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The Bonpo tribal people (former Buddhist followers) of the area are
unique in their cultural and social traditions. They speak Kaike
language, which is believed to exist only in Dolpa.
Perhaps, impressed by these unique features of Dolpa, the famous
filmmaker Eric Velley chose the district for visualizing his Oscar
nominee Caravan. He selected Thinle of local Saldang as the main
character. Caravan is famous internationally, especially in France and
the film is still shown in cinema halls of major cities of France.
"Caravan has helped promote the beauty and lavishness of Dolpa among the
French, and I came to trek this area after seeing the film," says one of
the members of a French trekking team at Kagani village |
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 130 gombas of which 25
are major gombas including the famed Shey Gomba. Saldang, Dho, Chharka,
and Bhijer VDCs have some of the oldest Nyingmapa monasteries in the
Himalayan region. Most of the Nyingmapa monasteries of Saldang and
Phoksumdo are over 700 years old .
Also, some of the oldest Bon-po monasteries in Nepal (Yungdung Gomba in
Kaigaon, Pumma and Thashun Gomba in Phoksumdo) are in the region. Bon-po
faith represents the adaptation of Buddhism in the old indigenous
religion of western Tibet (Gurung 1980). Shen-rab is the supreme teacher
in Bon-po.
Another aspect
of Dolpa culture is the unique trade and transhumance based livelihood
strategies of Upper Dolpa exemplified in the film "Caravan". While much
of northern Dolpa is the domain of Buddhism, areas in southern Dolpa
such as the temple of Bala Tripura Sundari in Tripurakot VDC are revered
by both Hindus and Buddhists and large number of devotees come from the
surrounding region. |
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