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Traditional musical bands of Nepal Mandal

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This is an excellent example of intangible heritage of Nepal.\ Almost all the neighborhoods of Kathmandu valley and Nepal Mandal included have their own traditional musical bands. Is it surprising? Maybe. Since centuries if not thousands of years, each neighborhood are playing their bands during various festivals in the Nepalese calendar.  Each band consists of drum like instruments called Dha, Nayekhin, Dhimme, Danga etc and other calls Tinchhu, Bhusya and Chhusya- they are used to give the beat as per the music that is being played. There are hundreds of traditional bands in the valley. The month of Gunla(falls in Augusr-September) in the nepalese calendar is special for indigenous people of the valley. They go to Buddhist shrines whole month with their respective traditional bands. This has been ongoing since hundreds of years. Here we present several bands from different neighborhoods. Banepa Gunla Band Thimi Gunla Band Charumati Gunla Band Tamrakar and Ason Gunla Bands playing...

Let us learn a new Script-Alphabet of Nepal NepalLipi

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Let us learn a new Script-Alphabet of Nepal NepalLipi Nepal maybe a small country in comparison to many in the world in terms of area, population, development etc. But if you go in the ground in Kathmandu valley, you will see the indigenous people of Nepal called Newars. They have their own language called NepalBhasa. And Nepal Bhasa has been written since thousand year in multiple of scripts among them are NepalLipi, RanjanaLipi,BhujimolLipi etc. These are all unique scripts that belong to the country of Nepal. We can learn Nepal Script easily nowadays due to the internet. Good teachers are teaching NepalBhasa and NepalLIpi, ranjanaLipi scripts online. Let us take this opportunity to learn to read this beautiful script: