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MOTHER & CHILDREN IN REMOTE MUGU DISTRICT OF NEPAL

 

One of the most isolated and impoverished areas of Nepal, life expectancy in Mugu district is below 40 years, compared to 70 in the capital Kathmandu.

 

One of the most isolated and impoverished areas of Nepal, life expectancy in Mugu District is below 40 years, compared to 70 in the capital Kathmandu. Photo: Peter Biro/The IRC - International Rescue Committee.

http://blog.theirc.org/2008/04/30/%e2%80%9ctoo-much-suffering-in-nepal%e2%80%99s-remotest-area/

 

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http://nefin.org.np/content/view/24/40/

 

The indigenous Mugalis are from the Mugu Karan area of the Mugu District of Karnali Zone.

 

The Mugalis use the Tibetan script. Women giving birth to a child undergo purification nine days after birth. The purification involves inviting relatives for festivities known as Tamledelasang. The festivity, however, occurs only for the first born child. The child is given a name by the Lama three or four days after its birth. When the child becomes seven or eight years old, those from the boy's side take alcohol and cloth (Khada) and go to the girl's house to make arrangements for marriage. They formally tell their clan name and ask for the hand of the girl. If the girl's party accepts, relatives have to be feasted twice. In marriages undertaken after consulting the Lama for the auspicious occasion, the groom goes with his relatives in a procession to bring the bride. The bride is brought to the groom's house where the formalities related to the marriage are completed. The Mugali practise arranged marriage, marriage by capture as well as jari marriage (ie running away with another's wife and marrying her after paying fine to her former husband). The Mugali also practise polyandry. They celebrate the Lhosar festival. The men wear a dress known as Mokchi (Toji) Dhurmo Syaube. The married wear a cloth called Tha. Women wear Jhyarm and Kangje, that is bakkhu and docha. The colourful cloth wrapped below the waist by women is called Pangden and Kegu.

 

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