Kathmandu, Nepal — Questions and answers

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What do people do when they walk around the Boudhanath Stupa?

Choices

  1. Play games and sing songs
  2. Spin prayer wheels and chant ✓
  3. Fly kites and run races
  4. Eat snacks and drink water

Answer: Spin prayer wheels and chant

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Why do people consider the Bagmati River special and gather along its banks?

Choices

  1. It's a fun place to swim and play
  2. They offer prayers and seek purification ✓
  3. It's where they catch fish for dinner
  4. They watch boats race down the river

Answer: They offer prayers and seek purification

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What are the beautiful Thangka paintings used for in Kathmandu?

Choices

  1. To decorate restaurants.
  2. For meditation, teaching, and religious ceremonies. ✓
  3. To wrap gifts in.
  4. To cover old walls.

Answer: For meditation, teaching, and religious ceremonies.

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Besides being a knife, what do Khukuris symbolize in Nepal?

Choices

  1. Good luck and happiness
  2. Bravery and Gurkha heritage ✓
  3. Wealth and power
  4. Harvest and farming

Answer: Bravery and Gurkha heritage

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