culture shock in Nepal

Culture shock in Nepal

Never Ending Peace And Love

    

                                                                      by Ms. Titinan Kokbua 

                   Nepal is the best and most beautiful country on the world .This country stand for Never Ending Peace And Love. Not only the huge mountains, but it has various lakes, rivers, caves which are the inhabitant for varieties of wildlife and birds. Nepal is between the huge   nations   China and India. It has many people and language in its. Those populations are different religion   , The Nepalese population was Hindu, Buddhist , Muslim. Nepali is the officiallanguage , although a dozen different languages and about 3.0 major dialects are spoken.Mover the King of Nepal is as ethnically diverse as its terrain of fertile plains, broad valleys, and the highest mountain peaks in the world. Not only Nepal has  a diverse population but also has many strange deeply rules. The Nepalese government recongnize sexual rights by the law, and stop punish people who are homosexual. There are 3 cultures shock in Nepal such as culture shock on food, religion and street life.

                    First of all , it is a culture shock on food . People in countryside use water from natural sources  , and sewer lines within the village for consumption. Sine Nepal has worsened irrigation , in a local restaurant or a house. There is no running water or sanitation. The water pipeline as large plumbing which has water all the time. It is a hub for people to shower or  carry water back to the house. The water supply system in Nepal is very poor. A lot of diseases result from contaminated drinking water and inappropriate hygienic practices travelers are in Kathmandu using bottled water for drinking and cooking ; so people in the village had gathered to water treatment business . It is sold in each home or shop in Nepal. Furthermore ,The cuisine native to Nepal. These containers are made from brass. He polished until shiny Nepal and India had been rich brass . It is good for health. The brass can distributed heat evenly.

                                     
                                                       pic 1: the Nepal's national flag
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                   Second , culture shock on street life. Many children live on street and they use glue. About 95 percent of street children were using it . They live on the street, they are homeless , food-insecure and suffering from serious health problems. The children were addicted to glue sniffing because of hunger and the influence of friends. Therefore seeing and smelling marijuana on the street is normal. There are many marijuana more along the street and house . They use it to treat disease and religion ceremony . For Nepal marijuana is illegal. It is not surprising thjat we can see the use of marijuana on the street freely. In addition , the street in central Kathmandu has actively cars . Those cars were honking loudly as no different from Vietnamese. It is the culture basis of the driving safety of the people of Nepal. It is unlike some countries honk to show their displeasure.

                                               pic 2 : the enormous mountains

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                   Finally , it is the culture shock on religion. Every 5 years, the temple of goddess southeast of Nepal. There are animals that are killed in such rituals as many as 250,000 . This ceremony is a ritual of Nepalese Hindu. They believe that killing animals was the right thing. It can dispel evil away. Furthermore , one of religion in Nepal is Mahayana Buddhism. This sect , the monk can have family. Actually they are people who dress like him . Then there are a few of monk but when people come to the temple ,they need to celebrate. It become the tradition and improvements to dress like him more. Last of all , Hanuman palace is a place for important ceremonies of king  and the royal class. The door has a statue of Hanuman . It served as out posts to protect the palace. It is believed that Hanuman like angel.

                    Consequently, there are 3 culture shocks, culture shock on food. People in Nepal use water from pipeline as large plumbing because There is no running water in houses or restaurant. In restaurant or house they always use brass in their meal , they know It is good for health. Culture shock on street life . Many children who live on street use glue. They are homeless and food. Not only many children on street but also marijuana , you can see them easily. Last of all culture shock on religion. They believe that the killing is right and can dispel evil away. Mahayana Buddhism , the monk has family. Actually they just are people who dress like him. Their palace has hanuman who protect the palace and they believe he is an angel.

                                                        pic 3: Nepal house

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