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Dec 27, 2011




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Figure: Nepal “Black House pioneer” of the girl at least twice married Results   by hi joiney

In the Kingdom of Nepal’s Kathmandu Valley and west of the area, distribution of Newars (Newars). Newars are currently more than 100 million people. Kingdom of Nepal as one of the most ancient peoples, they have a long history and cultural traditions. From the exterior view, Newars are divided into two types: some people are Indo-European Nepalese, some of the people belong to Sino-Tibetan Newari language.

Two in language and appearance, though there are very different, but they all consider themselves Newari family, and agree with each other, but also recognized by other nations. Now Newars in Nepal’s political and economic life plays an important role. Royal family, government, military and other important sectors of many officials came to this nation. They have quite a group of people with secondary and higher education, not only with

Operate And management skills, but also high literary and artistic accomplishment. In faith, the overwhelming majority of people believe in Newari Buddhism and Hinduism, they believe the two religions are interlinked.

Newars marriage customs have distinctive features. There are Duoniwaer family woman at least twice in a lifetime wedding. The first wedding at age 89 in girls before menarche is held. The wedding is called "fruit marriage" is completely symbolic ceremony, there is no substantive content. That the parents have to find a fruit for the girls as a groom to groom the girls to marry Fengyun fruit.

This fruit is called "Bell" (bel) of green nuts. It is said to represent the men

Health Longevity and emotional specificity. Although married with a Fruit, but the wedding ceremony is a formal wedding, as strict as fragmented grand. The wedding is completed, parents to the groom Bell received a red cloth wrapped well, the girls also returned to her old days of childish life. The main purpose of the organization of the wedding is to make the next girl’s real life marriage to good luck.

Now, not all Newars girls for their families at this ceremony. However, all the fruits of marriage held instrument for girls, must be to hold a "Cave" ceremony, the ceremony held at the time when menarche in girls. Then, to a girl locked in a room without light, usually upstairs.

In this dark room, the girls have to stay 11 days, eating from the elderly home

Female Transmission, may not allow outsiders to see, in particular, men can not be seen. To 12 days, girls must be up before the sun rises, first bath, and then rubbing ointment, and then blindfolded and taken to the roof of the platform. At this time the sun rising, the girl’s eye began to worship the sun to be solved. This is actually a cleansing ceremonies. After the purification of a pioneer in the black house, she becomes a grown woman, can meet the formal wedding.

Engagement until a formal wedding ceremony. The two sides through the media about the words, parents set the order of marriage, then the implementation of intimate ritual, that is, the man put on 10 betel nuts, 1 box powder, 2 sets of new clothes sent to the woman as a gift the house. In both ceremonies, the man began to select auspicious days at home, planning a wedding. Formal wedding generally have several steps: First, put on by the groom’s brother, a team of people to meet the bride, not his brother Zeyi friends place.

Second, when the bride to her husband’s family in front of the feet at the door before the ceremony, the bride by the mother for the feet, that begin a new journey of life; the same time giving the bride a pair of silver leg and hand as she was wearing on that dear. Then the key to the bride’s new house that accepted, when the door of the bride to enter her husband’s family. Entering the house, the bride and groom sit together, surrounded by friends and relatives, the bride and groom worship the gods, then the middle point of each other in each other’s forehead auspicious points, share a plate dinner, and guests received blessings be considered the end of the wedding.

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