Me , myself & I
Hello fellow bloggers !!
My name is Divina & this is my very first blogpost . This will be an introductory post ,where I basically tell you guys a lil' bit about myself .
NAME : DIVINA LAMA
SCHOOL:ULLENS SCHOOL
AGE:16
INTERESTS: TRAVELLING,MUSIC,FOOD,DOODLING & EXPLORING.
(North sikkim)
I was born on the 24th of June 1998 on a rainy day , in a place surrounded by tea gardens called Kurseong . Although I was born in India which is my maternal home , I was raised and brought up in Kathmandu Nepal . Born into the Tamang community , two major religions are practiced , Buddhism and Hinduism .
(Meghma)
We are a nuclear family and at home we converse in our mother tongue , Nepali along with our second language English . Unfortunately since I was brought up in a diverse community and rarely got any opportunity to group up with Tamang speaking people , I cannot read , write or speak in Tamang language.
(nepali & english)
For the past five years I attended school in Mount Hermon School , Darjeeling and here I got to meet many people from all over India and abroad , they spoke different languages and practiced different cultures . I also had the opportunity to learn a bit more about their culture . In class I had friends walk up to me offering octopus ,deer meat and rice cakes . Food I had never seen but only heard of , on Independence day everyone would dress up in their cultural attires and get together .On many occasions we also shared stories and experiences about our home and community.
(Independence day'12)
On the whole , the reason why I want to take up Social Cultural Anthropology is because I want to explore more about these cultures , know more about my own culture & compare the different culture over the world with mine .
(Blue air by Dring)
And oh yess !! I play the piano , my teacher Mrs . Veveca has supported me for the past 5 years and this September I'll be giving my Trinity Guildhall Grade eight examinations . Wish me luck !!
~xxx~
Divina!
ReplyDeleteThis is a great first blog post, well organized and wonderful photos. Did you take them yourself?
I am also excited to have you in my class. I hope that you continue to share your cross cultural experiences with us. Last year we had anthropologist, David Holberg come and visit our class. He has spent the majority of his career working with the Kathmandu Valley Tamang community. Maybe he will come and visit us this year. He has some pretty interesting work and you can see some of it here or probably on Jstore:
http://anthropology.cornell.edu/people/detail.cfm?netid=dhh8
Keep us the excellent work,
Mr. V
Mr V,
ReplyDeleteWell you can say that 80% of the pictures on my blog are taken by my father ,but as you see the rest is taken by me .
Thankyou for sharing the link Sir , will definitely visit it & get some proper background about the culture or community i am from .About David Holberg , hopefully we will get to visit him , maybe after reading or knowing a little about my community I will have some questions for him .
Thankyou Sir :D
Divina