कला, सँस्कृति, सभ्यता, जात्रापर्वको धनि नेवा: समुदायको जन्मदिन मनाउँने अलगै तरिका छ । नेवा: समुदायले तीथि अनुसार जन्मदिन मनाउँने गर्दछ । जन्मदिन कहिले परेको छ भनि थाहा पाऊन आफ्नो जन्म तीथिको आसपास अगाडी सो व्यक्तिको जात: (जन्म कुण्डली) देखाऊन जाने गरिन्छ । जन्मदिन परेको दिन नेवा: समुदायको घरबाट धौ बजि (दहि चिऊरा) दिने चलन रहेको…
चन्द्रमा सुन्दर औषधियुक्त, सितल शान्त र आनन्ददायक तेज प्रकाश दिने र सबैको हित गर्ने भएको ले शिवले शिरमा धारण गर्नु भयो ।चन्द्रमा को महत्व हामी सबैलाई थाहा नभएको चाहीं होईन । चन्द्रमा को पूजा नभएको पनि होईन ।चन्द्रमा को सोरह कलाको आधारमा चाडपर्बहरु नमनाउने पनि होईन । प्राय हामी चन्द्रमा लाई एक महत्वपूर्ण देवताकै रुपमा…
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 woman, who was also once a bride, stands observing the unfolding story of human hopes enduring against the creases of time. Had it not been…
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 to their hereditary occupations. First introduced in the time of the Licchavis, the Newar caste system assumed its present shape during the medieval Malla period. The Newar…
English नेपाल भाषा (Newari / Nepal Bhasa) Welcome लसकुस Hello (General greeting) ज्वजलपा How are you? म्हं फु ला? Reply to ‘How are you?’ जितः ला म्हं फु, छन्तः ले? Long time no see गुल्लि दत मखङ्गु। What’s your name? छिगू नां छु? My name is … जिगू नां … खः। Where are you from?…
English Nepal Bhasa Good Morning/afternoon/evening/night Jwa-ja-la-paa What Chuu This Thwa That Wa Yes Khah No Ma-khu What Chuu When Ga- ba-le Where Ga-na Which Gu-gu(goo) Who Su(soo) Why Su-yaa Whose Su-yaa Whom Gu-mha How(in what way) Ga-the (-the as in theft) How (to what degree) Gu-li Best Wishes Bhin-tu-naa Welcome La-sa-ku-sa Thank you Su-bhaay Left…
English Nepal Basa May I step inside? Du-ne wa-ne jii laa? Do I have to take off my shoes? Laa- kaa twah-te maah laa? Yes/no Maah/mwah What god is kept in there? A-na chhu dyah ta-yaa tah-gu du? Can I take a picture? Tas-bir kaa-ye jii laa? What’s that temple? Wa chuu de-gah? We come…
The Nepal Sambat movement achieved its initial success on 18 november 1999 once the govt declared the founding father of the nepal sambat calendar, a merchandiser of Kathmandu named Sankhadhar Sakhwa (संखधर साख्वा), a national hero. Sankhadhar Sakhwa : The leader of Kingdom of Asian nation Nepal, he’s a Nepalese giver. He cleared the debts of all…
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…