Abstract
The purpose of this study is to analyse spatial order of the dwelling of the Newar people based on the spatial concepts as defined by their way of spatial recognition and behavior in the rituals and the festival events. It clearly appears to people's behavior and spatial recognition in non-daily life.
According to a case fieldwork, a part of the hypothesis that authors were able to prove is as follows:
(1) The conception of pure and impure which is opposed appear in people's behavior and spatial recognition in the rituals. In delivery ritual and funereal ritual, respective part of the dwelling is equivalent to the conception of pure and impure.
(2) The conception to keep away a impure from the inside to the outside creates the dwelling and the village of Newar people. As fot the conception, it can explain from behavior of people in the rituals.
(3) The dwelling of the Newar people is prepared in order to change to the place of non-daily scene. The upper floor of the dwelling becomes to the place of the ceremony by the event in public holidays, festival days and rituals. The dwelling is recognized by a lot of rituals, dividing into the place defined by the ceremony and other places.
