Baji – Flattened rice Della – Meat, placed on the top of baji Tahkha – Jelly meat Chhakoola – A peace of meat in curry Wauncha (Tukan) – Green vegetable (mustard) Bhuti – White beans Phasi – Pumpkin curry Dayekala – Meat in curry Dugula – Mutton Hayenla – Meat curry with a lot of ginger Gorma – White jellied meat Lainsoo – Curry made from dried…
All Guthi (social organization) members are notified as quickly as a individual dies. Four lamps are placed around the corpse’s four direction. Mha gele, the corpse’s worship is labeled. Funeral procession is accompanied by Nayahkhin drum followed by many wailing and weeping individuals. In various castes, cremation is distinct.
Jyah janko is a ceremony of ancient age to mark the longevity of one. Five times it’s celebrated. Attainment of 77 years, 7 months, 7 days Second— Chadraratharohan— Attainment of 83 years, 4 months, 4 days Third — Devaratharohan— Attainment of 88 years, 8 months, 8 days Forth— Divyaratharohan— Attainment of 99 years, 9 months,…
In Newar culture, marriage is a two-family social union. For their sons and daughters, the parents arrange marriage. After the family choice of the groom and bride, the marriage is verified by providing 10 betel nuts from the groom’s family to the bride along with fruits, sweets etc. (known as lakha). The marriage ceremony takes…
A Newar girl undergoes bahra after Ihi, a girl’s ritual containment before menstruation begins. A girl is kept separate for 12 days from all men and sunlight. The girl must pay homage to the sun on the 12th day.
This is a symbolic ritual marriage with a fruit bel (byah), Lord Vishnu’s symbol. Held at the age of 5-11, this ceremony is performed to avoid widowhood. The Newar girls are never widowed as they are married to the immortal god. The girls are also being trained in Ihi family works.
Kayatapuja or fixing of loin cloth is done to mark the attainment of puberty. Bajracharya and Shakyas perform the tonsure ceremony, Chudakarma. During this, one has to visit shrines and pay homage to Kwahpahdyoh and make offerings. After kayatapuja, Jyapus and Sayamis undergo Ohla (which is less practiced these days.)
Busankha is hair shaving. It’s performed at 6 or 7 years of age. The boy’s maternal uncle shaving hair, the boy’s father’s mother maintains the shaved hair. At the moment of ‘ kayatapuja, ‘ busankha is being performed these days.
Bendix, Edward H. 1974. “Indo-Aryan and Tibeto-Burman Contact. As seen through Nepali and Newari Verb Tenses.” Franklin C. Southworth & Mahadev L. Apte (eds.): Contact and Convergence in South Asian Languages. (= International Journal of Dravidian Linguistics 3/1, special issue). Kariyavattom, Trivandrum, India: Department of Linguistics, University of Kerala. 42-59 Bendix, Edward H. 1984. “The…
It’s not surprising that Tibet and India affected the Newar People. What is surprising is their creativity reaction to this stimulus, which in fact led to a real exchange with their gigantic neighbours. Mediaeval Near society has left a unique and spectacular, by any standard, religious architectural and artistic heritage. Despite the fact that most…
Mahakali Dance This is one of the Newars ‘ most famous masked dances. It is based on the religious tale of’ Mahakali Mahalaxmi’ from a Hindu Puran. According to this, the three goddess Mahakali, Mahalaxmi, and Kumari (three of the eight deities protecting Kathmandu Valley’s eight paths and having distinct supporters of ghosts). Eighty four…
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Nepal is a diverse country with around 125 different ethnic groups and 123 different languages. Before I arrived, I assumed everyone was Nepali and spoke Nepalese. While that is kind of true, there are a variety of different ethnic groups. Further, among each ethnic group there are subgroups. I’ve been lucky enough to make friends…