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Posted 572 weeks ago
Posted 572 weeks ago
why dont most nepali know nothing about their family history and about their ancestors? i think it's sad that noone here gives a damn about our ancestors except maybe the last two generations I care! But I know what you mean. I don’t know why it’s this way, and even if people care they usually focus on their paternal family line (which is sad but that’s how our society is shaped). Maybe they don’t care? Or maybe they feel like their ancestry wasn’t anything special, so why bother? I’m not sure. I think ancestry is so cool, and to see your family history and where you came from and why some things are the way they are. There are so many conspiracies in the past that some of my ancestors were affected by. The Ranas, famous for screwing over people, bankrupted my widowed great-great-grandmother after the death of her very young husband the GG-grandpa, so my great-grandfather and the rest of the family barely survived as kids on donations that GG-grandma’s birth family gave them. And if they hadn’t survived, I wouldn’t be here today!
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Posted 573 weeks ago
Posted 573 weeks ago
Posted 573 weeks ago
like baje is a very common word in everyday nepali, i hear all kinds of people (non-newars) say baje or as a humiliation "tera baje". are there other originally newari words that are very widespread? We had a conversation about Influence of Tibeto-Burmese languages on Nepali not too long ago here. I think Newari’s influence depends on the person and their relation to the Newari community (sort of). I use some Newari words every now when talking to my mom (I learned them from her side of the family, they all grew up in Newari communities, and some of them can even speak Newari). Phrases like, “dhewa maru” (meaning: no money) or “makhula” which is basically another form of no, “macha” (child), “khicha” (dog), “maka” (monkey), are fairly common. As far as I know, Nepali influences Newari more than the other way around. Perhaps some of my followers know more about this as I don’t know much!
Posted 573 weeks ago
Posted 573 weeks ago
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