Tag: #Nepali festivals
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Kathmandu’s religious opulence
Newa community worship idols in exuberant pageantry, even though the Buddha preached humility and frugality
Divine chariot
Patan’s Rato Matsyendranath procession is an intergenerational and transboundary festival
The reign of the god of rain
The month-long annual Rato Matsyendranath chariot festival with its legend in deep history has begun
Yeṃ Yāḥ
Kathmandu’s Great Autumn Festival that celebrates the rain god for a bountiful rice harvest
This year’s Janai Purnima with extra strings attached
People in Kathmandu celebrate Janai Purnima today amid the increasing risk of COVID-19 in the capital, with worshippers flocking to Pashupati to…
Festivals of sisterhood
When Deepak Gautam’s wife was pregnant with their second child, his older daughter came to him with a worried look. “I want a sister, but…
Parodying patriarchy at Tij
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1P59ri5M1KM&feature=youtu.beTij has been called a festival of women, and indeed it is a time Nepali women let…