Dashain in Nepal

Dear All,

As I read 'Where's Hot' Section in Sept 08 issue of Action Asia, there is a 'Dashain' Festival in Nepal beterrn 6- 10 Octuber, what is it all about. The magazine said many business will be closed, and people will be busy to visit relatives , quite similar to the Chinese New Year Holiday in China and Hong Kong. I guess !

Any special thing people will do during this festival? Will they give red pocket money to children or have Lion Dance?

It seems quite interesting. is the festival mean the beginning of a New Year in that country?

Any adventure game people will do to celebrate this?

Hey ET, you should check this website, well done and full of info

http://www.travel-nepal.com

Now that Nepal is less in a political turmoil, i believe it is a good time to visit. Always good to support this country and population that has been sufffering from civil war way too long. Rosemary.

This 10-days festival is celebrated all over Nepal, honoring bountiful fertility & the conquest of evil. Normal life comes to a standstill as everyone attends to his religious & family duties. On Phulpati, the day of flowers, there is a procession to Hanuman Dhoka that was traditionally attended by the king, on the eighth & ninth days there are massive numbers of ritual animal sacrifices, for every tool that is used during the year must be blessed. Shrines all over the country literally run with blood.


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