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Title: Culture Shock!: Nepal by Jon Burbank ISBN: 1-55868-076-4 Publisher: Graphic Arts Center Publishing Co. Pub. Date: February, 1992 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $13.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 3 (2 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: This book may answer some of your questions about Nepal
Comment: If you've visited Nepal but are left with more questions than answers, or if you plan to work or live in the country, this is a good book to read. The first 100 pages are a somewhat dry description of the many Nepali tribes and castes, their traditions, differences, and origins.
The next chapter "The Nepali life cycle", is fun to read, and enlightening, also in what concerns the status and life style of Nepali women. Take the following example: Hindu tradition poses high responsability on fathers to watch over their daughters; to sidestep this burden, the Newar people invented a trick. Surprising as it is, by marrying their daughters at the age of seven to the god Vishnu, and thus reducing any subsequent marriage to the status of "secondary marriage", there is no shame for the family if the daughter is not "pure" before marriage, and also divorce is possible for her. Also aspects of schooling and courtship are discussed.
The chapters are "Dealing with Nepalis" and "Close encounters", reflect the author's experience with handling projects in Nepal and may be very useful if you wish to set up a project in Nepal and to keep it running smoothly.
Rating: 2
Summary: a manual with no soul...
Comment: Dry information: a description of Nepali's and their customs written as if they were apples, oranges and pears. Not completely uninteresting, but I will certainly suppliment this book with others
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Title: Arresting God in Kathmandu by Samrat Upadhyay ISBN: 0618043713 Publisher: Mariner Books Pub. Date: 02 August, 2001 List Price(USD): $12.00 |
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Title: The Simple Guide to Nepal: Customs & Etiquette (Simple Guides. Customs and Etiquette) by Sunil Kumar Jha, Arene Sanderson, Irene Sanderson ISBN: 1860340954 Publisher: Paul Norbury Pub. Date: June, 1998 List Price(USD): $8.95 |
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Title: Travelers' Tales Nepal (Travelers' Tales Guides) by Rajendra Khadka, Raj B. Khadka ISBN: 1885211147 Publisher: Travelers' Tales Inc Pub. Date: October, 1997 List Price(USD): $17.95 |
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Title: The Rough Guide to Nepal by David Reed, James McConnachie, Peter Knowles, Peter Stewart ISBN: 1858288991 Publisher: Rough Guides Pub. Date: 24 October, 2002 List Price(USD): $21.95 |
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Title: The Nepal Cookbook by Association of Nebalis in America, Palden Choedak Oshoe, Association of Nepalis in the Americas ISBN: 1559390603 Publisher: Snow Lion Pubns Pub. Date: June, 1996 List Price(USD): $10.95 |
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