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CALENDAR OF FESTIVALS, EVENTS & ACTIVITIES VNY'1998 | |||||
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DATE |
EVENTS |
PLACE |
DESCRIPTION |
ORGANISATION/CONT.ADD |
REMARKS |
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All the Year Round |
Clean up Campaigns |
Khumbu Reigion |
Cleaning of all the Base Camps and Trekking Routes of Khumbu Reigion |
Sagarmatha Pollution Control Committee |
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| Nagarkot Week | Nagarkot, KTM | Week long cultural activities exhibiting crafts shows organising musical & traditional games. | Date to be confirmed | ||
| Jewelry exhibition |
KTM |
Nepal Handicrafts Asso. |
Date to be confirmed | ||
| Thanka Exhibition |
KTM |
Word famous indeginous, traditional scroll painting made out of vegetable dyes and gold powder. | Date to be confirmed | ||
| Deliberation & Dscourses of Lectures & Research Activities on Ayurveda |
Tridevi Marga, KTM |
Ayurveda Medicinal Plants. Demonstration of Yoga |
Ayurveda Health Home & Research Centre |
Throughout the year | |
| Ayurveda & Yoga Clinical & Health Promotive Services |
Tridevi Marga, KTM |
Ayurveda consultation & Therapy Services . Yoga Training & Therapy Services |
Ayurveda Health Home & Research Centre |
Throughout the year | |
| Marriage Festival | Throughout the country | Elaborated marriage ceremonies alongwith colourful processions and traditional musical bands are performed in special sacred months of Jan, Feb, Mar, April and May. | Date to be confirmed | ||
| Contemporary Art Painting |
KTM / Pokhara |
By Artists Asso. of Nepal |
Date to be confirmed | ||
| Carpet Exhibition |
KTM / Pokhara |
Date to be confirmed | |||
| Release of VNY'98 Commemorative coins & medals. | Date to be confirmed | ||||
| Release of special Postal Stamps | Date to be confirmed | ||||
| Moni - Rimdo Festival | Phaplu, Lukla,Namche & Tengboche | Elaborated festival of Lama - Buddhism perfomed with masked dance & other colourful activities twice a year. | Date to be confirmed | ||
| Restaurant's Waiters Race |
Durbar Marga, KTM |
Watiers of the various restaurants will compete a race by carrying tea-pots, water -glass on the tray. |
REBAN |
Date to be confirmed | |
| Rato Machendranath Jatra & Bhoto Jatra |
Patan |
Amonth long Buddhist festival celebrated by pulling two chariots of Bunga Deo & Chakupa Deo. At the last day of festival the religious celebration will be completed by showing Bhoto - a bejewal vest of the King of Serpent | Date to be confirmed | ||
| Dakshinkali Sacrificing Rites | Dakshinkali Temple / KTM | On every Tuesdays & Saturdays devotees make sacrifices of goats & chickens. | Throughout the year. | ||
| Annapurna Marathon |
Annapurna Area |
ACAP |
Date to be confirmed | ||
| Eco Training |
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| Carpets & Handicrafts Exibition |
KTM |
CAAN |
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| Kumbheswore Mela |
Fair in Patan |
Fair takes place near Bagalamukhi temple in Patan. Crowds of devotees seen in line to worship Lord Shiva, known by the name of Kumbheswore. | Date to be confirmed | ||
| Gokarna Mela |
Gokarna / Ktm |
Fair in Gokarna / Ktm. Worship of Lord Gokarna by Hindus. | Date to be confirmed | ||
| International Cycling Championship |
KTM |
Sports Dev.Nepal |
Date to be confirmed | ||
| Annapurna Base Camp Cleaning |
Annapurna Area |
ACAP |
Date to be confirmed | ||
| Exploring Village life |
Annapurna Area |
ACAP |
Date to be confirmed | ||
| Nepali Food Promotion |
KTM |
Promotion of food preparation & display of all the dialects & communities of Nepal |
Chefs Association of Nepal |
Date to be confirmed | |
| VNY'98 Special Issue of Poetry Magazine NAVA KAVITA Quarterly |
KTM |
Poems on Nepal in English by eminent world poets |
Nava Kavita Qrtly Publication,Kath. |
Date to be confirmed | |
| PATA/NICA-MICE Motivation Conference |
KTM |
NICA |
Date to be confirmed | ||
| Traditional & Contemporary Fashion shows |
KTM |
Display of ethnic cultures & traditional materials of Nepal. |
Images |
Date to be confirmed | |
| Blood drinking ceremony (Twice a year, in spring and then in monsson) |
Mustang |
Entails drinking of yak's blood. The blood vein of yak is punctured by a sharp needle like appliance to draw out blood. From one yak 30-40 glasses of blood is extracted. The vein pore is filled with yak's dung. People believe it provides energy and cures | Date to be confirmed | ||
| them of gastric ailment. | |||||
| World Congress ( Complementary Medicines) |
KTM |
Participate 1000 |
The open International University for Complementary Medicine. Voted to Host. |
Date to be confirmed | |
| Inst. of Light & Sound | Bhaktapur Durbar Square | Depicting the origin of holy river Bagmati & historical background of Bhaktapur City | Date to be confirmed | ||
| Thomas Cook Day |
Patan |
Free guide service |
TURGAN |
Date to be confirmed | |
| Federation of Asia & Pacific Cargo Meeting |
KTM |
Cargo Agents Association |
Date to be confirmed | ||
| South Asia Travel Tourism Exhibition SATTE |
KTM |
NICA |
Date to be confirmed | ||
| Food Festival |
KTM |
Various restuarants exhibit traditional Nepalese & other culinary arts. |
REBAN |
Date to be confirmed | |
| Mountaineers Memorial Day |
KTM |
Pasang Lhamu memorial activities to be observed | Date to be confirmed | ||
| Community plantation |
Annapurna Area |
ACAP |
Date to be confirmed | ||
| Bhimsen -Jatra |
Patan, KTM, Bhaktapur, Dolakha & Makawanpur |
A religious procession goes round the main-routes of the locality. Feast follows. | Date to be confirmed | ||
| The Great Himalayan One Hundred KM Run. |
Pokhara |
Off-road International Marathon in mountains |
100 Km. Run organising committee. |
Date to be confirmed | |
| Pokhara - Baglung Ultra -Distance Race Competition |
Pokhara |
International Ultra-Distance Run Competition |
Organising committee |
Date to be confirmed | |
| Jitiya Pawani |
Chitwan & Other Tharu inhibited areas of Terai |
This festival of Tharu women is similar to Hindu women's Teej. The women keep fasting & pray for peace & prosperity. |
Tharu Women |
Date to be confirmed | |
| Balachaturdashi |
All over the Kingdom. |
Devotees say 100 various kinds of seeds on the hillook near Pashupati-nath's tempel. Keep awake the whole night and pray for the comfort and peace of eternal souls. People eat curd and beaten rice. |
All Hindus |
Date to be confirmed | |
| Bibahapanchami |
Fair in Janakpur |
Observed as a festival in Janakpur. It is a wedding day of Lord Rama with Goddess Sita. | Date to be confirmed | ||