Religious Tradition And festivals Of Nepal

All peoples of Nepal are different mind of religious. All Nepali peoples are celebrate a number of festivals based on religion, tradition, and social customs. All Festivals of Nepal can be categorized as:
(a) Social Festivals
(b) National Festivals
(c) Religious Festivals
(a) Social Festivals:- All social festivals are organized with most important and special occasions and change in monsoons, like birthday, Lhosar, Chhath, marriage , Shrawan Sankranti, Bratabandha, Makarsankranti etc.

(b) National Festivals:- National festivals are celebrated by all the people of the country irrespective of religion, caste and communities. Some of national festivals of Nepal are New year’s day(Baishakh 1), Democracy Day(Falgun 7), Loktantra Day(Baishakh 11), etc. This all festivals are organized when all family members are together and also when friends are gathering and enjoying different type of festivals , such a Nepal is full of different tradition and religious and stay all Nepali peoples with full of peace all Nepali respect other tradition and religious.
(c)Religious Festivals:- All religious festivals are organized in the special day of God , there are different gods for every society and all believe in God and worship them from inside their heart , some of God’s names are Lord Shiva, Prophet Mohammad(Ramadan), Ram, Durga, etc. Here is some festivals of Nepal which are celebrating with full of enjoyment and together shown as below.
NEW Year’s Day: It is the first day of the new year of Bikram Era. It falls in the month of Baishakh and is declared as a national holiday. People exchange New year greetings and good wishes on this day . It is a national festival.
Janai Purnima:- It is also known as ‘Raksha Bandhan’. It falls on the full moon day of Shrawan. Hindus wearing sacred thread(Janai) go to a nearby stream or river, take bath and receive a new Janai from the priest. On this day the Janai from the priest. On this day the Janai is changed for the year. Hindus get sacred yellow thread from the Brahmin priest around their wrist as blessings and good wishes.
In the Terai, festival is known by the name of ‘Rakhi’. Sisters tie Rakhi around their brothers’ wrists, wishing them long life and offer them sweets and fruits. In turn, brothers offer their sister gifts and money.
Shreepanchami:- Shreepanchami is also called Basanta Panchanmi or Saraswati Puja. It falls on the fifth day of full-moon day of Magh. This festival also marks the beginning of the spring season. Saraswati is regarded as the goddess of learning . It is a special day for education. People go to Saraswati temple to worship and get blessing. ON this day books, pens, exercise books and education materials are also worshipped. It is an auspicious day to initial learning. Buddhists celebrate this day as Manju Panchami. They consider Manjushree as the Goddess Saraswati. People celebrate this festival with great joy.

Mahashivaratri:- Shivaratri or Mahashivaratri is a great festival of the Hindus. It falls on Falgun Krishna Chaturdashi, the fourteenth day of the dark moon day of Flagon. The holy temple of Pashupatinath at Katmandu becomes the center of attraction for the Hindus. Hundreds of thousands pilgrims from Nepal and India come to worship Lord Pashupatinath on this day. The devotees worship Lord Shiva with holy water, milk, sweets, fruits, flowers and ‘Belpatra’. Many people fast on this day. Many sages and saints are seen sitting around the burning fire in the temple precinct. A big fair is held around the Pashupatinath Temple.
ID:- Id is the main festival of the followers of Islam. The Muslims celebrate this festival throughout the world. It is celebrate in the month of Ramzan of Hijri Calender. In this festival, the Muslims fast for the whole month which they call”Roza”. They do not eat anything during the daylight hours and eat only anything during daylight hours and eat only when the sun sets after offering prayer, “Namaz”. After fasting for a month, they celebrate the last day with great joy which is known as Id-Ul-Fitr. On this day, they wear new clothes and go to mosque to pray. They greet each other by saying “ID Mubarak”. They eat a variety of sweets and visit their friends and relatives. They offer alms to the poor and disabled.
Christmas:- Christmas is one of the main festivals of our country. It is celebrated by the Christian Community to commemorate the birthday of Jesus Christ. It falls on the 25th of December, the day on which Jesus Christ was born. On this day the Christians decorate their Christmas tree beautifully with lights, flowers, candles, colorful papers and other beautiful items. They put presents under the tree which are given to their relatives and friends on another day of Christmas. In this festival the Christmas cards are exchanged among friends and relatives. The Christians visit church to offer prayers to Jesus Christ. They also visit their relatives, exchange greetings and sing Christmas carols. Then they all gather and enjoy their Christmas feasts. They all eat Christmas cake.