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LESSON UNITY IN DIVERSITY
2 Objectives : After the completion of this lesson, students will be able to:

list the languages and customs practice in their district.
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describe the languages and customs practice in their district.
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Kelsang Sherpa lives in Kalimati area of Kathmandu. His best friend,

Prajwal Jha has Chhath Puja at his home today. Kelsang and his
other friends Hari Gurung, Bikash Rokkya, Lata Poudel are invited

to his house. They are going together to celebrate Chhath Puja with
Prajwal’s family.

Sabin Shrestha lives in Janakpur.
He belongs to the newar

community. His friends belong

to other ethnic communities
like Gurung, Magar, Chhetri,
Brahmin, Tharu, Dhimal,

Chepang etc. They all have

their own languages, festivals,
folk songs, dance, food and
costumes. Such differences never stopped them from being good

friends and neighbours. Instead the variety in their culture and

traditions brought them more closer. They all celebrate each other’s
festivals with same enthusiasm as they celebrate theirs. This also
helps them understand each other’s culture and tradition, and

develop a mutual understanding and respect for each other.

People of Nepal belong to different ethnic and religious groups.

We all live here together in harmony. Just like a garden that looks

beautiful with many different varieties of flowers so does Nepal with
people of different castes, languages, costumes and religion.

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