2012/2013 Academic Year Calendar - International Institute ...
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MARCH <strong>2013</strong><br />
Translation for days: Nepali<br />
31<br />
SUNDAY<br />
aitobaar<br />
Daylight Saving<br />
Time begins<br />
UNITED STATES<br />
Easter<br />
3<br />
10<br />
17<br />
24<br />
MONDAY<br />
sombaar<br />
Passover* begins<br />
4<br />
11<br />
18<br />
25<br />
TUESDAY<br />
mangalbaar<br />
5<br />
12<br />
19<br />
26<br />
WEDNESDAY<br />
budhabaar<br />
Holi* – Spring<br />
Festival begins<br />
INDIA<br />
6<br />
13<br />
20<br />
27<br />
THURSDAY<br />
bihibaar<br />
7<br />
14<br />
21<br />
Nowruz* – Zoroastrian,<br />
Iranian, & Central<br />
Asian New <strong>Year</strong><br />
UN OBSERVED<br />
Human Rights Day<br />
SOUTH AFRICA<br />
Holi – Spring<br />
Festival ends<br />
INDIA<br />
28<br />
FRIDAY<br />
shukrabaar<br />
Good Friday<br />
1<br />
8<br />
15<br />
22<br />
29<br />
SATURDAY<br />
shanibaar<br />
Holy Saturday –<br />
Lent ends<br />
2<br />
9<br />
16<br />
23<br />
30<br />
A Market Scene in Kaski, Nepal<br />
Communicating through trade<br />
Kaski in western Nepal covers parts of the Annapurna<br />
mountain range, and the picturesque mountains can be<br />
observed from most parts of the area. Pokhara, the main<br />
city in this district, is one of the best tourist destinations<br />
of Nepal. Like many markets in South Asia, Kaski’s market<br />
is busy, colorful, and loud. The sights, sounds, and smells<br />
can quickly lead to sensory overload. It is customary to<br />
bargain for everything from vegetables to used designer<br />
outerwear—which is often sold to shopkeepers by<br />
mountaineers from the West after they return from<br />
their expeditions.<br />
DID YOU<br />
KNOW?<br />
• Summiting Mt. Everest. In 1953 Nepal's Sherpa<br />
Tenzing Norgay and New Zealander Edmund Hillary<br />
took part in John Hunt’s expedition to climb Mt. Everest.<br />
They become the first climbers to reach the summit. It<br />
was Tenzing’s seventh expedition to Everest and his first<br />
successful one. In 1996, his son Jamling Tenzing Norgay<br />
summited Everest also, but Tenzing, who died in 1986 at<br />
the age of 71, did not live to see this. Era 8, 20th century<br />
since 1945<br />
• Birth of the Buddha. In the sixth century BCE, Prince<br />
Siddhartha Gautama was born near Lumbini, Nepal.<br />
When he reached the age of 29 he renounced royal<br />
life and led a life seeking spiritual enlightenment. He<br />
became known as the Buddha. Buddhism continues<br />
to shape the face of Asia, but in Nepal it lost ground<br />
to resurgent Hinduism over the centuries. Nepal<br />
today is the world's only Hindu monarchy.<br />
Eras 1–3, beginnings to 650 CE/AD
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