Research Question
•What are the common festival that is common or the concerts to connect in east and west culture?
•Why is it essential to connect two worlds through culture?
Purpose Of The Study
•Culture as a disciple that shapes the psychological understanding
•East and West culture common concept
•Symbolism as important references
Theory
•Different part of the world but sense of belonging and connecting
•Principles and tradition
•Culture difference, understanding the social & cultural conditions
Methodology
•Primary & Secondary sources
•Research about a community’s festival to compare with another
Mandala
We are representing our body and, when lit up with twisted cotton thread soaked in oil with fire, as a body with a soul.
Mha puja = worship your body & a newari new year
MADALA FOR EACH FAMILY MEMBERSMadala for each family members
Singing & dancing to houses for Treat & money
Celebration of lights, well being, gathering & food
Brothers & Sisters day, celebrating the sibling bond with the ritual puja, food & gifts
Food, fruits, dried fruits, garlands and oil lamp thread offer for the ritual puja on Mha-puja & brother-sister day
Sustainable use of things, destroy the madala after the ritual, mean life is impermanent
Destroying the Mandala as a symbolism of nothing is permanent, as our soul will leave our body
A set of food consist of egg, fish, black bean pancake, garlic, ginger, yogurt & meat for special occassion
A set of food consist of egg, fish, black bean pancake, garlic, ginger, yogurt & meat for special occassion, this is the way to offer it and receive it.
The essential part to start any ritual puja is to begin with worship god ganesh but liting up the light.
Mha-puja small mandalas as a representation of god as they are also the part of the ritual with the family
Burning Man, a way it was introduce to connect with people and celebrate share the same idea and the shape of the events is sort of like mandala
The joy of celebrating the togetherness and sense of belonging
Lighting the temples and craft is also similar to light the mandala in the burning man, the world of temporary
Easter, a start of new begining
Feast, for thanks giving dinner to have a family get together and be grateful for whatever happen in that year
Christmas, another celebration that bring the family together
