Nepal Happenings

This past week many people in Nepal celebrated the Hindu festival of Janai Purnima.

Parts of India celebrate this festival under the name Raksha Bandhan.

Here's something you can see during this festival:

Now, I have twice done posts about this and I'm going to repost them today

for those of you who missed them.  

I posted this post after our first Janai Purnima:

http://himalayanhappenings.blogspot.com/2010/08/festivals.html

Spoiler photo:

I used this picture because you'll find a cute conversation about festivals
that I had with some of the children!

Two years later, I posted about Janai Purnima again,
when I was able to go to the festival site.

http://himalayanhappenings.blogspot.com/2012/09/janai-purnima.html

Spoiler photo:



For more photos (professional ones!), and more information,
check out these newspaper stories:

http://kathmandupost.ekantipur.com/news/2016-08-18/janai-purnima-festival-today.html
Spoiler photo:



https://thehimalayantimes.com/kathmandu/janai-purnima-observed-across-country-today/
Spoiler photo:



No photos, but interesting:
https://thehimalayantimes.com/kathmandu/bhaktapur-farmers-worship-frogs-mark-janai-purnima/


Here's what else happened this past week:
http://thehimalayantimes.com/kathmandu/kathmandu-marks-gaijatra-memory-dead/
Spoiler photo:


More photos here:
http://thehimalayantimes.com/multimedia/photo-gallery/gaijatra-celebrations-kathmandu/


Well, that's what's been happening here, and whatever happened in your neck of the woods,
we hope you had a wonderful week.

Thanks to all of you who are praying for Nepal, and actually for the whole world!
Man!

Have a nice day, take care, and God bless!