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Item BelBibaha: Celebration of Female Identity in Newari Culture(Department of English, 2019) Shrestha, LunaThis research analyses the rituals of BelBibaha of Newari community. There are lots of rituals followed by Newari people among them BelBibahais such a ritual which empowers women, free them from the so called notion widowhood of the society. It is a ritual which accept s the female identity and her existence. This ritual teaches people to value females.Though the women of third world countries are subjugated institutionally, some rituals in Newari culture which support females to establish their own identity as well as help them to make safe position in the society. BelBibahain Newari culture is such ritual which is symbolic of the celebration of cultural self of the Newari people. It is analyzed with theoretical ideas of Victor Turner, Elizabeth Bell's symbolic and ritual theory. It is very old tradition but also it is against the present orthodoxies of widowhood.Item Culture Versus Psychological Ambivalence in Vijaya Malla’s Kumari Shobha(Faculty Arts in English, 2012-07) Kumar Shivakoti, RajanVijaya Malla’s Kumari Shobha is depiction of Newari culture associated with Kumari Pooja. Traditionally a girl of Shakaya caste is selected to be installed in the Kumari House as goddess. She stays at Kumari House until her menstruation. Then she is returned to her home and another virgin girl replaces her. There is a belief that because she has received veneration as a virgin goddess the man who may marry her dies an untimely death. In reality however it seems that most Kumaris do eventually marry. In the story, while Shobha hesitates to marry because of the persistent belief, the young man who loves her does not entertain the belief and he wants to marry her. The conflicting thought in her mind as well as in the minds of other characters dominates the course of the novel. After analyzing the text using psychoanalysis as a tool, the conclusion is drawn that the major character, Shobha, is in great confusion and dilemma primarily because of the psychic fear originating in cultural myth. The thesis finds that because of her being in mentally disturbed position, Shobha can neither assimilate nor ignore cultural belief .The unfounded cultural belief that Kumari would lose her husband if she gets married becomes an unresolved tension for her. The ambivalence here lies in her oscillating between the cultural myth and personal desire.Item NEWARI CULTURE CENTRE(I.O.E. Pulchowk Campus, 2023-04) PHOJU, ABINANewari culture and art center" is envisaged to create a center with a purpose to promote and continue traditional and cultural activities of the area. In the present days, the dynamics of the built environment are very different than those of the past. Too often they lack a sense of continuity and history. To increase the awareness of that past and create a sense of space, it is necessary to recognize, preserve, protect and integrate culture and positive historical elements in advance. This thesis work is highly influenced by historic, social and architectural context of the Newari culture. Programs have been included to promote the traditional creativity and also to serve to visitors and community. The design evolved through proper assimilation with the setting and promoting creativity through the use of present say designs, technology, and materials: these can be seen through the courtyard and street square concept and the skyline is made up of pitched roofs. Newari culture and art center deals with activity related to traditional arts like woodcarving, metal craft, pottery, painting-Paubha and traditional Newari music and dance. In overall, the work is an endeavor to create architecture that will be a contribution to an attempt for 21" century Nepalese architecture, which is rather an elusive goal. It will provide opportunity for the learning and showcasing the local skill and preservation of our traditional art and craft.