नेवा: समुदायमा अधिकांशले सिठी (सिथी) नख: को रुपमा कूल (दिगू)पूजा गरेर मनाउने परम्परा रहदै आएको छ । धार्मिक रुपले यो दिनलाई जे जसरी मनाउँदै आएको भए तापनि सामाजिक रुपमा नेवा:हरु यस दिन अप्रत्यक्ष रुपमा पर्यावरण दिवसको रुपमा सयौं वर्षदेखि मनाउँदै गरेको हामी पाउँछौ । यस दिन पानीको मुहानका रुपमा रहेको कलधारा, ढुङ्गेधारा, इनार, चोक लगायत…
काठमाडौं, जेठ १३। मछिन्द्रनाथ देवताभन्दा कृषि वैज्ञानिक हुन् । ललितपुरको पहिलेको नाम ‘यल’ हो, किराँती राजा यलम्बरले स्थापना गरेको शहर भएकोले उनले आफ्नै नामबाट यल राखेका थिए। काठमाडौँ तथा बाहिरका आदिवासी नेवारहरु अहिलेसम्म नि ललितपुरलाई यल नै भन्छन्। पछि गएर यसको नाम ललितपुर हुन गएको हो। ललितपुर नाम राख्नमा प्रमुख भूमिका रहेको मान्छे वा भनौँ…
Local residents of Khokana are busy celebrating Sikali (Jatra) festival at a time when people across the country are marking the Hindu’s greatest festival, Dashain. This year, as many as 14 gods and goddesses will be worshiped and various traditional dance performances will be exhibited. The jatra will be celebrated for five days by inviting…
Biska Jatra is a chariot parade festival primarily celebrated in Bhaktapur to mark the coming of spring. The festival is observed for eight nights and nine days. On the first few days of Biska Jatra, the deities Bhairav and Bhadrakali are worshiped in their respective chariots amid various special tantric rituals. On the fourth day,…
Amidst a nationwide lockdown, Mahasana (bathing ceremony) Rato Machhindranth (Red Macchendranath) and Kumari Puja completed quietly in Patan. Although few people gathered there, they maintain social distancing. In a presence of few hundred devotees, who wore masks and maintained their social distancing, the festival begins reports Sulabh Shrestha in Deshsanchar. As per the ritual, priest…
Nepal Samvat’s New Year’s Day (Kartika Sukla Pratipada) coincides with a Newars family celebration, both Buddhist and Hindu, called mha puja (literally, body-worship or self-worship). While the puja is obviously influenced by the puranas and tantras, it is a distinctive Newar festival, quite distinct in shape and content from Govardhan Puja’s Hindu festival. Usually noted…
Nag Panchami is the Nag-snake festival to worship. The snakes are frightening reptiles as some of them are toxic. The so-called Nag snakes are generally toxic cobra snakes. To be secure from the snakes, the festival is celebrated. Kathmandu’s individuals go to Lake Taudaha, Naagpokhari to worship the Naag. Naagdaha also regarded one of the…
Lakhey Dance is Nepali community’s famous dance. Lakhey is regarded as a legendary devil who, by chasing away other devils, kept his domain. According to the legend, Lakhey punishes him who infringes his domain. This dance is conducted every year in the month of September during the Indra Jatra festival that falls. We members exercise…
Literally Cow Festival, this is an eight-day jovial festival. Everything that creates joy and laughter is part of the highlights of the festival to dance, sing, pantomime. On the festival’s first day, individuals whose family members died in a year-round parade of a decorated cow around the town dressed as cows or hermits together with…
On the first day of Bhadra (Nepali Calendar), the Bagh Bhairab Festival is celebrated. Devotees used to round Bagh Bhairab Temple for 108 times for successful and healthy blessings on the occasion of the Bagh Bhairab festival. Pic Source: Narayan Maharjan
Gathemangal is a festival held every year in the month of June / July on Shrawan Krishna Chaturdashi. Gathemangal or Ghantakarna Chaturdasi is a term co-relatively used for worshiping and offering sacrifices to demons as a festive. In the Newar group, Gathemangal is celebrated and observed in various areas of the Kathmandu Valley. There is…
Neel Barahi’s renowned tantric temple stands on a hillock in Bode of Madhyapur Thimi in the center of a forest. The temple structure itself is very easy, but it is adorned with different sculptures and artifacts. In the medieval period, the temple was created. The temple is built in a Guhyeshwori-Dakshinkali-like style. The shrine space,…
You may want to understand what a “Bhoto” is before we start the tale, yes. Well, that’s a jacket. “Bhoto” translates into “a jacket” in Nepali. “Jatra” refers to “festival.” And so, you’re going to read the vest festival tale. Yes, you’ve read that right, here we have a festival for a jacket, and it’s…
Indra is Rain’s Lord and Heaven’s King. It’s the procession of Jatra. Indra Jatra is God Indra’s Day festival. Indra Jatra is the Kathmandu festival, Nepal’s capital. Some people believe that Indra Jatra thanks Lord Indra for the rain day. The festival is celebrated in honor of Bahirab, who is the manifestation of Shiva and…
Shikali Jatra is celebrated in Khokana, a medieval Newari heritage village in the southern part of the Kathmandu Valley, by a section of the ethnic Newar community. Although the villagers practice Hindus, Dashain is not celebrated. They watch the colorful Shikali Jatra instead of Dashain. The five-day long festival is devoted to Shikali goddess also…
Mahakali Dance This is one of the Newars ‘ most famous masked dances. It is based on the religious tale of’ Mahakali Mahalaxmi’ from a Hindu Puran. According to this, the three goddess Mahakali, Mahalaxmi, and Kumari (three of the eight deities protecting Kathmandu Valley’s eight paths and having distinct supporters of ghosts). Eighty four…
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