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This year Nepal Sambat has been recognized by Nepal Government. It is big news for the Kathmandu Valley Newars; they have been celebrating this day every year and raising the voice to get official recognization from the government. Here I have tried to capture some wonderful moments how people celebrated this Nepal Sambat New Year 1129 at Basantapur.

I saw some tourist celebrating this festive time with local nears too and some watching it in exciting way. I read in someone’s blog who has visited Nepal saying that Nepal celebrates so many new years. Yeah I think we’re rich in culture and so many ethnic group lives with their own identity and they all have their own New Year.

Some new year we celebrate is

Bikram Sambat - North Indian calendar named after King Bikramaditya. It was adopted by the Shah Kings

Nepal Sambat - Celebrated by the Newars, it is celebrated on the day of Maah Pooja fourth day of tihar. It is said that on this day, a newar Business man Shanka Dhar Sakhwa paid all the debt on behalf of the people of Kathmandu Valley, so the newar started celebrating it as a new life for them. So every year they started celebrating it as a new year.

Loshar - Tibetans, Gurung and Tamang have their own loshar as New Year

International Calendar - January first, this is a new year I think whole world celebrates.

                                                        Welcome gate at Basantapur

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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

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This logo reminds me of my school days

Chinese democracy, in my opinion, is the most awaited album in the history of music. This album by Guns N’ Roses is still on its way to go public and make people crazy with their music and lyrics. It’s been a decade we heard Spaghetti Incident, the last album of Guns N’ Roses. All over the world, I guess Guns N’ Roses’ craze is not over yet. People still Love Axl Rose; they like to attend his concerts even after he is the only original man present in the band.

One question that comes in my mind is when is it going to be released? Is it just a hoax? Every time the release date is being shifting by year.  When are you guys going to be back with Chinese Democracy?

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