Pade_Queen_1 It feels like you are contradicting yourself.First of all , may I ask, how do you define the term "foreign"? For me, foreign is something thats not a part of me Or stuffs that has been imported. However, like you said if we TRACE our roots then we are probably going to end up in 3 races. Mongoloid, Negroid and Caucasian. So, it is evident that in SOME ways were related to each other. Likewise Nepali culture & Indian culture have huge resembalance given the fact that geographically they are next to each other. Having said that it doesnt mean whatever we have has been imported from India. You said NEWARI is only Nepal's pure culture..Ok..I dont think it is even close to being right. You are totally negating a significant number of people/ethinicty from Nepal whose roots trace them back to Mongolia. yes, I agree that certain types of people in Nepal(esp bahuns, chettris) have huge ties to India..and I agree with that but when you make comments like we ALL belong to Northeastern Indian then it doesnt make sense. Correct me if I am wrong but I feel you are concluding on something based on waht you see in KTM...Newars are one of many ethicity in Nepal..they are one of the unique ones but also accept the fact that there are alson tons of other ethicity who are totally unique in their own rights. As far as I know..Dasai Tihar is part of HIndi culture...it dint come from India..its came from Religion About Buddha comment..Ok there was no India, no Nepal, no nothing when Buddha was born. I agree. But where Buddha was born belongs to Nepal NOW so you can say that Buddha was born in current Nepal hence he can be called a Nepali...I think its justifiable.I hate it when Indians say Buddha was born in India or wahtever... Anyway, dont get offended by what I said. thats what I think..I for one dont want to sell my dignity to bigger and stronger country. As a Nepali, I would ike to be known as Nepali but nothing else. When we say wahtever we have is from India then its like inferiortity complex ..I can say that both India and Nepal have been influenicing each other..maybe more on our side...but after all said and done, Indians still stick to their roots..still listen to their "MUSIC" and still talk loudly in obnoxious hindi lang..meaning they are proud of what they are...and on our side..we still need to do some work. adios