Living culture
Festivals of Nepal
- MangsirHindu
Bala Chaturdashi
Devotees scatter seven types of grain at Pashupatinath in memory of deceased loved ones.
Mangsir · Nov–Dec
Kathmandu
- MangsirKirat (Limbu)
Chasok Tangnam
Limbu harvest festival offering the first grains to ancestors and deities on the full moon.
Mangsir · Nov–Dec
Eastern hills (Limbuwan)
- KartikHindu
Chhath
Four-day festival of worshipping the Sun god, mainly celebrated in the Terai.
Kartik · Oct–Nov
Terai districts
- KartikKirat
Falgunanda Jayanti
Birth anniversary of Mahaguru Falgunanda, Kirat social-religious reformer and national luminary.
Kartik · Nov
Eastern hills
- KartikHindu
Haribodhini Ekadashi
Marks the awakening of Lord Vishnu from his four-month sleep; start of the wedding season.
Kartik · Oct–Nov
Across Nepal
- KartikBuddhist (Sherpa)
Mani Rimdu
Sherpa Buddhist masked-dance festival at Tengboche Monastery for the good of the world.
Kartik · Oct–Nov
Solukhumbu
- KartikHindu (Maithil)
Sama Chakeva
Ten-day Mithila festival celebrating the bond between brothers and sisters.
Kartik · Oct–Nov
Mithila (Terai districts)
- KartikHindu
Tihar (Deepawali)
Five-day festival of lights honouring crows, dogs, cows, oxen and the goddess Laxmi.
Kartik · Oct–Nov
Across Nepal
- MangsirKirat
Udhauli
Kirat harvest festival marking the downward seasonal migration and thanking nature.
Mangsir · Nov–Dec
Eastern hills
- MangsirHindu
Vivaha Panchami
Celebrates the wedding of Ram and Sita with a grand re-enactment at Janaki Temple, Janakpur.
Mangsir · Nov–Dec
Dhanusha
- MangsirNewar
Yomari Punhi
Full-moon festival celebrating the yomari, a sweet steamed dumpling of rice flour and molasses.
Mangsir · Nov–Dec
Kathmandu, Lalitpur, Bhaktapur
