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Wednesday, March 17, 2010

Festivals of Nepal

In Nepal, Nepalese peoples celebrate many festivals. In Nepal, the principal festivals of the kathmandu valley are the chariot festivals of the Machhendranath , white and red in March and April respectively. White machhendranath in Kathmandu and Red Machhendranath in Patan. The another festivals are the Gathemangal in july, the Gaijatra in August, the Indrajatra in September, the Mataya held in Patan in August, the Bisket held in Bhaktapur in April to celebrate the Nepalese New Year, and the Godajatra of kathmandu in Febuary.

Another festival like Dasain and Tihar are celebrate all over the kingdom with becoming dignity whether a festival is local , regional or national, it has and audio-visual impact of unforgettable by a side variety of songs, dances and music. As a part, if the Gaijatra festival, all the noteworthy Viharas (Bahals) are converted into iconographical museums, showing a breath-taking range of bronze statuaries of great antiquity with the image of Dipankar Buddha predominating. In Ghodahatra the principal divinities of kathmandu are borne shoulder-high on pagoda-style wheelless chasiots thorough the streets of kathmandu to the shatteing roas of drums, gongs and cymbals.

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