Indra Jatra

 Indra Jatra INDRA JATRA After installing the lingo, a towering wooden structure brought from Sallaghari in Bhaktapur, on the day of Bhadra Shukla Dwadasi, according to religious rituals in front of Hanumandhoka, the festival of Indra Jatra commenced. Different forms of dancing, singing, chariot procession, and worshipping of gods and goddesses mark the festival of Indra Jatra that is celebrated for eight consecutive days. Indra Jatra is celebrated...

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Tihar

 Tihar Tihar, also called as Diwali or Deepawali, ranks second only to Dashain in Nepal. It usually takes place in Nepali Kartik month (Octorber to November in Solar Calendar) and continues for five days. During this festival, people will honour crows, dogs, cows as well as Laxmi, the goddess of wealth and luck. As numerous candles and festive lanterns will be lit up for the Goddess of Laxmi, Tihar is also well-known as the festival of lights....

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Lhosar

 Lhosar Share Tamu Lhosar 30th December 2020 Abiding the lunar calendar Tamang, Magar, Gurung and other Himalayan communities of Nepal celebrate Tamu Lhosar as their New Year during the month of December. Monasteries are attractively adorned with colorful decorative items. People take blessings from monks for their progress, prosperity and happiness. Each home raises a flag on top of its roof. A party is organized at home and invitations are...

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Pashupatinath Temple

 Pashupatinath Temple Pashupatinath Temple One of the most sacred Hindu temples of Nepal – Pashupatinath Temple is located on both banks of Bagmati River on the eastern outskirts of Kathmandu. Pashupatinath is the most important temple dedicated to god Shiva. Every year this temple attracts hundreds of elderly followers of Hinduism. They arrive here to find shelter for the last several weeks of their lives, to meet death, be cremated on...

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Newari cultural custom

 Newari cultural custom Bael marriageGirls from the Nepal’s Newar community are married thrice. But not all three times to men. They are first made to marry a bael fruit, also known as wood apple. They are then married to the Sun, before finally getting married to a man! The ceremony known as ‘Ehee, ihi or Bel Bibah’ in Nepal is performed when the girl is at preadolescence i.e before hitting puberty. Here are some facts about Newar community...

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Gurung culturr

 Gurunh cultureTheir traditional religious scripture is known as Pye-ta Lhu-ta which contains oral accounts of their traditional history.[3] According to their legend, the Gurung were a wandering tribe that traversed west across Tibet prior to their entry into Mustang. Their Tibetan Sojourn pre-dates the introduction of Buddhism there in the 7th century as the Gurung religious traditions are basically animistic. They celebrate their feasts and...

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The Mount Everest

 The Mount Everest Mount Everest is a peak in the Himalaya mountain range. It is located between Nepal and Tibet, an autonomous region of China. At 8,850 meters (29,035 feet), it is considered the tallest point on Earth. In the nineteenth century, the mountain was named after George Everest, a former Surveyor General of India. The Tibetan name is Chomolungma, which means “Mother Goddess of the World.” The Nepali name is Sagarmatha, which has...

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About the Gorkhas

 About Gorkhas* Contrary to popular belief that the British East India Company was the first to recruit Gorkhas as soldiers, Army officers contend it was, in fact, Maharaja Ranjit Singh who raised a battalion of Gorkhas to serve in the Sikh Army around 1809-1814 * There are about 32,000 Nepalese Gorkhas currently serving in the Indian Army's seven Gorkha Rifle regiments (1st, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 8th, 9th and 11th), each of which has five to six battalions...

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Nepali tradition

 Nepali traditionThe Arts and Humanities Literature. Nepal's literary tradition dates only to the nineteenth century with Bhanubhakta Acharya's adaptation of the Hindu epic, Ramayana, for a Nepali readership. The development of literature in Nepal has been hindered by heavy government control and censorship, which led Nepali authors and poets to seek publication outside of Nepal until the 1930s, when Nepal's first literary journal, A Nepalese...

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Nepali culture and their customs

 Nepali culture and traditional custom. नेपाल एउटा बिबिध जातजाति भाशा धर्म र संस्कृतिले धनी देश हो। यहाँ हरेक एक जातिको आफ्नै भाषा धर्म रितिरिवाज र पहिरन रहेको छ। हरेक जाती धर्म बिशेष आफ्नो पहिचान जनाउने आफ्नै भाषा र पहिरन रहेको छ। आफ्नै जाती अनुसार भिन्ना भिन्नै रितिरिवाज र संस्कृति पनि बिध्यमान रहेको छ। आ-आफ्नै बेग्ला बेग्लै चाल चलन र रितिरिवाज भएको कारण विभिन्न चाड्बाड मनाइने गरिएको छ। नेपालमा मनाइने धेरै जसो चाडपर्व जाती विशेष भएता पनि...

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