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The Bonpo tribal people
(former Buddhist followers) of the area are unique
in their cultural and social traditions. They
speak Kaike language, which is believed to exist
only in Dolpa.
Perhaps, impressed by these unique features of
Dolpa, the famous filmmaker Eric Velley chose
the district for visualizing his Oscar nominee
Caravan. He selected Thinle of local Saldang as
the main character. Caravan is famous internationally,
especially in France and the film is still shown
in cinema halls of major cities of France.
"Caravan has helped promote the beauty and
lavishness of Dolpa among the French, and I came
to trek this area after seeing the film,"
says one of the members of a French trekking team
at Kagani village.
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130 gombas of which 25 are major gombas including
the famed Shey Gomba. Saldang, Dho, Chharka,
and Bhijer VDCs have some of the oldest Nyingmapa
monasteries in the Himalayan region. Most of
the Nyingmapa monasteries of Saldang and Phoksumdo
are over 700 years old .
Also, some of the oldest Bon-po monasteries
in Nepal (Yungdung Gomba in Kaigaon, Pumma and
Thashun Gomba in Phoksumdo) are in the region.
Bon-po faith represents the adaptation of Buddhism
in the old indigenous religion of western Tibet
(Gurung 1980). Shen-rab is the supreme teacher
in Bon-po.
Another aspect of Dolpa culture is the unique
trade and transhumance based livelihood strategies
of Upper Dolpa exemplified in the film "Caravan".
While much of northern Dolpa is the domain of
Buddhism, areas in southern Dolpa such as the
temple of Bala Tripura Sundari in Tripurakot
VDC are revered by both Hindus and Buddhists
and large number of devotees come from the surrounding
region.
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