Tag: #Yenya
Articles tagged with #Yenya
Yeṃ Yāḥ
Kathmandu’s Great Autumn Festival that celebrates the rain god for a bountiful rice harvest
Kathmandu marks the Yen yā festival
The Gurju Paltan getting ready to kick off the Kumari chariot parade. ALL PHOTOS: SUMAN NEPALIPatan has Rato Machindranath, Bhaktapur has Biska,…
Wine and women during Yenya
Indra Jatra was improvised to allow women-only events and made way for changes in society
The legend behind the myth of Indra Jatra
Parijat night jasmine flowers for which, it is believed, lord of heaven Indra descended upon Kathmandu. Photo: KUNDA DIXITIndra Jatra, or Yenya,…
Getting behind the divine mask
All photos: SAMIR SHRESTHAAs Kathmandu got ready to celebrate Yenya Punhi (Indra Jatra) with its Kumari chariot procession last week, the masked…