Dashain Festival in Nepal

TIKA AND JAMARA

The whole country of Nepal celebrating the Dashain Festival, by far the most significant and important festival in Nepal and all Hindu Countries. Dashain is the longest festival in Nepal lasting for 15 days in total and the most anticipated one as well. Dashain commemorates the victory of Good over Evil.

This great festival falls in September or October starting from the Bright Lunar Fortnight of the month of Ashwin and ending on the Full Moon Day and hence lasing for 15 days of celebration and happiness among the Nepalese people. Among the fifteen days of celebration, the most significant days are the First Day (Ghatasthapana), Seventh Day (Phulpati), Eighth Day (Maha Aastami), Nineth Day (Maha Nawami) and the Tenth Day (Dashami / Tika).

Throughout the festival Goddess Durga is worshiped and all nine forms of Goddess Durga have very important roles during the festival. Throughout Nepal innumerable pujas (worships) are conducted with abundant offerings and thousands of animal sacrifices for the ritual to drench the Goddess for days in blood. 

Nepalese from all over the globe travel to Nepal to be with their family during the festival. This has added to the significance of this great festival as the departed come together for the festival and the airports along with local buses are flooded with  commuters who seek to be home with their family for the festival. The most significant day of Tika is the day when younger members of the family visit older members and take blessings and TIKA on their forehead from the elders. 

This great festival has been celebrated in Nepal from ages and as Outfitters in Nepal we hope the traditions and cultures continue to prosper among the youth and younger generations as without these cultures we will loose our identity and fade away.

Adventure Trekking Nepal family would love to  wish all Nepalese throughout the world a very Happy and Prosperous Dashain.