Women celebrating Teej festival at Pashupatinath in Kathmandu Valley
Category: festivals
Bhai Tika photo, Tihar Festival, Nepal
Photo of a little girl giving the Bhai Tika to her brother during Tihar festival, both children being helped by family members.
Tihar festival is the second largest festival of Nepal. The Bhai Tika consists of seven colors all having different meanings and connotations, but the main purpose of giving the tika is to extend the longevity and prosperity of one’s brothers.
In 2018 Bhai Tika will be celebrated on November 9.
Note: photo by Leoniek Vaal
Woman with offerings in Bhaktapur
Woman with offerings in Bhaktapur heading for the huge pole and lingam during the Bisket Jatra festival.
Biska Jatra is an annual event in Bhaktapur, Thimi and Tokha and several other places in Nepal. The festival is celebrated on the same day as new year’s day according to the Bikram Sambat calendar (around April 14).
Bisket Jatra festival, Bhaktapur
Picture of two chariots on Khalna Tole in Bhaktapur on the occasion of the Bisket Jatra festival on Nepali New Years day
Holi festival
Youngsters celebrating Holi at a venue at Basantapur Square in Kathmandu
Family visiting Boudhanath Stupa during Losar
Family dressed in traditional clothes on the stupa of Boudhanath during Losar festival
Traditional clothes Losar festival
Youngsters wearing traditional clothes during the celebrations of the Losar festival in Bouddha.
Tibetan women during Losar Festival
Traditionally dressed Tibetan women during the celebration of Losar Festival in Bouddha.
Bouddhanath stupa during Losar in Nepal
On this picture you see people re-whitening the Buddhist stupa in Bouddha on the occasion of Losar festival (Tibetan New Year) in February 2005
Hanuman during Shivaratri festival Pashupatinath
Man dressed up like the “Hindu Monkey God” Hanuman during the Shivaratri festival at Pashupatinath.
