Two more survivors of the devastating earthquake and tsunami double disaster have been rescued today.
It is now nine days since the 9.0 magnitude quake struck off Japan's north-east coast, producing a tsunami and unleashing a nuclear crisis at Fukushima power plant.
But astonishing stories of survival are still emerging, with an 80-year-old woman and a teenage boy rescued from the wreckage of a house the latest story of hope.
The 16-year-old was found on the roof of his house in the city of Ishinomaki calling out for help. He led rescuers inside where they found the elderly woman.
The pair are described as weak but conscious. They were airlifted to a nearby hospital by helicopter.
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nepal
Nepal is a landlocked country. It is located in South Asia and bounded to the north by Republic of China and to the south, east and north by Republic of India. Its area is approximately 137,181 square kilometers and population is approximately 30 million, Nepal is the world’s 93rd largest by land mass and 41st populous country. Kathmandu is its capital city and the country’s largest metropolis.
GEOGRAPHY
Nepal is rich in its geography. It is surrounded by Himalayas. The mountainous north has eight of the world’s tallest mountains, including the highest point on earth, Mt. Everest, also called Sagarmatha in Nepali. It contains more than240 peaks over 20,000 ft above sea level.
Nepal is commonly divided into 3 physiographic areas: the mountains, hills and terai region.
Nepal experiences five seasons: summer, monsoon, autumn, winter and spring. The Himalaya blocks the cold winds froms Central Asia in the winter and forms the northern limit of the monsoon wind patterns. In a land once thickly forested, deforestation is the major problem in all regions, wuth resulting erosion and degradation of ecosystem.
Nepal is popular for mountaineering, containing some the highest and challenging mountains in the world, including Mt. Everest. Technically, the south-east ridge of the nepali side of the mountain is easier to climb, so most of the climbers prefer to trek to Everest through Nepal. Moreover, Nepal has 8 of the 10 highest mountains of the world.
ORIGIN OF WORD NEPAL
The word Nepal is believed to be arrived from the word ‘nepa’ which refers to the newari kingdom, presently Kathmandu valley ( Kathmandu, Bhaktapur and Lalitpur). Literally, ‘nepa’ means ‘newa.’
HISTORY OF NEPAL
In its early period, Nepal was divided into many pieces (states) and each piece was being ruled by different kings. Later, Late king Prithivi Narayan Shah conquered many states or kingdom and unified the country into single Nepal. After his period Shah Dynasty began to rule over Nepal and was continued for the next 13 generation until the whole royal family was masaccared after which Nepal became a Democratic country. Nepal is the only country not ruled by the British government ever.
SUBDIVISION
Nepal is divided into 14 zones and 75 districts, grouped into 5 development regions. Each district is headed by a permanent chief district officer responsible for maintaining law and order
and coordinating the work of the field agencies of the various government ministries. The five regions are: Eastern region, Central region, Western region, Mid-western region and Far western region.
The 14 zones are: Koshi, Mechi, Sagarmatha, bagmati, Janakpur, Narayani, Dhaulagiri, Lumbini, gandaki, Beri, Karnali, Rapti, mahakali and Seti.
RELIGION
Nepal is a hindu country, as most of the population follow Hinduism, although people of different religion live in here, such as Buddhist, Christian, Islam etc. Thus, Nepal is a multi religious country and people here live with peace and hormony respecting each other’s religion and belief.
The overwhelming majority in Nepal follow Hinduism. Shiva is regarded as the guardian geity of the country. Nepal is the home of the famous Lord Shiva temple, the Pashupatinath Temple, where hindus from all over the world come for pilgrimage. Near the Indian border, Lumbini is the the Buddhist pilgrimage site in the Kapilvastu district. Traditionally, it is held to be the birth place of Siddhartha Gautama, who, as the Buddha Gautama, gave birth to the Buddhist tradition. Among other natives of Nepal, those more influenced by Hinduism were the Magar, Sunwas, Limbu and Rai and the Gurkhas. Hindu influence is less promionent among Gurung, Bhutia and Thakali groups who employ Buddhist monk for their religious ceremonies. Most of the festivals in Nepal are Hindu. The Machendra jatra dedicated to Hindu Shiva Siddha is celebrated by many Buddhist in Nepal as a main festival.
Islam is the minority religion in Nepal, with 5-10% of the population being Muslim.
Jainism is another minority religion in Nepal.
LANGUAGE
Nepal’s diverse linguistic heritage evolved from 4 major language groups; Indo Aryan, Tibeto- Burman, Mongolian, and various indigenous language isolates. The major language of Nepal are; mother language, Nepali, Bhojpuri, Tharu, Tamang, Newari, Magar, Awadhi, Rai, Limbu an Bajjika.
Nepali has roots in Sanskrit and is written in Devanagari script. Nepali is the official national language and serves as lingua franca among Nepalese of different groups.
EDUCATION
Nepal is a developing country. It has a male dominated society, thus men are given much more facilities compared to girls. Education is also given a prior importance to the men of the
family rather than girls. About 2/3rd of the female and 1/3rd of the male are illiterate. Though Nepal has several schools, colleges and universities.
LARGE CITIES
There are 10 largest cities by population namely: Kathmandu, Bhaktapur, Patan, Biratnagar, Birgunj, Dharan, Bharatpur, Janakpur, Dhangarhi and Butwol.
CULTURE
Nepal believe in simple living and high thinking. People in Nepal prefer to have rice, dal, tarkari as their regular food, sometimes mixed with pickels, curry, vegetables etc. their demand for food is not too high. Similarly, they prefer to wear simple clothes such as pant and t-shirt for male and again pant and t-shirt and churidaar for female as their daily wear, though national dress is different.
Nepalese people believe we should give respect to others to get respect from others. They respect each others religion, beliefs, traditionas, norms and values and love to leave in peace and mutual understanding, exchanging each other’s household things. They love their junior and respect senior and give full on priority to their words. In most of the homes, their daily activities start with the blessings from god and their elders. Because of this Nepal is known in the whole world for its Peace.
The national food is rice, dal, roti, dhedo, and vegetables. The national dress include daura suruwal and pant for male and chaubandi cholo, sari and churidaar for female.
Nepalese people love music and dance. Interantional music is also very popular in Nepal and Nepalese people love to hear them. Although, we can listen to variety of music in Nepal such as hiphop, rap, metal, rock, pop, sentimental, romantic, comedy etc but the natural music of Nepal is lok songs and lok dohori. The national instruments are tabala and sitar rather than drum-set and guitar.
There are many dances found particularly in nepal such as kumari dance, jhyaure dance, Buddha dance, lakhey dance, Bhairab dance etc., all performed in special occasions.
The national festivals are mainly dashain and tihar, which is celebrated by the majority of the population, irrespective of caste and religion. In Nepalese tradition, there is a belief though that each girl should not marry a boy beyond her caste and religion and vice versa, or they are discriminated from participating in any of the rituals, festivals of the family. But the society is changing rapidly and narrow minds are also being changed slowly, so presently inter-caste marriage are also accepted by the family and the society.
Nepal’s flag in the only flag in the world which is not rectangular in shape. According to its official description, red in the flag stands for victory in the war or courage, and
is also the color of rhododendron, the national flower of Nepal. Red also stands for aggression. The flag’s blue border signifies peace. The curved moon on the flag is the symbol of peaceful and calm nature of Nepalese, while the sun represents the aggressiveness of Nepalese warriors.
TOURISM IN NEPAL
Nepal is a beautiful place. It is full of natural beauties. Ranging from the mountains, hills, terai, rivers, lakes, it holds its own identity. Nepal is also known as Switzerland of Asia. Many beautiful places are present for long term holiday destination such as Pokhara, Manang, Mustang, Chitwan etc. where you can enjoy the natural beauty that soothens your eyes and go for rafting, trekking, water diving, paragliding etc. If you want to view the culture on Nepal and curious to know how people live in here, then the correct spots will be Kathmandu Valley (Kathmandu, Bhaktapur and Patan) and also Lumbini, where you can become familiar with the cultural beauties of Nepal. Several travel agencies are present to help you out know your favourite destination in Nepal. They can provide you with the information regarding the weather condition, hotel, fare rates, holiday destinations, night life, trekking, rafting, transportation. You can get to Nepal directly by flight in International airport. Here, you can move around in busses, taxis, rickshaw, cycles, hire bikes and also domestic flights are always available depending upon the weather condition. Nepal is celebrating its ‘Tourism Year 2011’.
Nepal is a beautiful place to live in and visit around. Here you can see diversity of people living together with peace and love that you’ll find nowhere on earth through which you can learn a lot in life. Here you’ll find peace in mind, heart and soul. But you never know it until you visit it. So we want you to visit our place, live with us and feel a part of us. We want to show how beautifully we are surrounded by nature and earth indeed is really beautiful place to live in. Please do visit us. Thank you very much.
GEOGRAPHY
Nepal is rich in its geography. It is surrounded by Himalayas. The mountainous north has eight of the world’s tallest mountains, including the highest point on earth, Mt. Everest, also called Sagarmatha in Nepali. It contains more than240 peaks over 20,000 ft above sea level.
Nepal is commonly divided into 3 physiographic areas: the mountains, hills and terai region.
Nepal experiences five seasons: summer, monsoon, autumn, winter and spring. The Himalaya blocks the cold winds froms Central Asia in the winter and forms the northern limit of the monsoon wind patterns. In a land once thickly forested, deforestation is the major problem in all regions, wuth resulting erosion and degradation of ecosystem.
Nepal is popular for mountaineering, containing some the highest and challenging mountains in the world, including Mt. Everest. Technically, the south-east ridge of the nepali side of the mountain is easier to climb, so most of the climbers prefer to trek to Everest through Nepal. Moreover, Nepal has 8 of the 10 highest mountains of the world.
ORIGIN OF WORD NEPAL
The word Nepal is believed to be arrived from the word ‘nepa’ which refers to the newari kingdom, presently Kathmandu valley ( Kathmandu, Bhaktapur and Lalitpur). Literally, ‘nepa’ means ‘newa.’
HISTORY OF NEPAL
In its early period, Nepal was divided into many pieces (states) and each piece was being ruled by different kings. Later, Late king Prithivi Narayan Shah conquered many states or kingdom and unified the country into single Nepal. After his period Shah Dynasty began to rule over Nepal and was continued for the next 13 generation until the whole royal family was masaccared after which Nepal became a Democratic country. Nepal is the only country not ruled by the British government ever.
SUBDIVISION
Nepal is divided into 14 zones and 75 districts, grouped into 5 development regions. Each district is headed by a permanent chief district officer responsible for maintaining law and order
and coordinating the work of the field agencies of the various government ministries. The five regions are: Eastern region, Central region, Western region, Mid-western region and Far western region.
The 14 zones are: Koshi, Mechi, Sagarmatha, bagmati, Janakpur, Narayani, Dhaulagiri, Lumbini, gandaki, Beri, Karnali, Rapti, mahakali and Seti.
RELIGION
Nepal is a hindu country, as most of the population follow Hinduism, although people of different religion live in here, such as Buddhist, Christian, Islam etc. Thus, Nepal is a multi religious country and people here live with peace and hormony respecting each other’s religion and belief.
The overwhelming majority in Nepal follow Hinduism. Shiva is regarded as the guardian geity of the country. Nepal is the home of the famous Lord Shiva temple, the Pashupatinath Temple, where hindus from all over the world come for pilgrimage. Near the Indian border, Lumbini is the the Buddhist pilgrimage site in the Kapilvastu district. Traditionally, it is held to be the birth place of Siddhartha Gautama, who, as the Buddha Gautama, gave birth to the Buddhist tradition. Among other natives of Nepal, those more influenced by Hinduism were the Magar, Sunwas, Limbu and Rai and the Gurkhas. Hindu influence is less promionent among Gurung, Bhutia and Thakali groups who employ Buddhist monk for their religious ceremonies. Most of the festivals in Nepal are Hindu. The Machendra jatra dedicated to Hindu Shiva Siddha is celebrated by many Buddhist in Nepal as a main festival.
Islam is the minority religion in Nepal, with 5-10% of the population being Muslim.
Jainism is another minority religion in Nepal.
LANGUAGE
Nepal’s diverse linguistic heritage evolved from 4 major language groups; Indo Aryan, Tibeto- Burman, Mongolian, and various indigenous language isolates. The major language of Nepal are; mother language, Nepali, Bhojpuri, Tharu, Tamang, Newari, Magar, Awadhi, Rai, Limbu an Bajjika.
Nepali has roots in Sanskrit and is written in Devanagari script. Nepali is the official national language and serves as lingua franca among Nepalese of different groups.
EDUCATION
Nepal is a developing country. It has a male dominated society, thus men are given much more facilities compared to girls. Education is also given a prior importance to the men of the
family rather than girls. About 2/3rd of the female and 1/3rd of the male are illiterate. Though Nepal has several schools, colleges and universities.
LARGE CITIES
There are 10 largest cities by population namely: Kathmandu, Bhaktapur, Patan, Biratnagar, Birgunj, Dharan, Bharatpur, Janakpur, Dhangarhi and Butwol.
CULTURE
Nepal believe in simple living and high thinking. People in Nepal prefer to have rice, dal, tarkari as their regular food, sometimes mixed with pickels, curry, vegetables etc. their demand for food is not too high. Similarly, they prefer to wear simple clothes such as pant and t-shirt for male and again pant and t-shirt and churidaar for female as their daily wear, though national dress is different.
Nepalese people believe we should give respect to others to get respect from others. They respect each others religion, beliefs, traditionas, norms and values and love to leave in peace and mutual understanding, exchanging each other’s household things. They love their junior and respect senior and give full on priority to their words. In most of the homes, their daily activities start with the blessings from god and their elders. Because of this Nepal is known in the whole world for its Peace.
The national food is rice, dal, roti, dhedo, and vegetables. The national dress include daura suruwal and pant for male and chaubandi cholo, sari and churidaar for female.
Nepalese people love music and dance. Interantional music is also very popular in Nepal and Nepalese people love to hear them. Although, we can listen to variety of music in Nepal such as hiphop, rap, metal, rock, pop, sentimental, romantic, comedy etc but the natural music of Nepal is lok songs and lok dohori. The national instruments are tabala and sitar rather than drum-set and guitar.
There are many dances found particularly in nepal such as kumari dance, jhyaure dance, Buddha dance, lakhey dance, Bhairab dance etc., all performed in special occasions.
The national festivals are mainly dashain and tihar, which is celebrated by the majority of the population, irrespective of caste and religion. In Nepalese tradition, there is a belief though that each girl should not marry a boy beyond her caste and religion and vice versa, or they are discriminated from participating in any of the rituals, festivals of the family. But the society is changing rapidly and narrow minds are also being changed slowly, so presently inter-caste marriage are also accepted by the family and the society.
Nepal’s flag in the only flag in the world which is not rectangular in shape. According to its official description, red in the flag stands for victory in the war or courage, and
is also the color of rhododendron, the national flower of Nepal. Red also stands for aggression. The flag’s blue border signifies peace. The curved moon on the flag is the symbol of peaceful and calm nature of Nepalese, while the sun represents the aggressiveness of Nepalese warriors.
TOURISM IN NEPAL
Nepal is a beautiful place. It is full of natural beauties. Ranging from the mountains, hills, terai, rivers, lakes, it holds its own identity. Nepal is also known as Switzerland of Asia. Many beautiful places are present for long term holiday destination such as Pokhara, Manang, Mustang, Chitwan etc. where you can enjoy the natural beauty that soothens your eyes and go for rafting, trekking, water diving, paragliding etc. If you want to view the culture on Nepal and curious to know how people live in here, then the correct spots will be Kathmandu Valley (Kathmandu, Bhaktapur and Patan) and also Lumbini, where you can become familiar with the cultural beauties of Nepal. Several travel agencies are present to help you out know your favourite destination in Nepal. They can provide you with the information regarding the weather condition, hotel, fare rates, holiday destinations, night life, trekking, rafting, transportation. You can get to Nepal directly by flight in International airport. Here, you can move around in busses, taxis, rickshaw, cycles, hire bikes and also domestic flights are always available depending upon the weather condition. Nepal is celebrating its ‘Tourism Year 2011’.
Nepal is a beautiful place to live in and visit around. Here you can see diversity of people living together with peace and love that you’ll find nowhere on earth through which you can learn a lot in life. Here you’ll find peace in mind, heart and soul. But you never know it until you visit it. So we want you to visit our place, live with us and feel a part of us. We want to show how beautifully we are surrounded by nature and earth indeed is really beautiful place to live in. Please do visit us. Thank you very much.
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