Bajhang, Aug. 10 -- After a gruelling six-day journey across one of the highest mountain passes along the Nepal-China border, 43 residents of Bajhang have reached Taklakot, a border market in Tibet, carrying traditional baskets, handicrafts, spices and other locally produced goods for sale.

The traders from Saipal and Talkot rural municipalities crossed the 5,200-metre Urai Pass on foot, while horses, mules and yaks carried their goods from Bajhang to the Tibetan market.

Their arrival marks the revival of a centuries-old cross-border trading tradition that had been suspended for nearly seven years after China restricted entry into Tibet during the Covid pandemic. The reopening has allowed residents of northern Bajhang to once again take...