Color Me Orange
Bisket jatra of Thimi is also known as sindure jatra (Vermilion Powder Festival) as you can see all people face covered with orange color. You will experience a different taste in this particular festival which is celebrated by the newar community of Thimi.
Bajrayogini @ Shankhu
Hey guys in few weeks’ time there is going to be a festival in one of the ancient city of Nepal , Sankhu. This festival is going to be held from 2 - 4 April 2010.
I was really surprised to get and email from one of the organizer Mr. Suresh Pradhan. He requested me to send him some high resolution picture I took when I visited Shankhu on Bajrayogini Jatra. It’s always a pleasure when someone passes your work and asks for your favor. I have given few photographs to him so that he can utilize it to make some brochure and posters for advertisement. I hope this festival will be a great success. It is time for people outside Shankhu to know the cultural heritage of this palace and its history. This is also a holy city where every year millions of people visit to take bath on Shali Nadi.
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The Avatars in Kartik Naach
I thought to capture every day activities of this year Kartik Naach at Patan Durbar Square, but not lucky enough. Today is the 3rd last day of this festival.
Saturday is the last day where the narshimha avatar dance will be perform. It is the main day where you can see lots of traditional dances and a musical drama of narshimha avatar.
This is a unique type of festival that is observed at patan durbar square. It’s a newari cultural program where we can see Newari Musical Drama and Dances. The dances are very ancient. This festival was started by Malla King of Patan Siddi Narsingh malla.
I don’t have much more information on this festival. The last day of Festival is very exciting and important. On the last day we can see a Musical Drama of Hindu Legendry story Pralad and Narsingh Avatar.
Today is the third day of the festival Tihar. We celebrated it by worshiping the goddess Laxmi, the god of wealth. I have captured some pictures of this festival from the streets of Kathmandu. It is really fun to see lights all over, Kids playing Deusi and fireworks and elder people busy with shopping.
But this year something made me sad, please see the pictures below and know why I am sad. There is just one picture that made me sad, other pictures are the one which might take some of my friends abroad to past, their childhood and make them think what they are missing.
Girls Playing Bhaili, This is one kind of fun that kids have in Tihar
Gai Jatra celebration
Gai Jatra is a festival celebrated by the Newar community of kathmandu valley every year since the malla period. We see newars celebrating this festival in different cities where there is strong pesence of newars. Now a days we see other community also particiapting in this festival. It is one of the most popular festivals of Nepal. This festival comes just a day after Janai Purnima. The festival commemorates the death of people during the span of a year. Gai Jatra is a healthy festival which enables the people to accept the reality of death and to prepare oneself for the life after death. The festival of cows is one of the most popular festivals of Nepal.
Rato Macchindranath
Today was the first day of the festival of Rato Macchindranath. I saw the chariot pulling for the first time, and it was a great experience for me. I enjoyed seeing the people participation in such festivals. Young guys were excited to grab the rope and pull the chariot.
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