{"id":1922,"date":"2016-07-08T11:38:09","date_gmt":"2016-07-08T11:38:09","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2018-08-24T08:41:06","modified_gmt":"2018-08-24T08:41:06","slug":"10-mind-bending-facts-about-nepal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/honeyguideapps.com\/blog\/10-mind-bending-facts-about-nepal","title":{"rendered":"10 Mind bending Facts About Nepal"},"content":{"rendered":"

Nepal<\/a> is an amazing place not only for sight-seeing and getting greetings from local people but also for observing weird and uncanny customs that have been established here. Have you heard that Nepalese are polycephalic (what does this even mean!!) or that animals walk among people on streets like its a Disney’s world or that a revolutionary dead poets society has been in movement with the slogans and messages in the back of trucks and buses since ages. Well, all this and more have been covered in our 10 things that you can see in Nepal below.<\/p>\n

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1. Being Polycephalic – A condition of having many heads<\/h2>\n

a. Nepalese are quadri-lingual<\/strong>
\nBy the time a Nepali is an adult, he\/she goes through the unconscious learning of not one or two but four languages. Nepali is learned as a primary language and as the most common medium of a verbal transaction of information and ideas. Then, because of its universality, comes English which is invested in us as secondary language starting from elementary school years. With the regular screening of Indian cinema since as long as our fathers recite their days of youth, Hindi is the third favorite language that we speak. Anyone who has been to Nepal can see the influence of Indian culture led by the big bad Bollywood. Thus, Hindi is known to every other Nepali. Finally, many of us bag one more way of verbal expression which is born from our ethnicity (Maithili, Bhojpuri, Tharu, Tamang, Magar, Doteli, Urdu, Sunuwar etc.). This tiny country of Nepal has got over 100 ethnic groups so you can imagine the different local languages that are spoken. So, almost all Nepali\u2019s tongue is, but this does not mean that you can\u2019t trust us!!<\/p>\n

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b. There is no definite Nepali as there is a definite Oriental \u00a0<\/strong>
\nIf you are looking for a definite Nepali face, then that is going to be one long search. There has been so much migration of Khas and Magars from west mid-hills; Tharu, Yadav, and Thakuri from lower Terai belt; Sherpa and Tamang from Upper Himalayas and Kirats from the eastern side that what we have today is a mixed bag of colors. Chinese people might find this a little confusing since they have been so used to similar faces.<\/p>\n

2.\u00a0\u00a0Touch me Not<\/h2>\n

a. Normal guys holding hands<\/strong>
\nWe have not done it because of the strong stereotype binding us but there are plenty of guys that go on swinging their hands as they walk into the sun-set. This is a specific expression in many part of world that defines one\u2019s sexual orientation but here it\u2019s a sign of strong friendship who remain friends until the last drop of meaning dries off. Watching and observing ,you get to awkwardly accept that these muscular male-chaps are just dearly good friends and nothing more happens after that.<\/p>\n

\"Guys<\/p>\n

3.\u00a0\u00a0Cause it\u2019s a Disney World<\/h2>\n

a.\u00a0Cows and roads<\/strong>
\nThese animals are supposed to be in plain grasslands where they can graze for hours. But the urbanization in many cities of Nepal has lost sight of such fields. Hence, confused cows are stuck in the middle of roads while passengers walk on with frowned eyes (don\u2019t you think that you or me or any countless passerby can stop for a minute to get their hands dirty while towing these lingering creatures somewhere much less significant!! But who can play this role of macho-man?? Once it\u2019s behind, it\u2019s someone else\u2019s pondering time!! Someone else’s responsibility!!). Cities like Kathmandu are missing out on open playgrounds in the name of fatal development that does not care much about giving back to nature what it takes. And hence, we find the same cow in the middle of the roads now with its family.<\/p>\n

\"Cows<\/p>\n

b.\u00a0Goats are on hoods<\/strong>
\nGoats, Hens and other household animals will never forget their first ride on a motor-bike, tractor, bus or truck. Dear animals, please forgive the care-taker for placing you on the roof of a bus because he didn\u2019t own or even have enough money to spare a seat for you. He tried to change the conductor’s mind but nobody on the bus wanted an animal sitting beside them when the hood costs near to nothing. Some lives matter less than other and this is true to human nature. As such, you will be seeing goats on hoods.<\/p>\n

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c.\u00a0Monkeys for Change<\/strong>
\nMonkeys are fast, chippy and always looking for some action around the corner. They are mostly found in forested areas of Kathmandu such as Pashupatinath temple or Swayambhu stupa eyeballing what delicacies devotees are holding. Also, due to reference from Hindu mythology about monkeys being avatars of Hanuman (Hindu God), they are usually bestowed with prasad (food given to or by God). In the noon when boredom hits its limit these gangsters gather up their homies to roam beyond their hoods frightening or startling local commuter who are on their way to their own call.<\/p>\n

\"Monkeys<\/p>\n

d.\u00a0Rhino\u2019s and Leopards on your alleys<\/strong>
\nRecently, visitors and locals are getting more surprises from wildlife. In March of 2015, a rhino found itself wandering past the local streets of Hetauda. And in a period of a year, we get three sharp nods by Leopards in Dhapasi, central Kathmandu, and Lamjung village. Such frequent wandering from a forest is happening because of the rapid encroachment of wildlife to build a human settlement. When someone sits on your chair, you either act with hostile primordial instinct or logical reasoning. Animals usually don\u2019t bother to be so much logical when sharp claws can deliver the right blow. So, we being the rational ones have got to start making the right decision of making more natural spaces for wildlife.<\/p>\n