Ubhauli Parba is Kirat community’s (Rai, Limbu, Yakha and
Sunuwar) one of the important festivals. The Kiratis are the inhabitants of the
eastern hilly regions – Bhojpur, Khotang, Dharan and Dhankuta. They celebrate
the festival by worshipping their kitchen, sacred religious sites and earth.
They are also known as the nature worshipper. The festival is celebrated on Baisakh...
Newars
have various life ceremonies that define who they are. And Bahra Tayagu or
Bahra Chuyegu is one among many such events meant for girls. Bahra Tayagu or
Bahra Chuyegu is an ancient tradition in Newar community in Nepal. Girls
between the ages of 7 to 13 have to go through this religious practice once in
their lifetime.
A total of 200 Nepali and international artists representing seven different countries performed across six stages in and around the bustle of Ason. And the occasion was ‘Echoes in the Valley’ (EITV). This is a free biennale music festival that strives to uncover, revive and make relevant Kathmandu’s intangible heritages and disappearing sounds. It aims at transforming...
Yomari Punhi or Dhanya Purnima is the festival in Nepal
celebrated every year on the full moon day of December. This is the time of
year where the heavy labor of rice harvest is over and the storage bins are
full. Indispensable to the many ceremonies and festivals of this agrarian valley people is food : food...
In Hinduism, there are
many religious fast done, worshipping different deities. These kinds of
religious fast could last for one day to one month. However, the intensity of
fast increases as the days for fast rise. One such rigorous month-long fast is
taken for Goddess Shree Swasthani and God Madhav Narayan. Hindu...
Gunlā (Nepal Bhasa: गुंला) is one of the most revered festivals for the Newar Buddhists. According to the Newari dialect, LA means month whereas GU means a hill or mountain. As per the Bikram Sambat calendar, this festival starts from Shrawan Shukla Pratipada and ends at Bhadra Shukla Pratipada, and it lasts for a month. The entire...
Halesi is one of the
ancient and holiest places of Nepal. It is equally popular among Hindu,
Buddhist and Kirati. The situation in the eastern part of Nepal, Mahadev Mahadev
is religious as well as touristic place. It believed another
Pashupatinath in eastern Nepal. The natural and huge cave is the main
attraction of Halesi Mahadev. The...
Yasi Thaneu at Hathakhya Wooden Pillar Installation at Hathakhya https://youtu.be/JAzL2ZM1QGg Do you know there is a festival dedicated to friends in Nepal? It’s
called Pahanchare or Pasachare....
The Gathemangal festival has synonyms like Ghantakarna and Gathemangal Chaturdasi. This festival is most popular with the people of Newar community and although you may not be a Newar, chances are that you might have taken a leave in this festival. If you ask children and youngsters about this festival, then they’ll simply reply ‘You have to...
August marks the celebration of the historic and culturally significant festival, Janai Purnima. In terms of the Nepalese calendar, it falls on Shrawan/Bhadra. This festival is synonymous with Rakshya Bandhan and Gun Punhi and it is greatly celebrated by Hindus across the world. There are numerous names and methods through which this festival is celebrated and, in...
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