Chhaang or chang (Nectar of Gods)is a popular alcoholic beverage in the eastern Himalayas. It is consumed by people of Sikkim, Tibet , Nepal and Bhutan with great enthusiasm. It is said to be the best remedy to ward off the severe cold of the mountains. It also has many healing properties for conditions like common cold, fever, allergic rhinitis etc. Jump to: navigation, search Bottles of cachaça, a Brazilian alcoholic beverage. ... The Himalaya is a mountain range in Asia, separating the Indian subcontinent from the Tibetan Plateau. ... Jump to: navigation, search Sikkim is a landlocked Indian state nestled in the Himalayas. ... Jump to: navigation, search Tibet (Tibetan: བོད་, Bod, pronounced pö in Lhasa dialect; Chinese: 西藏, pinyin: Xīzàng; older spelling Thibet) is a region in Central Asia and the home of the Tibetan people. ... Jump to: navigation, search The Common Cold The Common Cold is a fictional character and a villain in Codename: Kids Next Door. ... Jump to: navigation, search Hyperthermia: Characterized on the left. ... For the play, see Hay Fever. ...

Chhaang is a relative of the more universally known -- beer. Millet or rice is used to brew the drink. Semi-fermented seeds of millet are served, stuffed in a mug of bamboo called the Domru. Then boiling water is poured and sipped through a narrow bore bamboo pipe called the Pipsing. It tastes like ale. Alcohol content is quite low, but it produces an intense feeling of heat and well-being, ideal to endure temperature which go way below freezing point in winter. This traditional drink is a must in many religious & most social occasions. According to legends chhang is also popular with the Yeti, who often raid isolated mountain villages to drink it. Jump to: navigation, search A mug of lager beer, showing the golden colour of the beer and the foamy head floating on top. ... Pearl millet in the field Ripe head of proso millet The millets are a group of small-seeded species of cereal crops, widely grown around the world for food and fodder. ... Jump to: navigation, search Binomial name Oryza sativa L. Rice (Oryza sativa) is a species of grass in the genus Oryza, native to tropical and subtropical southeastern Asia, where it grows in wetlands. ... In its strictest sense fermentation (scientifically called zymosis) is the energy-yielding anaerobic metabolic breakdown of a nutrient molecule, such as glucose, without net oxidation. ... Jump to: navigation, search Diversity Around 91 genera and 1,000 species Subtribes Arthrostylidiinae Arundinariinae Bambusinae Chusqueinae Guaduinae Melocanninae Nastinae Racemobambodinae Shibataeinae See the full Taxonomy of the Bambuseae. ... Jump to: navigation, search The yeti, also known as the abominable snowman, is a supposed large primate-like creature reported to live in the Himalayas. ...

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