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“I am excited to meet people from other nation and
learn about their customs and culture.”
- Nima Shakya
“The Homestay project makes us realize that our
culture and tradition are very precious and we have
to set and live by our motto to keep our culture alive
for years. In our Homestays, we have even started
practicing some of our rituals that people had
stopped practicing a few years back.”
- Biswas Bajracharya
5. Patan Community Homestay
Patan is an ancient city; an example of one of the most profound civilizations inside the Kathmandu Valley established
around 3rd century BC. Those ancient glories still echo in this modern day on its amazing temples, interesting
lifestyle and creativity in the variation of the food menu; the way of life-celebration, festivals and people themselves.
Newars, an ethnicity who are indigenous to the Kathmandu Valley are the dominant population residing in the
Patan city with their rich traditional values, handicraft, and local commerce centers.
Patan, as much as it is old-fashioned, it is, likewise, a developed and organized city. Patan Durbar Square has, seems
to, frozen the current of time, as it still looks as some of the old paintings, brushed toward the devotion of the
beauty of Patan Durbar Square.
Lots of local activities like temple visit, heritage walk, mingling with community people, rituals, festivals, food are
abundant in a radius of 2 kilometers.
Mission:
Patan is an ancient, historical and traditional
city with the treasure of art and culture. As
already a very famous tourist destination, Patan
Community Homestay has come forward with
the locals to let the travelers explore the untold
and hidden gym of Patan i.e. their precious
culture and tradition which for sure travelers
can’t experience staying at a hotel.
“There are a number of hotels and guest house for the travelers. But, I am sure that they won’t be able to portray
our culture, our tradition like our Homestays do. We are happy that we are now able to share our culture and
tradition with the world.”
- Divya Buddhacharya
Vision:
Patan Community Homestay aims at preserving
the precious culture and tradition which are
shadowed in this modern era. Involvement of
the locals through Homestay in the preservation
and promotion of the local art and culture is the
main motto of the project.
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