“Have you eaten rice yet?” is the most common greeting in Nepal. Food is a huge part of the culture. Ironically, today is the day when women abstain from food and drink in hopes of blessing their husbands with long lives, so I have not eaten rice today. Nepalis eat the same meal twice a […]
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In Hinduism, when someone dies, there is a belief that if you give a cow something, it will be given to the deceased in their next life. Because of that, after a death, Hindus give cows food and drinks in memory of their loved ones. My village has no cows, so when my (American) grandmother […]