Nepali Culture, Economy and Society
Culture and Religion
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- Which religion is followed by the largest share of the people of Nepal?
- Which is the largest festival of the Nepali year, lasting fifteen days, when elders give tika to the young?
- Which five-day autumn festival of lights honours crows, dogs, cows and sisters and brothers?
- Which Shiva temple on the Bagmati river is a World Heritage site and a pilgrimage site for Hindus?
- Which large stupa in Kathmandu, with painted eyes of the Buddha, is the centre of Tibetan Buddhism in Nepal?
- Which hilltop temple, whose monkeys give it a popular name, overlooks Kathmandu?
- What is the title of the young girl worshipped as a living goddess in Kathmandu?
- At which festival of February or March do crowds gather at Pashupatinath for a night of fasting and prayer to Shiva?
- Which Kathmandu festival honours Indra and features a procession of the living goddess in a chariot?
- Which chariot festival of Patan honours the red god of rain?
- Which festival of Bhaktapur marks the Newar new year with the pulling of a chariot?
- Which festival marks the Tibetan new year among Sherpa and Tamang peoples?
- Which meal of rice, lentils and vegetables is the daily food of most Nepalis?
- Which steamed dumplings, filled with meat or vegetables, are a popular Nepali snack?
- Which ring-shaped rice bread, fried in oil, is made for Tihar and Dashain?
- Which cap, cut from a cloth named after a district of the east, is part of the national dress of Nepali men?
- Which curved knife, with a blade bent inward, is the famous weapon of the Gurkhas?
- Which two-headed drum, played with both hands, accompanies Nepali folk songs and dances?
- Which Buddhist painting on cotton or silk, showing gods and mandalas, is a traditional art of Nepal and Tibet?
- Which tiered-roof temple style, developed by Newar builders, spread to China and Japan?
- Which poet, called the first poet of Nepali, translated the Ramayana into the Nepali language?
- Which poet, called the Great Poet, wrote the long poem Muna Madan?
- Which mountain people are famous as guides and climbers in the Everest region?
- Which people built the old towns of the Kathmandu Valley and are known for art and architecture?
- Which indigenous people live in the southern plains of Nepal, notably near Chitwan?
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