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8 Unique Traditions of Newa community

February 5, 2022January 21, 2022 - by Jhi Newa: - Leave a Comment

Traditions are assets of the Newa community. There are many traditions and rituals that one has to go through during their lifetime, and these are unique to the community. There …

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Shri Swasthani Brat

January 25, 2022January 21, 2022 - by Jhi Newa: - Leave a Comment

Shri Swasthani Brat (fast) is the fasting that Nepali women scattered in Nepal and elsewhere observe strictly from Paush Shukla Purnima and conclude it on Magh Shukla Purnima. According to …

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Newar language

December 31, 2021 - by Jhi Newa: - Leave a Comment

Newar (English: ) or Newari, known officially in Nepal as Nepal Bhasa, is a Sino-Tibetan language spoken by the Newar people, the indigenous inhabitants of Nepal Mandala, which consists of …

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Newa: Culture / Newa: Festivals

Yomari – Sweet Slenderness of Yomari Punhi

December 19, 2021January 21, 2022 - by Jhi Newa: - Leave a Comment

Yomari Punhi is an annual Newari festival that marks the end of the rice harvest in the Newari culture. The festival is actually a four-day long celebration but many only …

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Nyachhyon Surname

November 15, 2021November 15, 2021 - by Jhi Newa: - Leave a Comment

It is a combination of two words in Newari language (language of Newar people, the indigenous inhabitants of Kathmandu Valley), ‘Nya’ (means ‘fish’) and ‘Chhyon’ (means ‘head’,) and hence ‘Nyachhyon’ …

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Rato Machhindranath and Bhoto Jatra

July 21, 2016July 21, 2016 - by Jhi Newa: - Leave a Comment

There are two Machhindranath in Kathmandu. One is in Asan tole and the other is in Machhindrabahal at Lalitpur. Machhindranath is very popular in Nepal because it is in addition …

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Newar’s Wedding

July 21, 2016July 21, 2016 - by Jhi Newa: - Leave a Comment

As the mellow dusk sets against the busy Newa neighborhood, giving way to a serene blue sky, an elderly woman looks nostal gically over the newly wed bride. The old …

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Newa: Caste System

July 10, 2016July 11, 2016 - by Jhi Newa: - Leave a Comment

The Newar caste system is the system by which Newars, the historical inhabitants of Kathmandu Valley, are divided into groups on the basis of Vedic varna model and divided according …

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Nepal Sambat

July 10, 2016July 11, 2016 - by Jhi Newa: - Leave a Comment

Nepal Sambat, a unique calendar which is named after the country is based on the lunar calendar and it is believed to have started during 880 AD when Shankhadhar Shakhwa, …

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Newa: Buddhism

July 10, 2016July 11, 2016 - by Jhi Newa: - Leave a Comment

OVER THE LAST FEW DECADES, the Kathmandu valley has become the meeting place of Tibetan and Western Buddhists for the study of Buddhism. Renowned Tibetan Buddhist masters are busy offering …

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