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Culture and religion of thecho village


          Like any other community, this village has also its own culture, tradition and social practices which have been preserved for generations. Culture of this village is more or less similar to that of this village also practice different social rituals from birth to death and even after death. When a new child is born, different rituals are performed. A ritual, purity ceremony, chhaite, is performed on the six day of the birth of a child. Then follows naming ceremony, namskarna; and 'anna prashan', food giving ceremony. Small feast is also arranged during anna prashan ceremony. If the newly born child is a boy then 'Bratabandha' or 'kaitapuja' an initiation ceremony is performed by the holding a grand feast. But if the child is a girl the 'Ihi' or meaning Bell Bibah in Nepali is performed in which a girl is girl is married to a ' Bell ' a kind of sacred fruit. Another typical ritual is performed when a girl reaches the age of twelve or thirteen, this is called 'Gufa' or 'Barah taygu'. According to this ritual, a girls put in a dark room for eleven nights and during this period she is strictly prohibited to see the sun and male. Then on the twelfth day a group of girls wearing red sari and blouse and red paste on their forehead are taken out in a procession. When a person reaches the age of seventy. Seven years and seven months, he or she is honoured by worshipping amidst a special ceremony called Bhimratharohan or Janku. Marriage is generally arranged by the elders. A bridegroom is searched by the male side and before fixing the date of marriage, the horoscopes of both are taken to ‘Jyotsi' to see wheather their stars match or not. Elopement has been very common, especially those partners whose marriage is not girl can findout their whereabouts within four days, she can days, she can be brought back without any defame. Untauchability still prevails in this village. The depressed casts are still looked down by some elders, but a fabric of society is not fragment on the bassis of such social classes. When a person is on his or her death bed , telling ‘Gauri Puran', religious story is performed. It is believed that it would help the departed soul rest in peace. The deceaxe person's kinsmen oerform one year long mourning.
Religion:
           Nepal , the birthplace of Buddha, has never withnessed any undesirable incidents in the name of religion. Rather is has been the source of inspiration for a higher level of life in harmony and peace. Hinduism an Buddisim are two main religious in our country.That the people of this village have strong faith in religion becomes clear by the presence of different Hindu and Buddhist temples. There is always religious harmony and no people are staunch follower of any religious . This means Buddhist also visit the Hindu temples and Hindu also frequent the Buddhist temples. So religious fanaticism is not noticed in this village