{"id":1645,"date":"2015-08-30T22:40:41","date_gmt":"2015-08-30T16:55:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sangesh.com.np\/blog\/?p=1645"},"modified":"2015-09-02T08:39:12","modified_gmt":"2015-09-02T02:54:12","slug":"gaijatra-celebration-at-bhaktapur","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sangesh.com.np\/blog\/2015\/08\/gaijatra-celebration-at-bhaktapur\/","title":{"rendered":"Gaijatra celebration at Bhaktapur"},"content":{"rendered":"<!-- google_ad_section_start -->\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/-7UIeBbOD-Mg\/VeMvJO0Dq1I\/AAAAAAAADtk\/cYBhw2DiJ7A\/s750-Ic42\/gaijatra%252520bhaktapur-9346.jpg?resize=750%2C501&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Gai Jatra festival in Bhaktapur\" width=\"750\" height=\"501\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Gai Jatra<\/strong> is the festival to commemorate the death of the people during the year. The festival mostly is celebrated by the Newar community. It is one of the biggest festival of Kathmandu valley. All the three major cities of Kathmandu have it\u2019s own way of celebrating this festival. This year I went to Bhaktapur to see the festival, it\u2019s a different than the one I have been used to see at Basantapur Durbar Square, Kathmandu.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><br \/>\nEvery chariot has the photo of the deceased family member. The chariot is small and dressed with clothes. Music and cultural dance is an essential part of this festival here. <strong>Ghinta Ghisi<\/strong> dance is a special kind of dance followed by a chariot. The dance is done in a long queue with two persons in a row, hitting the sticks that they carry with the opposite person.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/-GwTT63OAIlQ\/VeMvGc-75dI\/AAAAAAAADs4\/PxLHJ1fPUsU\/s750-Ic42\/gaijatra%252520bhaktapur-9274.jpg?resize=750%2C422&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Stick dance during Gai Jatra in Bhaktapur\" width=\"750\" height=\"422\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/-pcHUsrvdBEY\/VeMvGAW8oBI\/AAAAAAAADso\/JnbBE_oda7M\/s750-Ic42\/gaijatra%252520bhaktapur-9268.jpg?resize=750%2C501&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Ghinta Ghisi dance, Bhaktapur\" width=\"750\" height=\"501\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/-evILoR4Gdtg\/VeMvIn5oImI\/AAAAAAAADtY\/qf0NXDQGN2o\/s750-Ic42\/gaijatra%252520bhaktapur-9325.jpg?resize=750%2C422&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"A lakhe\" width=\"750\" height=\"422\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/-SRxoDyWH3Lg\/VeMvH75473I\/AAAAAAAADtI\/_Wd45qTMzDU\/s750-Ic42\/gaijatra%252520bhaktapur-9299.jpg?resize=750%2C501&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Local people participating in the Gai jatra festival\" width=\"750\" height=\"501\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/-cnv4_cuL7ek\/VeMvEr5_txI\/AAAAAAAADsQ\/v5QBAxItY1A\/s750-Ic42\/gaijatra%252520bhaktapur-9249.jpg?resize=501%2C750&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Local women participating in the festival\" width=\"501\" height=\"750\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/-GnAZUWOzg_s\/VeMvHVjKH-I\/AAAAAAAADtA\/Ew0q9cg1-cE\/s750-Ic42\/gaijatra%252520bhaktapur-9276.jpg?resize=501%2C750&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"An elderly lady participating in the Gai Jatra\" width=\"501\" height=\"750\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/-88h9cVEWUYE\/VeMvG37HrJI\/AAAAAAAADtE\/kE8o4NEKOyQ\/s750-Ic42\/gaijatra%252520bhaktapur-9275.jpg?resize=501%2C750&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Procession of the chariot in Bhaktapur\" width=\"501\" height=\"750\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/-8ChYJgGubRs\/VeMvJgrOH4I\/AAAAAAAADtc\/LBgXeC5gH1o\/s750-Ic42\/gaijatra%252520bhaktapur-9347.jpg?resize=501%2C750&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"A chariot during Gai Jatra in bhaktapur\" width=\"501\" height=\"750\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/-tP0KC95DlPs\/VeMvEwOK-kI\/AAAAAAAADsY\/uRSne82LT6k\/s750-Ic42\/gaijatra%252520bhaktapur-9254.jpg?resize=501%2C750&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"A young girl participating in the stick dance\" width=\"501\" height=\"750\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/-5nnj9HlNHtE\/VeMvEjUiOiI\/AAAAAAAADsU\/3X8aDa2HGEg\/s750-Ic42\/gaijatra%252520bhaktapur-9255.jpg?resize=501%2C750&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Stick dance and full of young energy\" width=\"501\" height=\"750\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/-OxZQC8MFTVQ\/VeMvFhD5Y2I\/AAAAAAAADsk\/EXQTy6UM0iw\/s750-Ic42\/gaijatra%252520bhaktapur-9262.jpg?resize=501%2C750&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"A foreigner participates in the stick dance\" width=\"501\" height=\"750\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/-7yRTNETNFRw\/VeMvJzEyHCI\/AAAAAAAADto\/-mTvs8NdORY\/s750-Ic42\/gaijatra%252520bhaktapur-9371.jpg?resize=501%2C750&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"People duing the gai jatra festival\" width=\"501\" height=\"750\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">A group of guys from Anti &#8211; Christ, when talked to them, they explained that their group is not about anti Christ but they are against bad practice of all religion<\/p>\n<!-- google_ad_section_end -->\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<!-- google_ad_section_start -->\n<p>Gai Jatra is the festival to commemorate the death of the people during the year. The festival mostly is celebrated by the Newar community. It is one of the biggest festival of Kathmandu valley. All the three major cities of Kathmandu have it\u2019s own way of celebrating this festival. 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