Cultural Post #1 - Newar
For my first cultural post, I wanted to focus on a smaller group of Nepali people that both my parents are part of. Culturally and historically, the history of the Newar people has been intertwined with that of Nepal.
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Read more…One of the main things I miss after moving to the United States from Nepal is the time of the year of festivals. One of the main festivals and my favorite festival is called Tihar, or the festival of light. Tihar, also referred to as Deepawali, is a
Read more…The COVID-19 pandemic has made communication and mask wearing a challenge for those members of the deaf and hard of hearing (hoh) community. Many of these people rely on lip reading and hearing aids to help them communicate but due to mask mandates a
Read more…Attached below is my cultural presentation on Malaysian Music that I have also shared with you on the Panopto platform.
Read more…When I try to write in Korean, I notice that I do not know what to use when there are two different particles. So I raise this question and my language partner decides to spend two weeks helping me solving this problem.
We first start with the subjec
Read more…In the first week of class, I reviewed some vocabulary words which were mainly used in school. It was actually really important to learn these words because these words were pretty common to use in school. I also practiced how to type these Korean vo
Read more…The conversation about mental health is a difficult one, especially in Asian countries. South Korea has been known to struggle with overwhelmingly high rates of suicide due to its highly competitive culture in its many domains—i.e., education and car
Read more…Street food in Korea has always brought great interest to non-Koreans with Myeongdong District attracting many tourists from all over the world to try Korea’s best street food. Just a couple years ago, Korean corn dogs were the hottest new food to tr
Read more…I have watched a lot of korean drama this semester. But my favorite one must be True Beauty (여신강림 The Advent of a Goddess) which is a South Korean television series starring Moon Ga-young, Cha Eun-woo, Hwang In-youp, and Park Yoo-na. Based on the Lin
Read more…This past week and the next week I wanted to dive heavily into practicing and continuing that practice during the week. IN our meetings for this past week, we did not know what to focus on and Keshav suggested that I send snippets of my writing and a
Read more…I couldn't access the Panopto link for the Spring 2021, so I've uploaded on here instead! Enjoy!
Read more…To start of my week, I sat down and reflected on what I currently know at the beginning of the course and what I think I can start to build upon as an introductory. My main realization and something that I want to work on kind of modifying is how dif
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