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toc **Early Elementary** Make a traditional Nepal dish. Go to this website [] and click on the links to learn more about Nepal and it's cusine. Select a recipe and then ask an adult to help you make the dish. Taste it and then share it with your friends.

Upper Elementary
Go to [|www.glogster.com] and create your own Gloster poster by selecting one festival that is celebrated in Nepal. The celebration can be any of the hundreds that are celebrated in Nepal each year. Use the following rubric to help you get started on types of information and media you can include. After it is completed shareit with friends and family


 * Yes/No/Not Applicable || Include this Information ||
 * || Name of the Festival ||
 * || Date of Festival ||
 * || Significance ||
 * || Special Foods ||
 * || Special Rituals ||
 * || At least 2 pictures ||
 * || 1 video link ||

Fine Arts
Tibetan Prayer Flags

The prayer flags acutally have Buddhist roots, and because of the strong Buddhist influence on Nepali society, these prayer flags are also found in certain villages and homes in Nepal.

Traditionally, prayer flags are used to promote peace, compassion, strength, and wisdom. The flags are placed up high on buildings or in open fields or up on mountains because it is thought that the blessings on the flags will be blown by the wind and spread the good will and commpassion to all places. They typically come in sets of five each a different color representing a different element (Encyclopedia Britannica).


 * Blue || sky/space ||
 * White || air/wind ||
 * Red || fire ||
 * Green || water ||
 * Yellow || earth ||

Students can design their own prayer flag and write their own blessing on the flag, that they want "spread" throughout the world. This can also lead to a discussion on what we can do now to help this along.

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