4/14/16

How to carry in Kathmandu

運び方

Before I mentioned Nepalease hard-workers carrying something put on their heads.

Hard workers in Nepal Other time, I saw people carrying something their own uniq ways in Kathmandu.
on the bus
First on the top of bus.
Hmmmmm a goat?? A guy is trying to carry a goat put on the top of bus.
Be careful please !

4/13/16

After Sakura parties in Japan

桜宴のあとの日本

Cherry blossom please eyes even after full bloom
As I mentioned it yesterday, the Sakura season is over now.Even after the full bloom season, cherry blossom trees pleases our eyes with their falling petals and their another appearance.
Falling petals are like falling snow, maybe more beautiful. Because the color is not white but slight pink. After they fall down, we can enjoy them laying down on the ground. It is "petal sea".
I don't know why but cherry blossoms don't die and they fall down as they are in full bloom.

petals

4/11/16

Nepal warm and adorable felt and woolen products

ネパールのあったかくてカワイイ ニットやフェルトたち

Sakura season is over
This morning I realized that Spring really has arrived, seeing Sakura paddles were falling down and greens of trees are getting bright. The color of greens are transitioning from light yellow green to bright green.
Yes, Sakura season is over. Now most cherry blosom trees are covered by more green color than light pink color. I don't need to wear thick socks in my room because my feet don't feel cold even in the evening any more. Normal socks are enough to keep me warm.


So I put these Nepali bright socks in my closet saying "thank you for keeping me warm". Is this great, isn't it? It looks like Missoni which is one of the high brand from Italy!!


4/10/16

Huge crowd in the festival "`Pahachare"

Pahachareのすんごい人

jai bhadra kali maa
If you visited Kathmandu, you were stuck in this crowd. People are celebrating the Pahachare festival.
This worships godess, Jai Bhadra Kali Maa. This is three-day-festival of the Newar community.
People invite their married daughters and sisters an friends home for a grand feast on the second and third days. The festival begins every year on the Chaitra Krishna Pakcha Chaturdashi which is second half of a lunar month. Chaitra Krishna Pakcha Chaturdash seems to be in Hindi Calendar.

Pahachare

4/7/16

On the top of buses

バスの上で

Indian blockade
Since India blockaded the boarder with Nepal in last September, Nepal have been facing shortage of fuel and medical supplies. Even after India stopped it and opened the trade routes, Nepali people have been suffering from shortage of fuel.

Nepalese constitutional changes which were done in last September triggered it.

Actually Indian government denied the fact. But I saw many many many motorbike's and taxis' lining up to gas. And my Nepali friends told me that they were complaining about the raising price of gas. Since Nepal doesn't have any oceans surrounding it, most supplies are from India. Most of snacks and foods I introduced in this blog are actually Indian products.
Isn't it Violation??
This picture shows they don't have enough buses bringing people. Passengers are sitting on the top of bus...
I don't know their long histories but don't figure out why India thinks that they are allowed to do it. Because they are two different sovereign countries. Each could never be violated. Even it was an unofficial blockade, it is never allowed, I think.
インドによる封鎖
去年の9月にネパールに接した国境をインドが封鎖して以来、ネパールは燃料や医療用品の不足に対峙しています。。インドが封鎖をやめて物資ルートを開放したあとでも、ネパールの人たちはまだ燃料不足に苦しんでいるんです。

9月のネパールの改憲が引き金でした。
インド政府はその事実を否定しました。でも、わたしは大変な数のバイクやタクシーがガスを求めて列をなしているのを見ました。ネパールの友達も、ガス料金の値上がりをぼやいていました。ネパールは海を持っていないので、多くの生活品はインドから来ます。わたしがこのブログで紹介した食べ物なども、ほとんどインド産です。
侵害では?
この写真では、十分なバスが走っていないことがわかります。バスの屋根に座っています。
両国の長い歴史は正直わかりませんが、インドがこのようなこをして許されると思っていることが解せないです。だって両国とも主権国家なわけですから。それぞれ侵害できないはず。正式な封鎖じゃないにしても、そんなこと許されない、と思う。