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===Lots of different legends come from the ancient history of Nepal. It's known that by the sixth century B.C., the Kirati(of the Rai and Limbu tribes) ruled the land. Buddha was born in 563 B.C.. He was a teacher that went all around Nepal and taught about buddism. The rule of the Mallas ( 10th-18th centuries A.D.) in the fertile Kathmandu Valley is known as Nepals golden age of arts, that is when most of Nepals temples and palaces were constructed.=== ===King Prithvinarayan Shah, a Gurkha, defeated the Mallas and other important fights to unite Nepal in 1769. The British East India Trading Company attempted an in vasion in the early 1800s. The British were so impressed with the courage and tendacity of the Gurkha soldiers that they allowed Nepal to remain a sovereign nation. So Nepal never became a British colony. In 1846, the first of the Rana rulers took control over the government and became the prime minister. The Ranas ruled, reducing the athority of the Shah kings and making the spot of the prime minister hereditary.===

===The Shah monarchs resieved sovereignty again when supporters of King Tribhuvan overthrew the Ranas in 1951. A little bit after that Nepal opened into the outside world for their first time. Cause he introduced the democratic principles, King Tribhuvan is known as the "father of the nation." After several unsucsessful expiriments with coalition governments and parlments. In 1960 King Mahendra inaugurated a party-less system of government soon found it diffiult to meet the voters high expectations.===

===Demonstrasions for democracy in 1990 led King Birendra, son of King Mahendra and Nepal's ruler since 1973, to cancelthe ban of political parties. He faught the government, became a constitutional monarch and allowed free elections in 1991. Elections in 1994 brought a comunist led fight to the helm. In 1995, that coalation led on to another led by the NCP. By 1996, the politicalatmosphere had become highly weak and eager. In 1997, power channged three times, and the resultinginstability brought governance and economic progress to stop.===

===In June2001, Crown Prince Dipendra commited suicide after killing his parents, King Birendra and Queen Aishwarya,and seven other members of the royal family in a drunken shooting spree. King Gyanendra, the king's broher, was crowned a few a few days later. The trouble shook Nepal's breakable political situation and concerned behavior.===

===The government and Maoist rebels agreed to cease-fire in January 2003, but peace talks broke down that August, bringing violance out again. Despite all the calls for further negotiations, fighting between security forces and Maoist rebels continues frequently.=== Attractions-fun,temples, landmarks-Rachel climate-Rachel Food-main dishes, what kind of food they are known for. - Abby Holidays-Rachel
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===Nepal has it's own kind of calender. Called Birkram Samvat. With the new year in mid-April. Dates for religeous and spiritual holidays usually are based on the moon phases. Dashain celabrates the frequent triumph of high standereds over evil. I t is a time of gift giving and getting together with your family, gatherings, feasts and rituals performed for the Goddess of Victory. During Tihar rows of lights are displayed on every building in worship of the Goddess of wealth. People also like to go caroling. Tihar provides marrried women a time to go home to their parents, receive a special treatment ritually purify themselves and pray for sons. Sons are expecially specail to their mothers because they stay and take care of their mothers when the mother grows weak and old.===

Holi is a exiting energetic social event during which Nepalis drink heavely. They also dance in the streets, and throw colorful powders at each other.
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