KUL PUJA CLIPS

 

 

NEPALI CULTURE

In most of the literature or article I have found, where it’s mentioned that BRAMANS are either Buddhist or Hindu. Hindu you can say, looking at the present culture we are following but we were never always Hindu or Buddhist. My personal perception perception is that BRAMANS are actually Nature worshippers.

First of all most of the BRAMANS doesnt even know BRAMAN language, what can we expect from them. One of our most celebrated festival thats Kulayan Pooja we worship our ansastors. I am sure this is actually the BRAMANS real festival, before dasian and tihar brought by Khas people. In every BRAMAN village there are different devtas worshipped by them.

Human beings take themselves superior for having the capacity of development of culture to their environment for survival. From the beginning of civilization, people prepared, accumulated the knowledge and preserved it as a form of culture. Culture is the body of thought and knowledge both theoretical and practical, which only man can possess. It is the sum total of achievements which develops traits by traits. Among them kulpuja ritual is one of the central traits. In this paper, I explore why rituals like kulpuja are celebrated and what relation they have with the behavior of the indigenous people—the BRAMANS of Langaun of Baglung district, western Nepal. The research was carried out by using descriptive and explanatory research design. Participant observation, group discussion and key informant interview were carried out to collect the primary data. The BRAMANS are rich in their ritual activities; among them kulpuja is the most important one. Like other castes and many ethnic groups of the world, the BRAMANS of Langaun. They believe on supreme power which is able for the termination of the evil eyes as well as other obstacles and illness by the happiness of their ancestral god. The offering of a live heart is a unique feature which is carried out emotionally. The rate of generation gap is clearly seen between the members of BRAMANS. The elders are worried about the increasing rate of dependency in their offspring and feel how the children are able to survive within their environment. The importance of this ritual bind among the members of the community is deteriorating continuously in the name of modernization in younger members of the community.