‘Gathamuga’ festival being celebrated today

- by Samiksha Shrestha

The Newari festival which marks the death of mythical demon ‘Ghantakarna’ is being celebrated today by the locals of Kathmandu, Lalitpur and Bhaktapur.

Monsoon edition of ‘Brand Nepal Go Local’ carnival to be held in Lalitpur on May 21

- by Republica

The fourth edition of the Biggest Nepali Brand carnival, an initiative of Radio Nagarik to promote Nepali products, will be held at Bhanimandal, Lalitpur on May 21. The event will be held from 12 noon to 10 PM.

19th Sawa Lakh Rot Festival begins in Gorkha

- by Republica

The Sawa Lakh Rot festival started today. Ramaji Aryal, central chairman of the center 'Siddhashram Shakti Kendra' has started the 19th Rot Festival at Gorakhnath cave. Today, a chariot journey was made from Gorkha Bazaar to Durbar including various musical instruments. Shakti Kendra seekers and  locals were present on the journey. Every year, the Siddhashram Shakti Kendra has been holding the festival for 11 days from the full moon day of Baisakh and offering 'rot' as the day when King Prithvi Narayan Shah's Guru Gorakhnath appeared. One hundred thousand 'rots' are offered during this festival.

Bhaktapur Heritage Bicycle Excursion on ‘Buddha Jayanti’

- by Republica

Buddha Jayanti Samaroh Samiti, Muni Vihar Inacho, Bhaktapur, and Cycle Connect Bhaktapur have announced to jointly organize a bicycle excursion of the Buddhist heritage sites in Bhaktapur on the occasion of Buddha Jayanti. The participants will visit various monasteries, Bahabahis and Chaityas of Bhaktapur. The bicycle rally will start from Dharmottam Mahavihar (Muni Vihar) Inacho at 7 AM on May 14. The excursion team will then head to Indira Varna Mahavihar Inacho, Mangal Dharmadeep Mahavihar (Jhorbahi) Golmadhi, Lun Baha, Sukuldhoka Chaturbrahma Mahavihar Sakotha via Taumadhi to Akhandashil Mahavihar-Bolache, Naasmanaa.

NYC to hold first Asian American and Pacific Islander parade

- by Associated Press

New York City will hold its first-ever Asian American and Pacific Islander Cultural and Heritage Parade in Manhattan this weekend, Mayor Eric Adams and event organizers announced Wednesday. The parade is set for Sunday at 10:45 a.m. on Sixth Avenue from West 44th Street to West 55th Street. It comes a day after another first for the city: a Japan Day parade to celebrate Japanese Americans and their heritage, scheduled for Saturday at 1 p.m. on Manhattan’s Central Park West. The two parades are being held during Asian American Pacific Islander (AAPI) Heritage Month, and amid activism following a wave of anti-Asian attacks during the coronavirus pandemic.

Rato Machhindranath's chariot procession begins today

- by Republica

Rato Machhindranath's chariot procession is starting today. The chariot will be pulled from Pulchowk today. Rato Machhindranath's rath (Chariot) yatra (procession) is considered to be the longest procession in Lalitpur. It is customary to pull the chariot in and around Lalitpur during this procession.

Akshay Tritiya festival is being celebrated today

- by Republica

The Akshay Tritiya festival, which is celebrated every year on the day of Baisakh Shukla Tritiya, is being celebrated today by donating and consuming Satu and Sarbat. According to the classical law, one gets up early this morning, covers one's house, takes a bath, and prepares the goods used while worshiping. Diyo, Kalash, and Ganesh are worshiped and a copper plate with Ashta Dal inscription is placed on the Kalash, and Lord Vishnu is worshiped with sixteen ingredients. There is a Vedic orthodox tradition of offering pure water in copper or juice in an earthenware vessel made up of cinnamon, cloves, sweet melons cardamom, honey, sugar, sakhar, and crystal sugar (misri) as well as donate Barley Flour(satu) to the priest.

Celebrating Eid-ul-Fitr: Public holiday today

- by Republica

Today, on the first day of the tenth month (Sauwal) according to the Arabic calendar Hijri, the entire Muslim community across the country is celebrating Eid-ul-Fitr by reciting special prayers(Namaz) and receiving blessings from their elderly ones. During this festival, younger ones from the Muslim community go to their elderly ones for three days and receive blessings. It is customary to give sevai, dates, and other sweet delicacies to the relatives who come for blessings.

Vibrant display of contemporary forms of artistic expression (With Video)

- by Sangita Shrestha

In Kathmandu Triennale 2077, one can witness works by artists working with and from within multiple aesthetic, and cosmological viewpoints and meanings, expressing multiplicities that compose the multifaceted global reality.

Holi, festival of colors begins with installation of Chir

- by Republica

With the installation of Chir, a ceremonial bamboo pole with three tiers of colorful clothes at Basantapur Durbar Square in Kathmandu, Holi, the festival of colors officially began on Thursday.

Celebrating Yomari Punhi

- by Republica

The Newa community celebrates many feasts and festivals, and one of them is Yomari Punhi. The full moon day of December is celebrated as the Yomari Punhi by the Newas of Kathmandu Valley which is also called Dhanya Purnima or the harvest full moon day.

MoNA initiates promotion of Nepali Art through a social cause “Art for Hope”

- by Republica

With the aims of promoting Nepal as an art destination and supporting children battling cancer, a mega art festival began on Thursday, to be followed by an exhibition and sale.

The thrilling aspect of Indra Jatra: Pulu Kishi procession (with video)

- by Sangita Shrestha

Indra Jatra is one of the most remarkable festivals of Kathmandu where the streets come alive with traditional music, mask dances, chariot processions, folk drama and more. And the procession of Pulu Kishi is one of the fascinating processions among other processions taken out during the jatra.

Eight interesting facts about Sithi Nakha

- by Sangita Shrestha

Sithi Nakha is celebrated on the sixth day of the waxing moon, according to the lunar calendar, in the Nepali month of Jestha/Asar. This year it has fallen on Wednesday, June 16.

Youngsters realizing importance of ethnic food

- by Sangita Shrestha

My City has taken interviews of two young members of Ethnik, which has introduced chaaku as their products in the market with modern packaging. And, Ethnik is a new business venture and a team name for 4 students from People’s Dental College, who participated and won the On-Campus Finale of Hult Prize at IOM for the cause 'Food for Good'. They plan to take their products at the international level in the Regional competition being held soon.

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