Culture and society in Nepal
Culture and society in Nepal are interesting with multilingual, multi-religious, multi-racial and plural culture. These are guided by the textual tradition, including Brahmins (priestly caste), Chhetris (warriors and rulers), Vaisyas (traders and farmers) and Shudras (artisans). Oral traditions are within 125 identified ethnic groups. The ascetic tradition is within Yogi and Yogini (left their family for seeking salvation and live in a Kuti). The Monk and Nun, they live in a monastery and nunnery. The Himalaya, Hilly and Terai Region have own culture and society in Nepal.
Culture and society in Nepal are remarkable in the country. An altitude variation, climate, kinship, settlement, language, dress, food habit, religion, custom, and belief affect them.
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Tharu, Madhesi, Dhimal, Satar, Muslim, Jhangad, Musahar, Rajbansi and Hill migrants live in the Terai Region. Attitudinally they are found in between 188 ft to 3000 ft above the sea. Plain land is said a rice bowl of Nepal. People do farming and business. There are caste and ethnic groups. The Tharus are culturally quite fascinated.
Terai culture and society are different from other regions. They have own cultural dance, death rites, tradition and lifestyle. The wildlife safari parks are in the Chitwan, Bardia, Parsa and Koshi Tappu. There is subtropical and tropical climate. People have small and large joint family. Rice, wheat, mustard, lentil, maize, sugarcane, jute, pineapple, mango, banana and jackfruit are agricultural products there.
Terai culture and society is based on agriculture. They have animal husbandry, industry labors, mason, carpenter and fishing profession. Exchange, age variation, elopement, by force, levirate and the parallel cousin marriage systems are there. The funeral practices are cremated and buried. The mourning time will be 3 to 13 days. The temperature is warm that grows up to the 42°
There are many cultures throughout the world, which may be far apart and yet still have similarities. Two of those such cultures, the Basseri, that live in Iran, and the Nuer, whom live in Sudan, have their differences, but also have some similarities. Many of the differences and similarities come from their subsistence strategies and the social and political organization of their societies. With the regions of the world, both the Basseri and the Nuer live in, they’ve had to adapt to the environment they live in along with the limitations imposed by that environment.
“Sherpa”, a term derived from words meaning “people” and “east”, refers to a cultural groupthat numbers about 35,000 and whose members occupy parts of India, Nepal, Tibet and Bhutan (Sherpa Friendship Asscn,1999:1), though most groups are found in Nepal (Stevens 1993: 31). It is generally understood that the Sherpa came to Nepal from eastern Tibet about 500 years ago (www.rip.physics.unk.edu/Nepal/NPE 1999:2). This research paper will focus on the Nepalese Sherpa. It will explore socio-ecological aspects of their lives, including their cultural and ecological adaptations. In addition, it will highlight changes in Sherpa culture and the relationship brought about by outside influences.
Defining a ‘typical’ Tibetan family is a near impossible task because the structure and dynamics of every family are as unique as the individuals that comprise them. I will begin by first examinin...
Since these traditions have become apparent through centuries they are customary and have a tendency to lack individualism, as the group among which a person lives is seen as more important over the individual. In many parts of the world today, you can examine such cultures and see the ways that individuals offer themselves to family and community life.
The Nayars have a generation type system of kinship. So they can organize by sex, age and gender which are the most important principals. Although they quite frequently over turn their lineage affiliations so they can perform rituals. So as you can see the Nayars are an odd group but rather interesting. They have rituals that they follow and adhere to in their daily lives. The Nayar also do rituals and traditions that we as Americans would not even think about doing in our own lives.
In Nepal, I experienced both the progressive style of family living and the older medieval style where custom and tradition count first no matter what. More than 90% of the people in Nepal who were born between 1978 and 1998 (the Generation Y youth) still live in old medieval-style families where cultural rules govern everyday life. The people of Nepal are socially segmented along lines of caste, sub-caste and ethnicity, and values and traditions also differ from one caste to another.
One of the most important and essential things that everyone must have in order to live a great and joyful life is family. One must follow values to be successful in life, and one must also support their family to keep that success advancing toward the future. In David W. McCurdy’s article, “Family and Kinship in Village India,” it discusses the significance of how a successful family is formed by tradition, preparation, and patience. The article describes how kinship has the power to arrange marriages successfully, make families unite and assist each other, and teach and help one another agriculturally or economically.
Originally, Nepal has a very long history in music. It is said that the music was initially introduce in Nepal during the Middle Ages. During that era, the country was divided into many ruling states with their own cultural identities. The royal families’ interest in arts helped music to assimilate to the mainstream and flourished quickly to the interest of the constituents. For example, drama created in those time started using the effect of sound and music.
Every culture has several similarities and differences that impact the way they do things. Several of these cultures have distinct traits and traditions that make them differently from other cultures. I believe these differences make each culture different and unique. The two cultures that I have chosen to compare and contrast with each other is Kenya and India. In this paper I will discuss the similarities and differences in each of the culture’s families in context, marital relationships, and families and aging. These are important aspects of these cultures and to examine them will give me a better knowledge of both of these cultures.
The peoples take three meals a day. They take Ken or tshema in the morning, Shod or chicken in the noon and yangskin or Gongal in dinner.Buckwheat or Kathu is their staple food. the people also eat barley, wheat and rice.Other things are like salted tea mixed with butter, thupka, tentuk, momos and tsampa are the favorite.
Nepal is a multi cultural; multi linguistic and multi ethnic country, there are 125 cast/ethnic groups who speaks 123 spoken languages. Nepal is secular country, however Hinduism is the predominant religion in the country and ideologically dominant in entire education system since the history. According to census report (2011), Hindu are highest percentage of 81.3 percent (21,551,492) population followed by Buddhism (9.0%; 2,396,099), Islam (4.4%; 1,162,370), Kirat (3.1%; 807,169), Christianity (1.4%; 375,699), Prakriti (0.5%; 121,982), Bon (13,006), Jainism (3,214), Bahai (1,283) and ...
Nepal is a small land-locked county with an area of 147,000 square kilometers, surrounded by the Tibetan region of China on the north and India on the rest, with a total population of 27.80 million in 2013 (World Development Indicators Data Base, January 2014), but is one of the growing tourism destinations in Asia. Nepal features diverse physiographic and ecological characteristics. Nepal’s diversity attracts tourists around the world. Its physical uniqueness offers a wide scope of activities that range from visiting jungle resort camp to trekking in snow-capped mountains. Tourism is important to Nepal as a source of foreign exchange and a major employment generator and source
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Cultural anthropology known as the comparative study of human societies and cultures and their development. Cultural anthropology is also known as the study of human cultures, their beliefs, practices, values, ideas, technologies, economies and other domains of social and cognitive organization. Cultural anthropology studies how human cultures are shaped or shape the world around them and it focus a lot on the differences between every person. Human societies has been culturally involved throughout generations because of human development and advanced. The goal of a cultural anthropology is to teach us about another culture by collecting data about how the world economy and political practices effect the new culture that is being studied. However, cultural anthropology has gave us a understanding of world affairs and world problems, the way to interpret the meaning of social actions by putting them in as much context as possible, and a deeper insight of humankind-at all times, in all places and of yourself as part of a culture.
Customs and traditions differ from one part of Nepal to another. A conglomeration lies in capital city Kathmandu where cultures are blending to form a national identity. Kathmandu Valley has served as the country’s cultural metropolis since the unification of Nepal in the 18th Century.A prominent factor in a Nepali’s everyday life is religion. Adding color to the lives of Nepalis are festivals the year round which they celebrate with much pomp and joy. Food plays an important role in the celebration of these festivals.