It’s been almost 5 months I have been living in Bangkok. I have heard about the Thai culture from childhood and many of them are similar to our Hindu culture.
Yesterday I observed the first Thai festival called Loi Krathong. It is always a fun to participate in festival and take pictures for me. Actually I was curious to know about this festival and how they celebrate.
The show must go on
It is the participation of people which preserves the culture, and in this run public of Patan are ahead. Kartik Naach is one of Patan’s unique culture. This is a performing artwhich contains some moral stories and Hindu stories and traditional music. It had begun from 12th November 2010. This festival will be celebrated till 19th November 2010. This year I am going to miss the last day of the show.
Nhudaya Bhintuna – Nepal Sambat 1131
Taking pictures of Nhudaya Bhintuna rally is always a fun. This year I tried to capture the moments with my New Nikkor lens 10-24 mm. I took some picture during the rally and later at night in the Basantapur area. The rally shows the rich culture of Kathmandu valley and the Newar community of this valley.
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.
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.
Indra Jatra
One of the biggest Newari festival of this ancient city Kathmandu. We can observe many things in this festival. Traditional dance, Lakhe dance, masked dancers representing deities and demons and many other things. One thing that attracts the youth to this festival is going to the pipe joined to the mouth of Swet Bhairav. Boys just try to hold the pipe and drink the alcohol that flows from it.
This is a unique type of festival that is observed at Patan Durbar Square, Lalitpur. It is a Newari cultural program where we can see Newari Musical Drama and Dances. The dances are very ancient. This festival was started by the 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 Legendary story of Pralad and Narsingh Avatar.
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