Posted by: sidster February 5, 2011
No "NEWARI" Please !!!
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What really upsets me is when we talk about the Language and Culture in Nepal is that...Somehow people have created a new culture/language called KHAS and have thrown Bahun and Chetris in that basket. So the KHAS has become a tribe...there is no Tribe called KHAS...KHaAS was a language that was believed to be in communication few hundred years ago in some part of Nepal. How the FK i became KHAS.....i am no freakin KHAS...i do not even know what KHAS is.....

If you have something against Bahuns....go ahead and say it as it is....why did you have to package it with KHAS and bash the whole package.

Do Newars know that back in the days KTM was a central hub for trade between southern Nepal (everything outside the Valley) and North ( Tibet and beyond) During those days...many people migrated to the Valley for the sake of trade and few even settled in KTM. That is why when you look at range of NEWARS in KTM some look  Chinese and others look  Bahun Chetris...Haven't you seen a chinese looking Newar...what happened to him....this is what happened, he was a chinese/tibetan came to the valley and settled there...after 3/4 generations they became Newars...similarly a Madhise and a bahun from the hill could have settled in the valley and probably became NEWAR too....I had a friend in Bhaktapur.....he was a pahade bahun whose great great grandfather was brought to Bhaktpur to do Puja aaja....4 generation later my friend was a whole Newar with Ta Ta Ma Ma accent.

Quit tripping about KHAS culture....that culture is dead or has become something else now.
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