We know that culture is the manmade part
of environment and is ever going in its encounter with natural forces and human
civilization. It may get changed due course of time. People, while tackling
with nature and its phenomena, develop culture on their own. Cultural diversity
has been an identity for Nepalese people to have international recognition.
Nepal, a developing country of
South-Asia,, has diversity in multiple aspects. Having diverse landscape
extending from 70m(Kechankelan) up to
8,848m(Mt. Everest) height from sea level, the climatic condition is
also diverse. Being divided into three ecological zones viz. Himalayan, Hilly
and Terai, people living here are of multi-caste from Mechi to Mahakali. People
living here are directly affected by climatic condition, geographical
situation, availability of natural resources, bordering countries and their
access with outer world.
Cold climatic condition and difficult
topography has determined the cultural practices of the people living in the
Himalayan region. Not only this but also because of their interaction with
Tibetan people, their culture has proximity with Chinese culture. Rituals
performed from birth to death, the food they eat, the cloths they wear and many
more practices differ from hilly and terai region. As Bhotiyas has nearness
with Tibetans, cultural practices of Terai people contradicts Indian practices.
In the same way, their usual behaviors are affected by temperature as well as
topography.
Having been the common garden of more
than 115 castes, Nepal is rich in culture, for cultural practices differ among
castes, religious group and people of different region. But because of western
influence, Nepali cultures are in the verge of extinction: hybridization of
culture has started nowadays. Nepal has become the destination of billions of
people for its cultural and natural richness.
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