Talk:Newa people

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I have a belief that the first paragraph is not clear whether Newar is a liguistic, ethnic, or ethnolinguistic group. All of you who agree raise your hands, please. [Please stay silent if uncertain and donot feed the trolls.] Kushal one 18:27, 19 April 2006 (UTC) In the context of the statement Re: Newark (riot) it is a city in the state of New Jersey

[edit] Newar food - how is it different from what Bahuns and Chhetris eat?

I think it's not the same thing, but it is difficult to see this in the article which mentions foods and spices that many different ethnic groups use. I never lived in a Newar community, but I think they eat a lot of buffalo meat, which Bahuns and Chhetris avoid. Also beaten rice ("Chyura"). 76.80.9.100 09:31, 30 April 2007 (UTC)

Its not just Buffalo meat. The Baji has different varieties out of which Chyura or Simple Baji is just one. There are different varieties of wines (thwon, aila), sweets (anarsha, laakhaamari, nimki, roth, maalpa, gwaaraamari), delicacies (chatamari, baaraa), meat items(chhwelaa, kachilaa, haku chhwelaa etc) and many more. Quite interestingly, from my side of the world, how is it same to what the bahuns and chhetris eat? They are very different lest you take them down to the level of amino acid, glycogen and fatty acids!--Eukesh 13:19, 15 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Many readers won't understand that Nepal Bhasa and Nepali are very different!

Can this difference please be clarified?

Also I think Newar culture subverts strict Hinduism in many ways: eating "Chyura" to avoid caste issues when eating, the ceremony where girls are married to a tree, which gets around the Hindu notion that women should only marry once and should be burnt along with their husband! 76.80.9.100 09:37, 30 April 2007 (UTC)

• Well, thats why we have an encyclopedia, to enlighten people in such subtle differences. Perhaps, they could understand better if you were to speak of Hinduism in a better manner!--Eukesh 19:08, 30 June 2007 (UTC)