NEPAL FLAG

Good afternoon! Today, I’d like to talk to you about the country Nepal. The
national flag of Nepal is the world's only national flag that is non-quadrilateral in
shape. The crimson red is Nepal's national color, and it indicates the brave spirits
of the Nepalese people. Nepal has one of the world’s oldest flags. It comprises two
triangles, with an upper segment depicting the moon and the lower section
depicting a sun, to represent the major religions, Hinduism, and Buddhism. It is
also the birthplace of the Lord Buddha, Siddhartha Gautama. In Kathmandu, the
capital of Nepal, Kumari is one of the icons, she is a young girl who is believed to
be a living goddess and the incarnation of the demon-slaying Hindu goddess
Durga.

In Nepal, Hinduism is the most predominant religion. For this reason,

entering a Hindu site while wearing anything made of animal byproducts,
including shoes made of leather, is regarded as a crime or sin. You are also not
allowed to eat any snacks made of animal products before entering a sacred area,
such as a temple in the mountains where no one eats animals. Particularly, cows
are respect, honour, treated as holy animals, and are prohibited from being killed. It
represents life and the sustenance of life.

Who is the greatest giver on planet Earth today? Who do we see on every
table in every country of the world -breakfast, lunch and dinner? It is the cow. Cow
gives milk, cream, yogurt, cheese, and buttermilk. It gives entirely of itself through
sirloin, ribs and beef stew. Even its bones are the base for soup broth. Why don’t
more people respect and protect this remarkable creature? Mahatma Gandhi once
said, “One can measure the greatness of a nation and its moral progress by the way
it treats its animals. Cow protection to me is not mere protection of the cow. It
means protection of all the lives and is helpless and weak in the world. The cow
means the entire subhuman world.”