Saturday, November 10, 2018

Tihar


Tihar is the second main festival after Dashain. It is also called Deepawali. It is celebrated by hindu people.It is celebrated mostly in Nepal and India.It is a five-day long festival. It starts with Kaag tihar and ends at Bhai tika.

 

 On the first day kaag tihar, we usually worship kaag (crow). I also worshipped crows by offering them food in the morning. And the crows came and ate the food offered by me. 

 

On the second day kukur tihar, dog is worshipped. On this day me and my family worshipped our pet dog and other street dog by offering them delicious food and we put them tika and flower garland.

 

On the third day it was Gai tihar and Laxmi puja. On this day I woke up early in morning and I went temple with my mother. This day in morning I worshipped cow. After that we cleaned all our home. At evening we did laxmi pooja. Laxmi is also regarded as goddess of wealth. Our home was decorated beautifully by flowers, candles and lights. Many people came to play deusi and bhailo this day . My mother gave them some selroti sweets fruits and money.

 

Fourth day was Govardhan Puja. On this day I worshipped ox in temple with mother.This day me and my sister decorated house beautifully with lights and flowers.

 

Bhai tika  It is the last day of tihar. On this day I went to visit my brother's home. All the family were gather together there. I received seven colours tika from my brother and I also put him tika. I gave him some present and in return gift he gave some amount of money  and some sweets.I enjoyed a lot in this Tihar.

dashain

Dashain is the biggest festival of Nepalese people.It is celebrated for 15 days. It usually falls in month of Ashwin or Kartik.It is also regarded as longest festival of year.

First day is called Ghatasthapana. On this day we plant jamara at our house

.Seventh day is called Fulpati. On this day I woke up early in the morning and I went temple with my grandmother. After that we brought fulpati inside our house.

 Eight day is called Astami. On this day me and my brother wash all the bikes and we performed a pooja.

 On ninth day I ate delicious food items which was prepared by my mother.Tenth day is most important day which is Bijaya Dashami. On this day I received tika and jamara from my elders. We played swing and fly kites this day.I have enjoyed a lot in this Dashain.