The rich cultural heritage of the Nepal has evolved over centuries. This multi-dimensional cultural heritage encompasses within itself the cultural diversities of various ethnic, tribal, and social groups inhabiting different altitudes, and it manifests in various forms, such as music, and dance, art, and craft, folklores and folktales, languages and literature, philosophy and religion, festivals and celebrations, and foods and drinks.

Religions are an integral and deep-rooted part of Nepalese life. Temples, images, carved paintings are to be seen everywhere.  Majority of the people are Hindu in Nepal, nevertheless, Buddhism has also important place in this country.  Hinduism and Buddhism are

Nepal is a melting pot of many races and tribes. Nepal has a population of around twenty-five million, made up of an assortment of races and tribes, living in different regions, wearing different costumes and speaking different languages and dialects. They live under quite diverse environmental conditions from the low, nearly sea level plains at the border of India, northward through the middle hills and valleys and up to the flanks of the great Himalayan range where there are settlements at altitude of up to 4,800 m. Farming practices are therefore equally diverse along with life styles and social customs.

The

One can probably say that Nepal is as old as the Himalayas, when a great lake filled the Kathmandu Valley. One legend holds that this lake was drained by a thunderbolt thrown against the walls of the Valley by the Hindu god Krishna. Another claims it was drained by the patriarch Manjushri as he wanted to get a closer look at a Swayambhu or Adhi-buddha, the beautiful lotus flower resting on the lake.

But the recorded history of Nepal does not start until around 800 BC, with the beginning of the Kirat Period. After that, the Lichhavi and Thakuri Period started