Nepal…

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Honouring Fridays: August 29th, 2009

Call me crazy, but I think I feel a chill in the air.  The temperature dipped below 20 degrees and as we scrambled to get the blankets back on the bed I realized just how much my internal thermometer has shifted.  Since when did 20 degrees become cold?  And how much will I shiver when [...]

Mehendi

I blogged a couple weeks ago about the importance of the month of Shrawan to women.  Many of the activities this month lead up to Teej (which, by the way I had mistakenly said was in July but which is actually near the end of August) and another important practice for many high caste, Brahmin [...]

Politics in Nepal

Up to this point, I have not spent much time commenting on the political situation in Nepal.  My first hesitation is that I am hardly a reliable source of information about the political situation – I have only been here 2 months and most of that time we have spent under the kind and watchful [...]

The sounds of Nepal…

In my search for videos about Nepal on Youtube, I can across some fantastic Nepali music videos! LOVE them! Here is just a sample