Baisakh is the first month in the Nepali calendar. Like January 1 in other countries, Baisakh 1 in Nepal is the national new year. The day falls at the middle of April. In 2018, the New Year falls on Saturday April 14, 2018 – Baisakh 1, 2075. Why is Nepali New Year different? That is
Naulinga (नौंलिंग (लूःमधी) à¤à¤¦à¥à¤°à¤•à¤¾à¤²à¥€ जातà¥à¤°à¤¾) is a yearly festival held in Bhadrakali temple. The Jatra is held in the area near Kirtipur. As it is held in the outskirt of Kathmandu city, and is not held in the main city, the festival doesn’t get media attention and is limited to the local people and communities.
Every year Seto Machindranath Rath Jatra starts in around March end (Chaitra Sukla Aastami). This year, the Jatra started on March 25, 2018. The Seto Machindranath (White Machindranath or Machhendranath) is considered the god of rain and the god for good rice harvest. In the festival, the statue of god Seto Machindranath is carried up
The colourful festival ‘Holi’ is coming soon in Nepal. The festival is usually celebrated in March (It is on March 12 in 2017. The dates might slightly differ from year to year.) An introduction to Holi and the reason behind the celebration of Holi: Main features of Holi: The festival marks the end of winter
This year on January 22, 2018, students all over Nepal celebrate Shree Panchami – the birthday of goddess Saraswati. The festival also known as Basanta Panchami is also celebrated as Saraswati Puja. Last year, the festival was on February 1 (read last year’s report here.). Saraswati is the goddess of knowledge, wisdom, learning, art, music
This festival ‘Maghe Sankranti’ means the first day of Magh month in the Nepali calendar (Lunar calendar). The first day of the Magh month is being celebrated as a festival all over Nepal by eating a special dish for the day. In Kirati communities, it is considered the new year. They usually eat various roots
The letter Kha (ख) is the second consonant of the Devanagari script of Nepali language. The letter can be traced back to the Brahmi letter (ka). Brahmi script is the oldest writing systems used in South and Central Asia from the 1st millennium BCE. The letter later transformed into the present form of Ka. The
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 national flag of Nepal is the world’s only non-quadrilateral national flag. The flag is a simplified combination of two pennants. The flag is of crimson red in colour – the colour of the National flower of Nepal, rhododendron. The blue border is considered the colour of peace. The current national flag was adopted, with
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
