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💘 TIHAR 💘 Tihar is the second biggest Nepalese festival after Dashain. It is considered to be of great importance as it shows reverence to not just the humans and the gods, but also to the animals like crows, cows, and dogs that maintain an intimate relationship with humans. People make patterns on the floor of living rooms or courtyards using materials such as colored rice, dry flour, colored sand or flower petals outside of their house, called Rangoli, which is meant to be a sacred welcoming area for the Gods and Goddesses of Hinduism mainly Goddess Laxmi.           On the first day of Tihar, crows are worshiped and fed early in the morning. People leave different food items outside for crows to eat. Crow is considered to be the messenger of death. People believe the crow gets the messages to the house in the morning. People worship it to bring good luck themselves. I also worshiped crow and gave some sweets and meat to it. I was...
💖 DASHAIN💖 "Life  becomes a festival when gaiety & culture blend" When it comes to celebrating and having fun, we Nepalese are generally so much into such festivals as well as celebrations.   By far, Dashain is my most favorite festival which brings us happiness as well as provides us a huge inspiring message that "sooner or later, good always defeats the evil!!". I personally love Dashain as we get to spare some time from our busy daily schedule and spend some precious yet unforgettable memories with our near and dear ones.        This year, we git to experience lots of fun. The first day of Dashain Bijaya Dashami was casually celebrated within the family members. We woke up early in the morning and went for jogging. We basically dressed in our new clothes. That day the lucky Murat was 11:45 am, so we didn't have anything as if we were fasting. But my sister and I could hold our hunger!1 So we just ate some Rassgullas...