NEPAL CULTURE
Culture is the very
pride & soul of a Nation. It is just like a mirror
that reflects the beauty, nativity & the life
pattern of the people. Culture in essence always plays
a crucial role to promote harmonious relationship
between countries to country. Asianheritage treks
&expedition has participated with different culture
group in several national & international social,
Culture & tourism promotion programs organised
in different places sponsored by various related organisations.
The dances as : Arati dance, Bajrayogini dance, Bhojpuri
dance, Drum solo, Dhimey dance, Lakhe dance, Maruni
dance, Peacock dance, Shebru dance, Yak dance, Jhankri
dance (Witch Doctor) Jhaure dance etc.
Arati dance
: This dance is dedicated to Nataraj, the
dancing form of Lord shiva. In this dance light will
be put off and dancer will come with candle light
in their hand. This is very interesting dance.
Bajrayogini
dance : This is an ancient classical dance
of Nepal. Which is based on Tantric Buddhism. The
temple of goddess bajrayogini is situated about three
km from Kathmandu.
Bhairabkali
dance : This is a classical dance of Lord
Shiva & goddess Parvati. This dance shows the
destructive mood of goddess Kali & Lord Shiva,
who saved the world from destruction by lying down
on the path of Kali.
Chanchar dance
: This dance is popular in Tharu's community
in the western region of Nepal.
Chutka dance
: This dance is performed during the different
festivel of eastern part of Nepal. Boys & girls
sing & dance in pairs during the festival.
Chyabrung dance
: This dance is mostly performed by young
boys & girls during the different festival on
the Northern part of the Nepal.
Dhimey dance
: This is the typical dance of Jyapu community
of Kathmandu, which is performed during the festival
& after they reap the good harvest.
Drum solo :
In Nepal there are several types of drums of various
size & shapes. Here an exponent on the drum plays
10 to 12 drumsat a time in a typical manner.
Horiya dance
: This is a very popular dance of tharu community
from southern part of Nepal. Holy is one of the great
festivals for this community, which observed in
February - March. Everybody singing and dancing around
with throwing color powder, water upon each other.
Jhankri dance
(Witch Doctor) : During the bygone days when
there were no medical facilities in the country, the
sick poeple used to be taken to the witch doctor to
get cured. Even now a days in the remote area of Nepal
this practices is still prevailing. One can see in
this dance how witch doctor cures a patient.
Jhyaure dance
: This dance is based on love song, which
is very popular all over Nepal among the teenagers.
Khyali dance
: This dance gives glimpses of western Nepal
in Magar & Gurung community. In this dance a couple
view each other with their talents, and it is a practice
that if the boy wins he can take a woman with him
to his home considering her as his wife.
Khukuri dance
: Khukuri is famous weapon, by which the
Gorkha's have become very famous in every battlefield.
In this dance the dancer shows how it is used in killing
the enemies.
Lakhe dance
: This is a traditional mask dance of Kathmandu.
It is performe durimg the festival of Indra jatra.
Bhojpuri dance
: This dance is very popular on southern
part of Nepal.
Manjushree dance
: Once open a time Kathmandu velly was suppose
to have beena big lake. The god Manjushree open up
the southeren side of the valley, so that the water
could flow out & the land become habitable. This
dance depicts this legend & this dance is generally
performed by the Buddhist priest.
Maruni dance
: Maruni dance is a femail dance with two
boys.
Peacock dance
: Peacock is considered a holy bird of our
country. It is suppose to be the dancer of Indra's
palace. This bird gets thrilled, when the cloud starts
gathering, with the sound of thunder it starts dancing.
In this dance the artist try to copy the same in his
own manner .
Shebru dance
: This dance is performed by Sherpa communities
in the Northern border area of Nepal. They are very
skilled in mountaineering.
Yak dance :
All knows the fact that Nepal is a land of YAK &
YETI. Unfortunately we are not in the possition to
show YETI dance. But Yak is a very lovable animal,
people drink its milk & also make use of it as
a carrier of goods. This is the only animal which
can carry loads in high altitudes. They are very skilled
in Mountaineering.