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Dear Nepalese Entrepreneur:
Please complete the questionnaire below. The information you provide is used to develop a Business Report of Nepalese Entrepreneurs in North America. Your business information will remain completely private and confidential, and will never be shared with any third-party without your consent.
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Our Mission
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The mission of NPPA is to promote communication and dialogue among dedicated and concerned people in the Americas and Nepal to preserve and promote the cultural heritage, the tradition and the customs of the Newa people of Nepal.
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Welcome to Nepa Pasa Pucha Amerikaye (NPPA)
A Tax Exempt, 501(c) (3) Non-Profit Organization |  |
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IHI Ceremony organized by NPPA |
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Nepa Pasa Pucha Amerikaye (NPPA) is pleased to announce IHI Ceremony that will be held on Satudary, July 14, 2012.
IHI is the most inevitable and ritual ceremony in Newah Society to retreat Newah girl at the age of 5-11 years old. IHI stands for a certain time and age. According to religious and astrological belief, IHI is an act of giving a virgin in marriage, but it is not a physical wedding. The main images at the wedding—provided separately for each girl—are the bya (in Nepali, bel ) which is the fruit of the Bel plant (Aegle marmelos ), and a small gold image (or flat piece of gold with an image engraved on it). The bya represents Siva; the image represents Vishnu/Narayana, also called Subarna Kumar. At the exact astrological time—called out by a Josi—the donor gives his daughter to the god as manifested by pressing her thumb against the golden image. The image is held against the bya representing Siva as the witness to the marriage. This occasion, therefore, popularly known as “IHI” (Belbibah). The principal behind this traditional value is that the girl having been married with human being, should her husband died during their career she is not considered “widowed” because she was married to Lord Subarna Kumar at her pre-pubescent year of age. It is done to prevent widowhood as whole life of newah woman. Thus the “IHI” ritual is the most important ongoing process prevalent in Newha Society. Read more + |
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Dear Nepalese Entrepreneur:
Please complete the questionnaire below. The information you provide is used to develop a Business Report of Nepalese Entrepreneurs in North America. Your business information will remain completely private and confidential, and will never be shared with any third-party without your consent.
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Thank You Note |
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On behalf of Nepa Pasa Pucha Amerikaye (NPPA), the executive committee would like to extend its sincere thanks and gratitude to the following individuals and organizations for their help and support in making the NPPA’s 20th Annual Meeting and Nepal Sambat 1132 NHUGU DHAYA BHINTUNA celebration at Shady Grove Middle School in Gaithersburg, Maryland, a grand success. Here is the list of committee members, performers, panelists, volunteers, sponsors, donors, and dignitaries, who helped us in every possible way to make the day most special event of NPPA history: |
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3RD IHI CEREMONY - PRESS RELEASE |
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May 16, 2011
On Saturday, May 7, 2011, NPPA organized its 3rd IHI ceremony at Hare Krishna Temple in Potomac, Maryland. IHI is the most inevitable and ritual ceremony in Newah Society to retreat Newah girls at the age of 5-11 years old. As a tradition, NPPA organizes IHI program (Bel Bibaha) in every two years interval. Twenty six girls from 8 different states at the age of 5-9 years old participated in this IHI ceremony.
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