Nepal Culture

Hop on the Profilfags Culture Trek Nepal if you're ready to transcend boundaries and experience wild nature!

The Nepal cultural trip is all about learning about the culture of Nepal. This was the first cultural trip at Ranum Efterskole, so we have made many good connections over the years.

This is the trip to choose if you want to expand your horizons and have a unique experience that you wouldn't do on your own.

We will visit our twinning school in a small mountain village in Mechchhe, which has been our twinning school for 20 years. During the visit you will stay with one of the families in the mountains, where you will get close to the family and see their everyday life up close.

You'll learn about the culture, see stunning scenery, including the Himalayas, and maybe even get to see the Kumari.

You'll have a unique opportunity to get to know a completely different part of the world, where family and spiritual values are more important than material goods. You'll see the evolution from the Middle Ages to the present unfold before your eyes. By meeting young Nepalese people, you'll learn about life in contrasting Nepal and about yourself.

You will be prepared for a cultural encounter of great dimensions and trained to communicate this encounter. This is done by immersing yourself in various topics within Nepalese culture, traditions and history and, not least, by experiencing the conditions first-hand.

TEACHING

In preparation for the trip, we will work with the conditions in Nepal, such as culture, religion, history, nature and geography.

You will plan some lessons for the students at our partner school. It could be subjects like Danish, science and English. But it could also be music, play or construction activities.

We'll be doing a lot of hiking in Nepal, so we're taking a trek with the Nepal trekking team to Rebildbakker to prepare.

In this course we will work with many of the UN Sustainable Development Goals, as Nepal is a developing country where the background of the SDGs clearly shines through. We will work with the goals on health and well-being, quality education and poverty eradication. This could be by visiting an orphanage where you will learn about the children/young adults living there and hear about their lives. It could also be tackling plastic waste and learning about what organisations are doing about it, or visiting a women's centre or factory.

We'll go on a trip to Spejdersport, where you'll learn about different equipment and maybe even buy some yourself.

TRAVEL

During our trip to Nepal, you'll get close to the Nepalese culture.

We'll visit our twinning school where you'll connect with the children. You'll meet the locals in the mountains during your homestay. You'll get an insight into what their lives are like, how they cook, fetch water, look after the animals and much more. You'll have the opportunity to talk about Denmark and hear about their lives. On the way to the friendship school you will hike up the mountain and at the school you will prepare some lessons for them.

We see the capital Kathmandu, which is always very busy, unlike the nature side. We see the Buddhist Stupa Swayabhunath, also called the Monkey Temple. The largest Stupa where many Buddhists come to pray, Boudahanath Stupa, is a place of worship. The Hindu temple Pashupatinath is a Hindu temple where many Hindus come to pray to the Shiva god and make offerings for the prosperity and health of their families and cremate their dead. You might even be lucky enough to see the Kumari (Living Goddess).

You get to choose whether we'll see the jungles of Chitwan or Nepal's second largest city Pokhara.

Chitwan, where we hike in the jungle looking for wildlife, take a canoe trip down the river and see crocodiles, birds and other wildlife. We visit an elephant breeding centre where locals take care of the elephants when they are not free. We watch the locals perform their traditional dance and learn about the history of the local people of Chitwan.

Pokhara is the second largest city in Nepal. All trekkers come here to climb the mountains. Here we will wake up early to watch the sunrise over the Himalayas, visit the Temple of Peace and enjoy the view of Pokhara. We'll take a boat ride with the locals on Lake Phewa and visit the International Museum to learn more about Nepali culture, tribes and nature.

We'll visit Himalika Camp, an oasis where you can reflect on all the impressions you've gained on the trip so far. We'll also see the landscape and wildlife as we raft on the river.

On the journey, you'll work with the UN Sustainable Development Goals and have the opportunity to explore and visit the places you've researched.

TEACHERS

Natasha Hedegaard Jensen nhj@ranumefterskole.dk