Wednesday, September 29, 2010

Nepali Festivals

Most of the people in Nepal are Hindus. But some are Christians, Muslims, Buddhist and so on. As most of the people are Hindus so the main Festivals are Dashain, Tihar, Holi, Krishnaaastami, gaijatra, teej, janaipurnima etc.
Dashain:  Its the biggest festival of Nepal. it is celebrated almost for 15 days. in the day  of  Tika we put on tika by ours elders, they put on tika on our for head and give us bless and wish we make lots of varieties of food. All the family members, neighbors, friends gather in some place and enjoy it by eating different kind of foods, play cards and swing.
Tihar:  After dashain Tihar is also one of the most famous festival of Hindus. Actually the festival for the brothers and sisters. Sisters use to put tika on brothers and pray for their long life. Brothers gives then gifts as in return.
Holi:  Its the festival of colors. Friend and family gathering together and putting different kinds of colors n each other we celebrate it. its colorful festival as well as of waters. putting color and water in each other the holi is celebrated.  

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