The people in Western world celebrate 31 October as Halloween. The festival is a Christian harvest festival celebrated by various activities like trick-or-treating and pumpkin carving. People organize Halloween costume parties, play pranks, tell scary stories and watch horror films. Some Christians abstain from meats in Halloween and eat apples, potato pancakes, and soul cakes.
The poet, Lekhnath Poudel has written beautiful poem about festivals like Dashain and Tihar. Poudel’s poem about Dashain was posted previously (watch Dashain poem video here). Before reading the poem, you might want to read about the festival and what are the five days of Tihar in this post. Original poem: To make it easy
Tihar is the second biggest festival in Nepal. The five-days-long festival falls in either September or October. Each of the five days are specially dedicated to a living being. The first day is dedicated to a bird, crow. The second day is dedicated to dog, a very good pet of human kind. The third day
Dashain – the biggest festival in Nepal is starting on September 21, 2017. The first day of the festival is called Ghatasthapana. On the day a Ghada (water pot) is set and worshipped as the Goddess of strength, Durga. That is how the goddess is invited in home for the festival. Jamara A yellowish plant
On the mid-night of Bhadra Krishna Astami lord Krishna was born. To celebrate his birthday, Hindu devotees visit Krishna temples all over the world. Krishna is believed to have born towards the end of Dwapar era, the third of the four ages according to Hindu mythology. Who is Krishna? Krishna is the 8th incarnation of
On July 9, 2017 Guru Purnima festival (Teacher’s Day) is being celebrated in Nepal to honour all teachers. The festival falls on the full-moon day of Ashadh month of Nepali calendar (June-July). Traditionally, Guru is the person who first teaches a child to learn the scared gayatri mantra during bratabandha (sacred thread) ceremony. That was
April 29, 2017 is celebrated as Akshya Tritiya in Nepal. The day is significant to Hindu and Jain followers because it is the day Lord Parsurama was born. Parsurama is considered the sixth incarnation of Lord Vishnu. Parsurama was the song of Jamadagni and Renuka. Veda Vyas began to write Mahabharata. Lord Shiva and Parvati
Every year, in October/November, people in Nepal and Nepali all over the world celebrate Tihar festival. This year, in 2016, the five-days-long festival Tihar was completed on November 1. Some facts about Tihar festival Tihar is the second biggest festival in Nepal. (First biggest festival is Dashain.) Tihar is celebrated for 5 days. It is
This is a beautiful poem by the noted Nepali poet, Lekhnath Poudel. Lekhnath is known to compose well versed poems. Poem : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cn0OlyyvXPk A rough translation of the poem: All the mud and dirt has gone Rain has got lost Goddess is worshiped and the shower of happiness Everywhere, everybody says Here comes Dashain, here
In Western world there are 4 season. But, in Nepal there are 6 seasons. Two additional seasons in Nepal are Rainy Season and Pre-winter Season. Nepali seasons are 2-months long. 6 Seasons in Nepal: Basanta Ritu (Spring) Grishma Ritu (Summer) Barsha Ritu (Rainy) Sharad Ritu (Autumn) Hemanta Ritu (Pre-winter) Shishir Ritu (Winter) Video summary of
