AMAZING Facts about Nepal
Nepal is one of those countries that everybody's heard of .But no one knows enough about even its very name sounds exotic and people like hearing about it.But exactly how much do you actually know about this country?? here are some amazing facts about Nepal stay tuned .
Unique flag
Nepal is an amazing country in so many ways but we'll kick off our list with the flag of Nepal.Now technically speaking every country's flag is unique. However Nepal wins the uniqueness award because of its shape it's the only non quadrilateral flag in the world it's basically like to join triangles with the bottom triangle having its top cut off. The flag of Nepal was accepted on December 16th 1962 and to this day it has remained one of the most recognizable symbols of this country and just like most of the national flags around the world it's also full of symbolism.The blue color on the border symbolizes national unity of the country while the crimson red stands for the courage of the Nepali people.In general the Sun and the moon are there to symbolize bravery and peacefulness these two are also there to say how Nepal will exist as long as the Sun and the moon exist.
WEED CAPITAL
Nicknamed the weed capital,if you want to do enjoy cannabis today in Nepal that wouldn't possible well at least not.Legally marijuana has been illegal in Nepal for more than 45 years being officially banned in 1973.That year all the cannabis shops and farms had their licenses cancelled and the dealers were banned from conducting their activities.The reason for the popularity of marijuana in Nepal was the so-called hippie trail it was a route from Europe all the way to the Far East it was extremely popular in the 1960s,with the birth of counterculture many young people flocked to Asian countries in pursuit of adventure many of the roads led through Nepal and the cannabis economy flourished it was so massive that you could literally buy the stuff everywhere but once the government saw what they considered to be the disruptive power of the drug economy it put it all to an end.Nowadays it is legal to smoke hashish but only during the Hindu festival of Maha Shivratri.
Languages
Languages of Nepal when it comes to languages.Nepal really has a lot to offer many people don't know this but Nepal has more than 100 local languages,in fact the exact number is 123.However not all of these languages are official languages of the country it would be absolutely crazy if that were the case the official language of Nepal is Nepali which was known in the past as cascara or Gorkhali.This language is actually a descendant of the ancient Sanskrit language and it now serves basically as the lingua franca of the whole region of Nepal.It's spoken by around 17 million people the second-largest language in Nepal is maithili and it's also one of the largest languages spoken in India in Nepal around 10% of the people speak Maithili.But this is just the tip of the iceberg we also have to mention Bhojpuri,Thary and Tamang all of which have over 1 million speakers.But also Bajjika, Magar, Doteli and Urdu with over a half a million speakers.Each if we add to these over 100 smaller languages it's clear how Nepal is considered the linguistic gem of the world .
Living goddess
The only living goddess Kumari,the word Kumari comes from the Sanskrit language and it could be translated as princess in Nepal.Kumari is a prepubescent female who was selected from a specific group the Newari community.In the Shakti castle this is the tradition of worshipping a divine female energy resting in the girl's body.To qualify to be chosen the girl has to be in perfect health has never been sick,she must possess all of her teeth and she must be a prepubescent virgin but these qualifications are just to pass round one after round.One things get even tougher the next round includes looking for signs of divinity in a girl such as the eyelashes of a cow or the thighs of a deer.To name just a few the goddesses hair must be black finally when a girl has chosen to assume the energy of the goddess.There comes the final test she must been a knight in a ritual room that's filled with the heads of many slaughtered animals but she cannot show any sign of fear the girl will remain the reincarnation of the goddess until she gets her first period because at that moment it is assumed that the divine energy left her body
