(Photo Credit: Nandu Shrestha) When one speaks of tongue boring festival, it rings a bell – the tongue boring festival of Bode soon comes to mind, but there is another tongue boring festival in Thimi, which is celebrated on the evening of yanya punhi (the full moon day of September). Unfortunately, it’s just disappeared. In […]
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दान धर्मया ला – गुंला
गुंलाथ्वः पारुंनिसें यंलाथ्वः पारु लच्छितक नेवाः बौद्धमार्गीतय्सं दानधर्मया विशेष ला कथं ‘गुंला’ हना वयाच्वंगु दु । नेवाः संस्कृतिइ गुंलाया विशेष महत्व व गरिमा दु । गुंला शुरु जुइवं हे नेवाःतय्गु नखःचखःया माः नं न्ह्यानावइ । थुकिया शुरुवात गथांमुगः चःर् हेनिसें जुइसा गुंला शुरु जुइवं हे वाः पतिं थीथी नखःचखः स्वात्तुस्वानाः वइ । थ्वहे झ्वलय् गुंला लच्छि […]
From Gai Jatra to Gay Jatra: A Case of Cultural Conflicts in Kathmandu
Gai Jatra is one of the most spectacular festivities celebrated in Kathmandu and other parts of Nepal. This festival includes two elements in a cherished fusion: tribute to people who’ve died in past year and miraculous carnival. The main aspect of the tradition is that everything in the carnival should be either humorous or satirical. […]