Nepal Nepal, officially the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal, is a landlocked country in South Asia. It is mainly situated in the Himalayas, but also includes parts of the Indo-Gangetic Plain. It borders the Tibet Autonomous Region of China Ch ...

, and especially in the Far-Western Development Region, a ''magal'' (also ''mangal'') is a song sung during special celebrations, such as marriages, the birth of a son (but not a daughter), ''

pasni Pasni may refer to: * Pasni (celebration) - a Nepalese name for Annaprashana, a child weaning ceremony in Hinduism. * Pasni (city) - a coastal settlement in Gwadar District, Balochistan, Pakistan. ** Pasni Tehsil - an administrative subdivision of ...

'' (first feeding of solid food to a baby). ''Magals'' are sung exclusively by older women of the group, called ''mungleri''.

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