Dashain is the longest and the most important festival of Nepal. Generally Dashain falls in late September to mid October, right after the monsoon season in Nepal. Dashain gets many different nick names as Dasara, Bada Dashain, Vijaya Dashain, Durga Puja, all of which mean the same thing, Dashain, a day of Victory over Demons.
According to the legend, the bloodthirsty Goddess, Durga conquered evils on the Dashain day. Huge amount of animal sacrifices take place during the festival in temples and in home to please the Goddess Durga. Some people may take such animal sacrifices negatively but they might forget how they came by their meat on their plate!The final day of the festival is known as `Tika’, a day on which the elder ones give `Tika’ to the younger ones and to other relatives who come for their blessings.
According to the legend, the bloodthirsty Goddess, Durga conquered evils on the Dashain day. Huge amount of animal sacrifices take place during the festival in temples and in home to please the Goddess Durga. Some people may take such animal sacrifices negatively but they might forget how they came by their meat on their plate! There are lots of western countries consuming mass amount of meat, animals are slaughtered in factories by the hundreds and thousands. The final day of the festival is known as `Tika’, a day on which the elder ones give `Tika’ to the younger ones and to other relatives who come for their blessings.
I celebrated Dashain with lots of fun. I didnt go to my village this time. My family decided to celebrate here this year. I enjoyed preety much.
First, our parents put tika on our forhead of all of my siblings starting with my eldest sis. Then after we were done in our home we went to our relatives
home.A lot of our relatives had gathered in the same place. Then my Gramps and Grandma put tika on my Parents.
Then my siblings after tika we drank some cold drinks and ate some food. All of my relatives were enjoying there while me and my brother went for a walk. We saw a swing on the way. We played for a while and returned to our Relatives home, Enjoyed there till night and returned home at 7pm.
