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NEW MERIC N D BUNEWA AMERICAN DABU
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Editors note
Newa American Dabu is a non-profit charitable, educational, social, and cultural
organization of people of Newa background in the Chicagoland area and their friends
in the United States and abroad. The objectives of the organization are to preserve
and promote Newa cultural heritage for the benefit of Newa people and Americans
in general and to enhance the understanding between the people of Newa culture
and others for unity, peace and harmony in the world. The organization started
with the name Chicago-Newa in 2010 and was renamed Newa American Dabu toreflect its reach and representation well beyond the Chicago area.
Chicago Newa is the flagship newsletter of Newa American Dabu. This is the
premier issue of Chicago Newa, which is being published once a year and circulated
to hundreds of households and businesses in the Chicagoland area. The newsletter
will also be distributed all over the United States and Nepal.
Newa American Dabu has been blessed with many well-wishers and supporters.
Without their support we could not grow as we did and we would like to thank
them all very much. We would like to thank Honorable Governor Pat Quinn,
Honorable Ambassador Dr. Shankar Prasad Sharma, Honorable Secretary of State
Jessie White, and Honorable Dr. Satya Mohan Joshi for their messages and support
to the Newa American Dabu community. We would like to thank all the writers
who put their valuable time and effort to make the publication of Chicago Newa a
success. Thanks are also due to all the individuals and companies that advertised
on this issue of Chicago Newa. We would also like to thank the advertisement and
article collection committee for a superb job. Thanks are also extended to Uden
Nhusayami for his help with Newa font and Indreni Offset Press for their help in
this publication.
Last but not the least, members of the Executive Committee of Newa American
Dabu stayed engaged and helped a lot in the publication process and we would
like to thank them as well.
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Executive Committee of Newa American Dabu
Dr. Manoranjan N. Dhaubhadel
President
Dr. Junoo K Tuladhar
Vice-president
Shrawan Shrestha
Vice-president
Keshar Man TamrakarSecretary
Kiran Byanjankar
Treasurer
Sushil Joshi
Member
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President's Message: The inception of Dr. Manoranjan N. Dhaubhadel 1
Newa American Dabu and the path forward
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Bahi Dya Byoyegu (Dipankar Buddha) Sasu Laxmi Tuladhar 9
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Critical issues in Newa tradition Dr. Narayan B. Rajbhandari 15
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Newa American Dabu activities in picture 18
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Kumari : The Living Goddess of Nepal Shradha Kamal Tamrakar 25
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The Alphabets of Nepal Dr. Manoranjan N. Dhaubhadel 29
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Buddha and His Teachings Bhikkhu Sangharakshit Sthaveer 35
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Understanding Newa of Nepal Jaya Joshi and Dhruba Raj Joshi 39
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Life Cycle Rituals in Newa Culture Alisha Shrestha 45
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lzsfuf]g]jfMa positive manner when dealing with
other ethnic customs in Nepal.
Newa background is getting
appreciated more and more around the
world because of some very positive
qualities like honesty and integritythat are ingrained in Newa people
because of their cultural upbringing.
Certain Newa cultural celebrations
are designed to make Newa people
unselish and understandable of
their relationship with nature (see
Mha Puja A Unique Newa Tradition
by Dr. Manoranjan N. Dhaubhadel,
NPPA Dabu, 1993). Because of the
intrinsic Newa qualities, some have
even suggested that in order to solveNepals problems today, all one has
to do is to make sure that each of the
principal political parties in Nepal is
headed by a Newa person. The idea
is that with a Newa person at the
helm, the diverse ethnic population
will come together to celebrate the
ethnic diversity rather than try to
incite animosity between people of
different ethnic backgrounds, which
seems to be prevalent in Nepal today.
Newa American Dabu while promoting
Newa culture, will do its best to create
a conducive environment for people of
all ethnic backgrounds to mingle andenjoy Newa events together.
Newa people inherently are very
friendly and tolerant and can easily
mix with people of other ethnic
backgrounds. As such, there should
be no problem for a Newa to prosper in
the big melting pot called the USA. The
richness of Newa culture, however, is
bound to transfuse some of its qualities
into the pot for the better. Also, two
and a half centuries of relentlesssuppression and mistreatment by
the Shah and Rana rulers and their
cronies have turned Newa people
very sensitive and protective of their
culture. The resilience of Newa culture
is exceptional and some Newa values
are bound to be carried over to the
general American culture, thereby
enriching it.
Newa American Dabu will strive
to bring together Chicago area people
with different ethnic backgrounds from
Nepal and American friends of Newa
in general. The organization will do
its best to have a very cooperative andmutually beneicial relationship with
other non-proit cultural organizations
in the area. The prime objective of
Newa American Dabu to preserve and
promote Newa culture will be adhered
to at all times. All workings of the
organization are to be in accordance
with the federal and state laws of the
United States. The governance of the
organization will be transparent to
the general membership. A stage hasbeen set for meaningful celebration
and promotion of Newa culture in
Chicago and beyond. Newa culture
has some amazing treasures to share.
We welcome all our Newa Americans
and friends of Newa to join us and
participate in the benevolent cause
undertaken by Newa American
Dabu.
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started chanting in Newa & Sanskrit and
we followed whatever he told us to do.
We were thrilled to feel so special when
Japani Baje handed us a bel representing
our husband. We had to make three fullcircles around the re like a real adult
wedding we have seen in the videos &
we felt ofcially married. Our grandma
& ninis (phupus) guided us in performing
the rituals during this entire ceremony.
The worst part of this ceremony fell on
our eyes which became teary due not
leaving our maternal home (maitighar)
but due to suffocating smoke from the
burning incense & poor ventilation in
a cramped room. We were also very
hungry because we werent allowed toeat until we were done with the puja. It
was a two days ceremony. We felt very
special & fortunate that an auspicious
ceremony dedicated to ensure our eternal
happiness & wellbeing was being done.
Afterwards, we also had a grand party
and feast (Bhoe) at a hotel and the fun
part was we received a lot of gifts.
During our stay in Kathmandu &
Patan, we went to see lots of Newa
temples and palaces with carvings
of gods & goddesses. We liked our
ancestral Maru Joshi house in the heart
of Basantapur Kathmandu Durbar
Square & also those in Patan Dhoka
and Patan Durbar Square. We came
to know from our grandfather that the
Maru Joshi families were responsible
for preservation of Kathmandu Durbar
Square & our Joshi ancestors were (and
Joshi families still are) the priests in the
famed Taleju temple. Our late maternal
great grandfather Mr. Gopal Das Baidya
used to work at Basantpur Durbar. It is
remarkable to nd out that we could have
had a view of the Indra Jatra Ceremony
from our grandfather's bedroom. We
would like to go there to see Indra Jatra
at least once in our lifetime. We enjoyed
going to lots of Newa shops selling
beautiful artifacts and wood carvings.
The sights and sounds and smell of
farmers market at Ason were awesome.
It was really funny to see sacred cows
roaming around the streets in busy trafc
and among crowds. We saw all sorts
of animals in the streets from smelly
goats to hens and ducks, all roaming
the busy streets with crowds of people.The living Goddess KUMARI was so
amazing. The famous Krishna Mandir in
Patan is a short walk to Rheas maternal
grandfathers house. We were amazed to
see so many temples still around the now
modern concrete houses. No wonder,
Kathmandu is known to the world as the
city of temples & festivals.
Apart from celebrating major Nepali
festivals like Dashain, Tihar & American
festivals like Christmas/Halloween, we
are also fortunate here in Illinois andespecially Chicago to enjoy our unique
Newa feast & festivals. It seems every
other month, something is happening. In
2009, we celebrated rst in Chicago group
Ghyachaku Sanhlu (Maghe Sankranti)
festival with Newa Jho Bhoe. We even
got opportunity to taste Chaku, Hamo
Laddu & Paun Kwa imported straight
from Nepal. Our grandpa Mr. Nutan
Raj Shrestha (Rheas) got opportunity
to bless all the participating Newa
people in this event. We like the Newa
New Year celebration most. In 2010,
we were part of kids fashion show. We
dressed up in Haku Patashi with all those
dazzling ornaments. We feel excited for
the upcoming 2011 Newa New Year
celebration. We are also looking forward
for the next big event: Bratabandha (baldshaving ceremony) of our brother, Rohit
& our cousin Kavyas Ihin.
Our grandparents/parents also try to
communicate with us in both Nepali and
Newa languages. This has helped us to
somewhat comprehend & spur interest
to learn our native tongues. We were
somewhat able to communicate with
other family members back in Nepal in
our native languages.
All these have indeed been great
experiences for all of us. This haswidened our belief & perception. We
feel blessed that our grandparents/parents
are faithfully passing signicance of our
cultural heritage to us. Even if we reside
in USA, we like our rich cultural heritage
& it is of utmost importance to keep our
culture alive & vibrant. We should not
hesitate to share this cultural heritage
of ours to others with pride & dignity.
We feel it is our duty to learn, preserve
& continue to celebrate our cultures
and traditions and pass it on for future
generations to come.
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The Dipankar Buddha, Buddha of
the past is also known as Bahi
Dya. Dipankar means dipa or
lamp because a lamp shined when he
was born. Dipankar was alive around
563 to 463 BC.
Each year during Gunla festival,
there is an event called Bahi Dya
Bwoyegu (Bahi Dya showings). Gunla
starts on the tenth month of the Newacalendar (around August). The Bahi
Dyas are all displayed in each Newa
baha. My Newa community is the
Nyata Tuladhar group. The Nyata
Gunla bahajo go to all the bahas that
are showing Bahi Dyas on Saparu
(Gaijatra). The walk is about ifteen
miles long, when going to each baha.
They play a certain song in each baha.
Some are long and some are short.
Newa artisans are the ones that
make the Bahi Dya. It is made of copper
that is painted with gold and decorated
with stones. Most of the statues are
standing, with the right had facing
front and the left hand also facing
front but upsidedown. The Bahi Dyas
are displayed in bahas with two other
gods on the sides known as Ghaan
Dyas. There is a manuscript written
in silver and gold ink available at
Itumbaha which provides more details.
The manuscript is about Buddhas
teachings.
Bahi Dya Bwoyegu is an event
that lasts seven days during Gunla.
The living goddess Kumari also goes
to each baha to see the Bahi Dyas.
Each Newa community associated
with their Gunla bahajos go to each
baha to see the Dya. Each baha has a
different version of the Bahi Dya. Newafamilies in various communities also
display Bahi Dyas in their houses.
Bahi Dya Byoyegu(Dipankar Buddha)
Sasu Laxmi Tuladhar
Nyata Gunla Bahajo playing in the Sabal baha
Bahi Dyas in Itumbaha
A manuscript of Buddhas teachings written in gold and silver, in Itumbaha.
There is a manuscript
written in silver and
gold ink available at
Itumbaha which provides
more details. The
manuscript is about
Buddhas teachings.
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lzsfuf]g]jfMNepal visits to worship the Goddess to
receive blessing and advice to protect
the country and its people. There
are several legends that tell how the
king began relationship with the
Goddess Kumari. Most of the legends,however, tell of King Jayaprakash Malla
(12th17th century). According to the
most popular legend, a red serpent
approached the king's meeting room
late one night as he played tripasa, a
dice game, with the goddess Taleju.
The goddess came along every night to
play the game with the condition that
the king refrain from telling anyone
about their meetings for the beneit
of people and country. But one night
the king's wife followed him to his
chamber in order to ind out who the
king was meeting so often. The king's
wife saw Taleju. The goddess was not
pleased with her exposure. She then
warned the king that if he wanted to
have her again to protect his country,
he would have to search her among
the Shakya (a Newa) family, where
she would be incarnated as a virgin
girl with a horoscope that would be
complementary to the king's. Sincethen, the Hindu king seeks the blessing
of Goddess Kumari at the festival of
Indra Jatra every year.
The chariot procession ofMachhendranath, a Hindu and Buddhist
God, is the biggest event in Patan, Nepal
and is observed for six weeks before
the monsoon season starts. At the end
of the festival, the Hindu king pays
visit to Machhindranath to worship
the God for preventing drought in his
country. Afterwards, he witnesses theGods bhoto (a velvet vest embroidered
with jewels) with Nepalese people.
Historically, it is believed that the bhoto
was rewarded to a Baidya (herbal
physician) by Karkot Naga (king of
serpents) for curing the eye ailment of
his beloved Queen. But the Baidya lost
the bhoto while working in his ield. A
year later when he went to attend the
Machhindranath festival at Jawalakhel,
Patan, he saw a giant wearing his vest.
The farmer then started a ight with the
giant. No one could win the ight. The
ighting case went to the king for a inal
settlement. The king also could notmake a decision; and lastly he decided
to offer it to Lord Machhindranath in
the midst of a huge gathering of local
people for safe keeping until someone
claimed it with evidence. Since then
the bhoto is displayed every year to
Nepalese people in presence of the king
on the last day of the chariot procession
in Patan.
K h a d g a s i d d h i f e s t i v a l(empowerment of the sword) is
observed once in every 12 years
in Kathmandu during Dasain
(September-October). The exchange
of sword between the king and the God
Bhairava takes place during the early
hours of the Vijayadashami in front
of the Kashthamandapa. It is a three
storied temple situated in Maru tole of
Kathmandu. It is one of the largest and
most noted pagodas of Nepal. The kings
sword or mula-khadga is brought by
the head of the palaces administrativeaffairs to the Kashthamandapa and
handed over to a particular person of
Buddhist cast Malakar, who performs
the main Bhirava dance during the
festival. Upon the arrival of the king,
the Malakar starts dancing along
with brandishing the royal sword and
making it understood through his
gestures that he is conferring upon it
a very special power. He then stands up
on the Bhuteshvara stone to handover
the royal sword to the king. Thisexchange of sword between the king
and the Bhairava dancer is repeated
three times with a very potent music
played by the Malakars. Thereafter it
is believed that the Nepali people and
the kingdom are under a very special
protection.
Samayak pooja is observedduring winter season once in every
5 years in Patan and Kathmandu.
This is a Buddhist ceremony, also
known as Illhane Samayak, when
one hundred Buddhists sculptures
are displayed in Nagbahal, Patan.
Tanbahal bashundahra Devi, JattadhariLokeshwore, Deepankar, Aarya Tara,
Dharma Kirti are few to be named.
During this pooja the Hindu king is
involved once in every 50 years. The
last event was celebrated on January
2002 at Swayambhunath temple in
Kathmandu. During this event, the
Devout Buddhist sprinkles water on
the king and washes his feet as he is
the incarnation of Buddha, thereby
praying for world peace and comfort
for all living beings. In addition, it also
seeks the liberation of the living beings
from misery to enlightenment.
Secondly, no permissible rules and
regulations have yet been justiied to
address who shall lead the above kings
roles in the Newa traditions in coming
years. Currently, it seems President,
Dr. Ram Baran Yadav, is leading the
roles as the head of the State. However,
there are still some rumors within the
community on what would happen to
the traditions if the future president
disagrees to pursue the kings roles.
In reality, besides Hinduism and
Buddhism there are several religious
groups in Nepal such as Muslim and
Christian. In a democratic practice
every citizen has a right to be President
of Nepal. Therefore, it is logical to raise
a question - if a Nepali citizen from
different religious group is elected to be
President of Nepal, will he or she accept
the Hindu traditions? If no, should westop practicing the traditions? This is
indeed a vital question. Therefore, it
is very urgent for all Newa to think
critically now and igure out possible
and permanent solution for a continuity
of Newa traditions for good. Otherwise,
the traditions are in danger of being
vanished.
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