Namaste World

At the heart of many Nepalese festivals are ritual dances: without the performance of those dances there is no festival. Historically da...

Basant Panchami is a festival that has more than one meaning. It marks the beginning of spring ("basant" literally means ...

Another year, and another Diwali has come - the most joyful, colourful and noisy in good sense festival. I have written about it before ( h...

One of the greatest festivals in Nepal is Dasain . It reminds me of Christmas in a way: same shopping fever when everybody buys gifts an...

Namaste! Teej is the festival of Hindu women honouring their husbands. The first day is called darkhana and at this day women enjoy a...

Krishna is one of the most popular deities among the Hindus. So the festival Krishna Jayanti, his birthday, is a big day for all devoti...

There is a Buddhist festival that is celebrated only here in Nepal, it is Samyak. All the three cities in the Kathmandu Valley celebrat...

Today is Losar, the Tibetan New Year, and the day before it the Tibetans celebrated Gutor. On this day the whole house is cleaned, the...

Shiva Ratri, literally meaning "the night dedicated to Shiva", is one of the most important festivals of the Hindu calendar. ...

I think nowhere else religious procession reminds a street carnival so much as it does in Sri Lanka. This processions are called perahe...

Holi is the gayest and most carnival-like of all Nepali festivals. This is the festival welcoming spring time. Coloured powder is spray...

Namaste! Today just a few photos of Christmas-decorated shops and windows in Kathmandu

Namaste! Some more photos from the Indra Jatra celebrations

Indra Jatra is one of the most important Nepalese festivals. The main “hero” of the festival is god Indra, Ruler of Heaven, controller o...

Today is a holiday here in Nepal – Buddha Jainti or Buddha’ birthday. In the morning I went to the Bouddanath. Still morning - but it w...

Namaste! Holi is the gayest of all Nepali festivals. On this day it is better to wear white clothes and then in the process of celebra...

Namaste! Yesterday people of Tamang community of Nepal celebrated the beginning of the new year, Sonam Lhosar. According to their ...

Here I am, back in Nepal. And just in time to see yesterday’s festival Gai Jatra. Gai Jatra means “festival of cows”. During the festival m...

"Panchami" is derived from the Sanskrit word "panch" meaning five. And every Nepali month has a Panchami festival on...