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Murkatta (Nepali: मुर्कट्टा) is a headless ghost with eyes and mouth in chest and carrying its head tucked under its arm. Murkatta is mentioned in various Nepali culture and traditions. [1] [2] They are considered as the spirits from the dead. [3]
The culture of Nepal encompasses the various cultures belonging to the 125 distinct ethnic groups present in Nepal. [1] The culture of Nepal is expressed through music and dance ; art and craft ; folklore ; languages and literature ; philosophy and religion ; festivals and celebration ; foods and drinks .
View history; Tools. Tools. move to sidebar hide. ... Nepali folklore is a diverse set of mythology and traditional beliefs held by the ... Culture of Nepal; References
Kirat Mundhum, (Nepali: किरात मुन्धुम) also known as Kiratism, or Kirati Mundhum, is a traditional belief of the Kirati ethnic groups of Nepal, Darjeeling and Sikkim, majorly practiced by Yakkha, Limbu, Sunuwar, Rai, and Hayu peoples in the north-eastern Indian subcontinent. [2]
Hamro Lok Sanskriti (Nepali: हाम्रो लोक संस्कृति, lit. 'Our Folk Culture') is a 1956 book by Satya Mohan Joshi. It is about the folk culture of Nepal. The book won the Madan Puraskar, Nepal's highest literary honour.
Presently Mahakulung is located in the Bung, Chheskam, Gudel and Sotang village development committees in the Solukhumbu District in the eastern part of Nepal. There are Kulung communities in 22 districts of Nepal. However, the major settlements are Solukhumbu, Sankhuwasabha, Bhojpur, Khotang, Sunsari, Morang, Jhapa, Illam, Tehrathum and Kathmandu.
Nepalese Muslims (Nepali: नेपाली मुसलमान; Nepali/Nepalese Musalman/Muslims) are Nepalis who follow Islam.Their ancestors arrived in Nepal from different parts of South Asia, Central Asia and Tibet during different epochs, and have since lived amidst the numerically dominant Hindus and Buddhists.
HIV infections are more common among men than women, as well as in urban areas and the far western region of Nepal, where migrant labor is more common. Labor migrants make up 41% of the total known HIV infections in Nepal, followed by clients of sex workers (15.5 percent) and IDUs (10.2 percent). [51]