faced by the Tharus in the movie Buhran. It tries to dig out Tharus’ buried history. Hilly regions’ people overflowed as malaria had been eradicated. The Land Reform Act (2021 BS) introduced new law limiting twenty eight Bighas land for per family in the Terai. This act was for landless people however, power holder Parvatiyas influenced it and enhanced their intention. Panchayat Regime made Parvatiya language official language and sponsored Parvatiya culture. This movie revolves around these incidents. How was Tharu culture monitored by Parvatiya culture? What was the cause of their economic deprivation and displacement from Dang? are the key research questions. The protagonist of the movie,,Matwa, accepts Patwari’s cultural supremacy and his capitalist ideology. He assumes Patwari a financial supporter, scholar and a leader though his family members deny this. Finally, he realizes the domination but cannot sort out its exact cause. This is a qualitative research. It borrows ideas from Stuart Hall, Karl Marx, Louise Althusser, Antonio Gramsci, and EP Thompson to address the issue of the representation of Tharu culture and conflict, domination, hegemony, and subjugation of their history respectively. Besides, James Monaco’s film framework helps to analyze the historical representation of Tharu culture in visual form. Findings of this thesis are: Parvatiya culture dominated native Tharu culture, effaced their identity, limited their economic approach and constructing bourgeoisie knowledge, made them accept it as their fate resulting into their exigency for displacement. Keywords: Culture, Hegemony, Ideology, Tharu, Domination, DisplacementItem Tharu and Their Rituals: An Anthropological analysis of changing rituals at Sharadanager, Chitwan(Center Department of Sociology/Anthropology, 2009) Poudel, RanjitaNot availableItem Traditional Continuity and Change in Gurhi(Department of English, 2022) Chaudhary, DeepakThe thesis entitled "Traditional Continuity and Change in Gurhi" explores the impacts of modernization and the other neighbouring cultures in Tharu community. It studies the continuity and change of the Gurhi ritual and explores how cultural assimilation, globalization, modernization, and development of science and technology affect the Gurhi festival, especially for the new generation. The objective of this study is to show how cultural hybridity is going to be dominant among the Tharu people. To support the idea, the notions of performance by Elizabeth Bell, Richard Schechner, Victor Turner, and the notions of cultural hybridity by Homi K Bhabha, Chris Barker, and Bill Ashcroft et al. are used as theoretical tools. However, Tharus have adopted some traits of other Nepali cultures and global culture in terms of dress, language, festivals, and rituals as well as the impacts of information and technology, they have also managed to conserve and promote some tribal cultural patterns of their own cultural identity.