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Lunar calendar date
2006
April 14 or 15 ....... Nava Varsha/New Year (Nepal)
New Year: It is known as Navavarsha in Nepal. Nepal has its official calendar that begins from the first day of the first month Baisakh. This very first day is observed as Nepali New Year which usually falls in the second week of April. People go for picnics, have get-togethers and celebrate the day socializing in various ways as this day is also a national holiday.
Lhosar (Tibetan New Year): This is the New Year of the Tibetans and Sherpas of Nepal which falls in February. The Buddhist monasteries in Kathmandu like Boudhanath and Swayambhunath are decorated with eye catching colorful prayer flags pulling the crowd. The people perform their traditional dances and welcome their New Year with feasts and family gatherings wearing all the new clothes and finest jewelries and exchanging gifts.
http://www.visitnepal.com/nepal_information/nepal_festivals.php
http://www.visitnepal.com/nepal_information/people.php
Sad times there.
But the calendar turns regardless.
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2006
April 14 or 15 ....... Nava Varsha/New Year (Nepal)
New Year: It is known as Navavarsha in Nepal. Nepal has its official calendar that begins from the first day of the first month Baisakh. This very first day is observed as Nepali New Year which usually falls in the second week of April. People go for picnics, have get-togethers and celebrate the day socializing in various ways as this day is also a national holiday.
Lhosar (Tibetan New Year): This is the New Year of the Tibetans and Sherpas of Nepal which falls in February. The Buddhist monasteries in Kathmandu like Boudhanath and Swayambhunath are decorated with eye catching colorful prayer flags pulling the crowd. The people perform their traditional dances and welcome their New Year with feasts and family gatherings wearing all the new clothes and finest jewelries and exchanging gifts.
http://www.visitnepal.com/nepal_information/nepal_festivals.php
http://www.visitnepal.com/nepal_information/people.php
Sad times there.
But the calendar turns regardless.
<
> THEY call me 'Dean' <>
<
> Caution: Not all ideas vented from this brain are entirely based on empirical data. JMO-M2C-fWiW-iIRC-YMMV-fYI-TiA-YW-GL <
> Noobee <> Tips <> Baha'i Prayers Links --A--T--H--D