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In Nepal, there are parallel to the two religions - Buddhism and Hinduism. Buddhist temple - stupa, with a round shape resembling a phallic symbol (Swayambhunath, included in UNESCOs list of "World Cultural Heritage). Before you go to the stupa, we should triple it around and twist the rotating metal cylinders, repeating one and the tighter the phrase" Om mani bende hum. "That same spell sounds continuously, from morning till night, under the lingering monotonous melody. Inside the stupa sculpture of Buddha. Uncut shaven Buddhist monks wrapped from head to toe in cloth maroon color.

Hindu temples - tiered pagoda. In thousands of Hindu gods. Supreme God - Brahma, personifying the One, once created the entire universe. The basic idea - reincarnation (incarnation), and with each subsequent birth of a transition to a higher stage of development. Also Brahma (the creator of the world) are also the major gods Vishnu (the keeper of the world) and Shiva (the destroyer of the world). Each god has several forms (good and frightening). Goddess Parvati - wife of Lord Shiva and Goddess Lakshmi - the wife of Vishnu. Krishna and Rama - is a guise of Lord Vishnu. All the gods have a human face. Recognize sculptures of gods can be in its attributes and their accompanying figures of animals . For example, next to Shiva can see a statue of a bull, Vishnu can be found on located near poluptitse-polucheloveke Garuda, a constant companion of Brahma - the goose.

The most revered god in the Kathmandu Valley is considered to be Ganesha - The Elephant Man. It brings health, luck, prosperity. And what else does a man need?

Traditional for Nepal is zhertvoprinoshenie0EFrilyudno squares hammered on Saturdays28days off, when Nepalis are going to pray in the temples), domestic animals - goats, roosters. The corpses of people must burn on the river bank, and perform certain ritual. The body burns a few hours, while one can see a hand, then foot. The spectacle is not a pleasant one. Then he built a crematorium in the Kathmandu, but he almost never used because the traditional way of the people is more stable. But this leads to an environmental problem, since the burning of a corpse consumes 40 cubic meters of firewood. For this purpose, cut down many forests and trees in the mountains and so little.