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| Painting by DB Chitrakar |
Newar community is one the traditionally
rich and most uniquely cultured group in the world. Newar’s main origin is
basically the Kathmandu Valley. Their main occupation is business. They love to
stay in close family and in the town. Obviously, they are found in the main
towns of the Nepal, like Banepa, Pokhara, Narayanghat, Bandipur, Hetauda,
Birjung etc. apart from cities of Kathmandu valley. As their culture is unique,
so are their foods, dresses, buildings, Temples and monuments.
Before the Shah dynasty, Kathmandu
Valley was ruled by Newar Kings. Under whose reigns, this valley had flourished
culturally. The Downtown of Kathmandu, Patan and Bhaktapur are the living proof of it. The pagoda style temples, stupas,
stone taps and monuments are world famous and these are pride of Nepal too. I
belong to this awesome community and I am proud to be called Newar. I happened to
live just five minutes’ walk from the Patan Durbar square. I grew playing
around these places. My mother tongue is Newari. I love love my culture, our
way of living and food.
Many writers have written books, journals on the Newars. This will be my
just a small attempt to blog this community through my eyes.
