Dasain is the celebration of the goddess Durga's victory over evil and is Nepal's biggest holiday. My family began our celebrations with a massive spring cleaning and repainting the house.
In typical Nepali fashion, while the women were busy at home working, the boys were off playing in a volleyball tournament.
Un castrated goats (and clocks and male buffalo), representing vices such as lust and anger, were sacrificed at home and at the temple.
Sacrifices mean lots of meat for days and days after, which is fed to all the family that stops by.
The climax of the 10 day celebration is the receiving of tika (rice on the forehead representing a blessing) from the matriarch and patriarch of the family, along with a small bundle of barely shoots and a bit of cash.
Everyone being so busy left me with very little to do. My sister in law finally took pity on me and took me with her to visit her home village.
In typical Nepali fashion, while the women were busy at home working, the boys were off playing in a volleyball tournament.
Un castrated goats (and clocks and male buffalo), representing vices such as lust and anger, were sacrificed at home and at the temple.
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| That puddle is still there by the way and gets walked through barefoot all the time with no one caring |
Sacrifices mean lots of meat for days and days after, which is fed to all the family that stops by.
The climax of the 10 day celebration is the receiving of tika (rice on the forehead representing a blessing) from the matriarch and patriarch of the family, along with a small bundle of barely shoots and a bit of cash.
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| My uncle preparing the barley shoots |
Everyone being so busy left me with very little to do. My sister in law finally took pity on me and took me with her to visit her home village.
All pictures and writings so beautiful reminding us what an incredible effect from these admixtures could always produce.
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