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  2. List of Nepali musical instruments - Wikipedia

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    These instruments have blended together when Nepali people have reported on what instruments to include in the Panche baja, although there is a difference between the Jhyali and Jhurma, noted in Kadel's Musical Instrument's of Nepal. [32] The cymbals are about 20-26 inches across, and have a boss about 6 cm high. [33] "Held horizontally and the ...

  3. Stone inscriptions in the Kathmandu Valley - Wikipedia

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    Among the thousands of Nepal language inscriptions scattered across Nepal Mandala, or the Kathmandu Valley and its neighborhood, there are a few inscribed in other languages too. King Pratap Malla 's polyglot inscription dated Nepal Era 774 (1654 AD) at Kathmandu Durbar Square is an example of his linguistic interest.

  4. Damphu drum - Wikipedia

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    Nepali people playing Damphu. A damphu, or damfoo (Nepali: डम्फु), is a percussion instrument similar to a large tambourine. This instrument is used by the Tamang people of Nepal to play the melodious Tamang Selo. According to folklore Damphu was invented by Peng Dorje, a Tamang King [1] and named it after Nepal's national bird the ...

  5. Nepalese scripts - Wikipedia

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    Nepal Lipi is available in Unicode as Newa script. It is the official script used to write Nepal Bhasa. Ranjana script has been proposed for encoding in Unicode. [30] The letter heads of Kathmandu Metropolitan City, [31] Lalitpur Metropolitan City, [32] Bhaktapur Municipality, [33] Madhyapur Thimi Municipality [34] ascribes its names in Ranjana ...

  6. Madal - Wikipedia

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    The madal (Nepali: मादल) or maadal is a Nepalese folk musical instrument. [1] The madal is used mainly for rhythm-keeping in Nepalese folk music. It is very popular and widely used as a hand drum in Nepal. The madal has a cylindrical body with a slight bulge at its center and heads at both ends, one head larger than the other.

  7. Intertropical Convergence Zone - Wikipedia

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    The Intertropical Convergence Zone (ITCZ / ɪ tʃ / ITCH, or ICZ), [1] known by sailors as the doldrums [2] or the calms because of its monotonous windless weather, is the area where the northeast and the southeast trade winds converge. It encircles Earth near the thermal equator though its specific position varies seasonally.

  8. Doteli - Wikipedia

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    It is a dialect of Khas, which is an ancient form of the modern Nepali language, and is written in the Devanagari script. It has official status in Nepal as per Part 1, Section 6 of the Constitution of Nepal 2072 (2015). [1] There are four main dialects of Doteli, namely Baitadeli, Bajhangi Nepali, Darchuli and Doteli. [4]

  9. Department of Local Infrastructure Development - Wikipedia

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    The Department of Local Infrastructure Development (DoLID), is a department under the Ministry of Urban Development of Nepal, responsible for assisting local governments in the engineering aspects of civil engineering construction including rural, urban and agriculture road/bridge construction and mentinance. [1] It has its branch offices. [2] [3]