Nepali momo
- Don't pass or take food with your left hand
- don't order or talk about beef fillings in front of Hindus
Etiquette & taboos
Etiquette & taboos
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Site-specific notes 5
Taken from the "don'ts" on each site page here. Open a site for its full etiquette and background.
Phewa Lake, Pokhara
- Wear a life jacket on boats
- don't swim in the lake (it is deep and cold).
Lumbini
- No noise or revealing clothing in the sacred garden
- don't touch the sacred stone or artefacts
- no drones.
Boudhanath Stupa
- Don't point directly at Buddha images or the Buddha's eyes
- take off shoes and hats and keep quiet when entering the surrounding monasteries.
Kathmandu Durbar Square
- No photos when the Kumari appears (usually signposted in the courtyard)
- some buildings are still being restored after the 2015 earthquake, so don't enter fenced-off areas.