Wednesday, February 24, 2010

Deepawali Festival

Diwali is a culture of lightness. It celebrated in kartik month of Nepal. This festival is very romantic festival from our fore father. In this festival all people belive that this day is for wealth. In this day Goddess Laxmi is prayed by all people. All people lit lamp for light in their home and surrounding. That lamp give more brightness in our home and surrounding.This is very famous festival for hindu culture. This festival is for lightness of life. Diwali celebrates this through festive fireworks, lights, flowers, sharing of sweets, and worship. It mostly marks the end of the harvest season in most of India and Nepal. This day also celebrated for Laxmi poojaFor the memory of Sri Ram after 14 years of Vanvas(exile). People at that time lit rows of lamps in his welcome and fell happiness. From that day this festival is celebrating. In this day many people also play card for that they check their luck and winning money. In this case many bad work also done in this day from card playing. After the puja, children burst firecrackers heralding the defeat of the demon. As this is a day of rejoicing, many will have very elaborate breakfasts and lunches and meet family and friends.

Friday, February 19, 2010

Lhosar Festival

Lhosar is the celebration of the New Year by the Tibetans residing in Kathmandu in Nepal. The New Year day is celebrated by the Tibetans during the month of February. This festival is celebrated with color and gaiety in Kathmandu. The monasteries in Kathmandu are thronged by the Buddhists during this festival. Lhosar in Kathmandu is observed in monasteries like Swayambhunath and Boudhanath. The Buddhists join the mirth of the festival. They dress in their traditional apparel and gather with the family members and friends to celebrate the joyous occasion. They take part in several cultural activities like dancing and singing. The songs gradually rise in pitch and are sung in unison.
The dance performances during celebration of Lhosar in Kathmandu are enjoyed by the people. The dances often have symbolic connotations. The monks also participate in the auspicious dances and they dress up in gorgeous silk dresses. The monks generally perform a special type of slow dance. The songs and dances are accompanied by horns and cymbals. The Tibetans wish for prosperity and good health for their near and dear ones on the occasion of Lhosar. It is a festival in Kathmandu that is celebrated during a period of new moon in February. Sometimes the occasion is also observed during March. The Tibetan New Year is a time when they indulge in celebration and take break from work

Monday, February 15, 2010

Teej Festival

Teej is a very famous festival in Nepal. This festival for Hindu culture. Woman celebrate this festival. Woman pray God for long life for their family and husband. The first day of Teej is called the "Dar Khane Din". On this day the women, both married and unmarried, mainly of Khas ethnicity, assemble at one place, in their finest attires and start dancing and singing devotional songs. Amidst all this, the grand feast takes place. The jollity often goes on till midnight, after which the 24 - hour fast starts.
The second day is the fasting day. Some women live without a morsel of food and drops of water while others take liquid and fruit. On this day, they gaily dress and visit a nearby Shiva temple singing and dancing on the way. The Pashupatinath temple gets the highest number of devotees. At the Shiva temple, women circumambulate the Lingam, the symbol of the lord, offering flowers, sweets and coins. The main puja (religious ceremony) takes place with offerings of flowers, fruits etc made to Shiva and Parbati, beseeching teej is so hot their blessing upon the husband and family. The important part of the puja is the oil lamp which should be alight throughout the night for it is bad omen if it dies away.
The third day of the festival is Rishi Panchami. After the completion of the previous day's puja, women pay homage to various deities and bathe with red mud found on the roots of the sacred datiwan bush, along with its leaves. This act of purification is the final ritual of Teej, after which women are considered absolved from all sins. The recent years have witnessed alteration in the rituals, especially concerning the severity, but its essence remains the same.
Teej is being celebrated just before one day of Ganesh Chaturthi. Married women do 24 hours nirjala fasting (without water or fruit) for the wellness of their spouse and married life.

Saturday, February 13, 2010

Holi Festival

We know that Holi is famous festival in Nepal and India. This is the festival of colors. This day is holiday. This day is very romantic day for all people. In this day people offer animals to God and Goddess. In this day all people eat sweet food and good food. Some eats meat and some eats sweet who is omnivorous. This is celebrated in the view of happiness. It celebrated from many years ago. There was a Demon whose name Hrnakshyap. His son called Pralahad is very simple boy. But he was a demon called himself God. But his son was not like that. Because he kill any and done many evil works. Prahalad pray to God. But his father did not agree on him. So his father decided to kill his son. One day Demon's sister said I killed this boy. Her name was Holika who got bless of God that never be blunt in right works but she forget that. One day she sit on fire with Prahalad. That time Prahalad began to pray God. After some time Holika was burnt herself and Prahalad saved at that time. From that day Holi is celebrating.

Friday, February 12, 2010

Valentine's Day

The day devoted to love special. Valentine day's is a very special day for sweethearts-be it your lover, fiancee, wife, husband, brother, sister or anyone with whom you share special bond. It is the day to lock some wonderful memories fore ever in to your heart. It is about celebrating a special bond and to appreciate someone in a very unique and exclusive manner. These days this is given as much importance as other festivals, and many of us celebrate this day in Nepal. However, the perception of Valentine's day is different for every individual. No matter what your age is or to what part of the world u belong to, if you value love, togetherness ans heartfelt emotions, beside the gifts, cards and lovely red roses. And just keep in mid feelings are beyond the aroma of the lowers and the attention-grabbing words on a card. Someone's wallet does not compute the love he or she has for you.
Valentine Day is a day solely devoted to the love, warmth, affection and togetherness. it is the day to raise a special toast to a relationship that means the world to you. True love does not need a flower or a luminous diamond. It is more about the profundity of your love for someone in a very special manner. And for those friend's who do not have a Valentine, don't pull a long face. You can indeed have loads of fun even if there is no one special in your life to whom you can dedicate this day. Just go out for a party with all your single buddies and eat, drink and be merry. No one says that you can't celebrate Valentine's Day if you don't have a date . Ans you never know, you may arrive back home with the one you were looking for. So go out and explore. Just make yourself feel exclusive. Celebrate the day by pampering yourself and making your surrounding pleasant and beautiful.
Valentine's day is not about confining love to one day or measuring the depth of some one's love and affection in material term. It is just about devoting a day solely to all your loved ones. We should all be realize that the wrong connotation of love must not come into play when we talk of this special day. Love must be taken in its purest form and not liken it to lust of lowest level. This day has to give that spark of joy to light the heart of everyone through the sheer expression of love. It's Heart to All.

Panauti Mela of Nepal

Panauti is that place which located in Nepal of bagamati zone in Bhaktapur district. This Mela is conciding with the month-long Makar Mela. This is celebrated once every years at Panauti. This Mela helds from 15 January. Capturing various sociocultural facts of Panauti, many people has unfolded many rare and disappearing cultural practices of the local Newar communoty throughtheir photos. A huge crowd of peoplses attending the festival where some people are pulling the chariot while volunteers are making way for the chariot. Similarly, another titled called Holi Bath shows some devotees performing the ritual of taking the holy dip in the river while some are praying to the Sun God at Madhavnarayan Mela during Swasthani Brata festival at Hanuman ghat, Bhaktapur. Through Panauti is very rich its culture in the recent days many of it cultural practises are disappearing. This is also a very good and big Mela.

Mahashivratri

Mahashivratri is a famous festival and culture of nepal. It memeorized the Lord Shiva. Shivratri falls on Magh Poornima. This is good feature festival of Nepal.This day is very good day of holidays. Mahashivratri occurs big Mela in pashupati Nath Temple. Many priest from Nepal and India visit this Mela.They all pray to the God for themself and their family and Friends.This day all people hope that God bless all things what we think and do. God bless all people onthe earth. All visitors take flowers, garland, tika, ladoo,etc. and they also provide to the visitors. This is Hindu's greatest famous festival. This is being observed throughout the nation tomorrow with religious fervour and devotion. Pashupati Area Development Trust said the stage is being set to observe the Mahashivratri. Mahashivratri is one time when Bhang, Dhaturo and Marijuana are considered as offering to Lord Shiva anf People take it as Prasadi. At times having this prasadi follows with memorable and funny incidents. Some of fun loving personalities reveal their shivratri memorise to many. About half a million visitors, devotees, and sages are expected to visit the temple.Hundreds of sadhus, naga babas and sages love already and neighbouring India. Many programs are held there at that noght. In the night of full moon all relax with the programs. All people share congratulations and wishes with their family and freinds at this day.