A boy with painted face pose of photographs at Panauti Bazar on Wednesday. A groups of boys celebrating Holi festival at Panauti Bazar on Wednesday. Nepali and foreigner youths got water splashed at Panauti while playing Holi on Wednesday. A groups of boys celebrating Holi festival at Panauti Bazar on Wednesday. Locals playing holi in Benepa Redcross Pokhari, Ganesthan on Wednesday. A boy with water gun awaits his victim at Banepa Bazar on Wendesday. Tourists enjoying Holi factival at Bhakatapur on Wednesday. Statue go smeared with color at Bhaktapur Durbar Square on Wednesday. |
Thursday, March 08, 2012
Holi: Festival of Colours.
Labels:
culture; Nepal; Festival of Colours,
Fagu;,
Holi Festival,
People,
Water
Location:
Sikles-Dhukurpokhari, Nepal
Wednesday, March 07, 2012
Marijuana Madness
There are many crazy aspects of Maha Shiva Ratri festival in kathmandu and on that very day devotees and non-devotees (especially youths) freely indulge in smoking intoxicating substances such as marijuana and bhang. Smoking marijuana is not legal but that day one can feel it's legal. Many youths take these intoxicants in the belief that it pleases Lord Shiva for he too is said to be fond of it. Thus marijuana is taken as prasad, holy food blessed by the Gods. Likewise many eager tourists flocks around the temple complex of the Ram Janaki Mandir across the Bagmati river opposite to the main temple complex of Pashupatinath lingering around sadhus and babas in the hope for some prasad from them.
Labels:
Culture,
Festival,
hindu,
kathmandu,
Lord Shiva,
Maha Shiva Ratri,
Marijuna,
nepal,
Pashupatinath,
smoking,
Youths
Location:
Pashupatinath, Kathmandu 44600, Nepal
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