We have tried to showcase the different festivals celebrated in Nepal with detail explanation of some major festivals.

2. • Devi Deuba
• Hasrat Ali
• Mahbub Reza
• Pranoy Shrestha
• Santoshi Karki
• Shrijana Bhujel
Presentation By:

3. • Introduction
• Why Festivals?
• Classification of Festivals
• Some Major Festivals of Nepal
• Mother’s Day
• Dashai & Tihar
• EID
• Christmas
• Yomari Punhe
• Key Learning
• Conclusion
Contents:

4. • Celebrated centering on some characteristic
aspects of community and its religion or
tradition.
• A celebration to maintain and give continuity
to social customs and traditions.
OR
• A day or an Occasion to gather, enjoy and
give break to our busy life and
Introduction:

5. • Serve to fulfill specific communal purpose.
• Offers sense of belonging.
• Brings happiness and become reason to smile.
• It serves as reunion of family members, relatives
& loved ones
• Means of entertainment and break from busy work
schedule.
• It teaches the younger to follow & to give
continuity to our religious & traditional culture.
Why Festival?

6. Classification of Festival:
• National Festival
(New Year, Martyr Day, Prithvi Jayanti, Constitution
day, Mother’s Day etc.)
• Religious festival
(Dashai, Eid, Buddha Jayanti, Christmas, Holi etc.)
• Cultural Festival
(Maghi, Yomari Punhe, Lhosar, Ghodejatra,
Janaipurnima etc.)
• Seasonal Festival
(Chaite Dashai, Dhan Ropne Din, Kodo Ropne Din,
Khir Khane Din, Fagu Purnima etc.)
• Other Festivals
(Music Festival, Film Festival, Fairs etc.)

7. Mother’s Day:
• Celebration honoring the mother
• Celebrated on various days in many parts of the
world, most commonly in the month of March or
May.
• Relationship between child and mother.
• How it is celebrated in Nepal?

8. Dashai & Tihar:

9. Eid:
• Eid in Arabic means “Feast, festival, holiday.”
• Celebrated twice a year
• Eid-ul-Fitra: Feast of breaking the fast
Celebrated on the first day of 10th Month in the
Islamic Calendar
• Eid-ul-Adha: Feast of the Sacrifice
10th day of the 12th and final month in the
Islamic Calendar

10. Christmas:
• Observed by Christians.
• History (Start of Christmas)
• Celebrations
• Business benefits related with Christmas

11. Yomari Punhe:
• Yomari Punhe, meaning the full moon
• Farmer celebrate as New Year
• Festival of harvesting and storing the grain.
• On this full moon day, people of the Kathmandu
Valley offer worship to Annapurna, the goddess of
grains, for the rice harvest.