Bishnu Prasad Dahal
Biographic Data
| ID | 6844341 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Bishnu Prasad Dahal |
| GIVEN NAMES | Bishnu Prasad |
| FAMILY NAME | Dahal |
| SIGNATURE | DAHAL B P |
| AFFILIATIONS | Tribhuvan University |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-9390-5930 |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 6 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1970 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
The past and the present chronotope of the pāncai bājā repertoire in Nepal
This study attempts to shed light on the changing dynamics of the pāncai bājā from past to present, particularly with regard to performance occasions, performing communities, ritual functions, and professional practice. The study draws on Bakhtin’s theory of the chronotope in literature and cultural performance, Alan P. Merriam’s anthropological approach to music studies, and Pierre Bourdieu’s concept of habitus as analytical frameworks in examin…
Significance of Sindoor (Vermilion Powder) in Hindu Marriage Rituals
This paper aims to identify the significance of Sindoor or Vermilion powder (red in color) in Hindu cultural custom and in Hindu society. Sindoor is given to bride by groom on the occasion of marriage. Sindoor is given the gift by the groom to the bride in between the hair partings of married Hindu women have begun to start on the day of the marriage ceremony and the married woman. After then she considered as the wife of her husband and enters t…
Fertility Decrease and Son Preference Among the Educated Middle-Class in Kathmandu
The aim of this research article is to explore the persistence of single child especially the son preference in a Hindu dominated patrilineal, patrilocal society found in Kathmandu is facing the midst of fertility decline. Using semi-structured interview schedule with the help of observation and ethnographic field work mostly in middle class families of Kathmandu, I have tried to analyze the role of socio-cultural factors in selecting the number …
Dialectics of Sacrificing and Worshiping Animals in Hindu Festivals of Nepal
The aim of this paper is to explore the basic trend of dialectic in animal worshipping and sacrificing in Nepali cultural festivals; mainly worshipping and sacrificing dialectics, material and spiritual dialectics: from early date to the present day. This can never be denied that it is dialectics or contradictory approach which might be thought to be the basic tenet of its socio-scientific ameliorations. Dialectics, here, is used as to be synonym…
Society and Sex Selection; Son Preference among the Educated Middle-Class in Kathmandu
A cultural ecological perspective is valuable in identifying the complex relationship among ecology, culture, society, economy, demography and preference of particular gender especially male preferences. An evolutionary psychology explanation of female infanticide should take into account the role of cultural practices and ecological pressures in shaping psychological antecedents to treating differently even for own genes i.e. male preference and…
Ordering Sherpa life through their rituals
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Ordering Sherpa life through their rituals
The PDF of this file is 2,900 kbytes in size and therefore will take a long time to download if you click on the PDF link below. If you would like the file to be sent to you by email, please send a request to [email protected]. Please include the citation below in your request. DOI: 10.3126/opsa.v8i0.1131Occasional Papers in Sociology and Anthropology Vol.8 2003 p.230-243
Dialectics of Sacrificing and Worshiping Animals in Hindu Festivals of Nepal
The aim of this paper is to explore the basic trend of dialectic in animal worshipping and sacrificing in Nepali cultural festivals; mainly worshipping and sacrificing dialectics, material and spiritual dialectics: from early date to the present day. This can never be denied that it is dialectics or contradictory approach which might be thought to be the basic tenet of its socio-scientific ameliorations. Dialectics, here, is used as to be synonym…
Society and Sex Selection; Son Preference among the Educated Middle-Class in Kathmandu
A cultural ecological perspective is valuable in identifying the complex relationship among ecology, culture, society, economy, demography and preference of particular gender especially male preferences. An evolutionary psychology explanation of female infanticide should take into account the role of cultural practices and ecological pressures in shaping psychological antecedents to treating differently even for own genes i.e. male preference and…
Significance of Sindoor (Vermilion Powder) in Hindu Marriage Rituals
This paper aims to identify the significance of Sindoor or Vermilion powder (red in color) in Hindu cultural custom and in Hindu society. Sindoor is given to bride by groom on the occasion of marriage. Sindoor is given the gift by the groom to the bride in between the hair partings of married Hindu women have begun to start on the day of the marriage ceremony and the married woman. After then she considered as the wife of her husband and enters t…
Fertility Decrease and Son Preference Among the Educated Middle-Class in Kathmandu
The aim of this research article is to explore the persistence of single child especially the son preference in a Hindu dominated patrilineal, patrilocal society found in Kathmandu is facing the midst of fertility decline. Using semi-structured interview schedule with the help of observation and ethnographic field work mostly in middle class families of Kathmandu, I have tried to analyze the role of socio-cultural factors in selecting the number …
The past and the present chronotope of the pāncai bājā repertoire in Nepal
This study attempts to shed light on the changing dynamics of the pāncai bājā from past to present, particularly with regard to performance occasions, performing communities, ritual functions, and professional practice. The study draws on Bakhtin’s theory of the chronotope in literature and cultural performance, Alan P. Merriam’s anthropological approach to music studies, and Pierre Bourdieu’s concept of habitus as analytical frameworks in examin…
Sociology (5 works) · Political science (4 works) · Gender Studies (3 works) · Demographic Trends and Gender Preferences (2 works) · Demography (2 works) · Economics (2 works) · Gender Studies (2 works) · Hinduism (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Philosophy (2 works)