October marks Dashain in Nepal and the Ama Ghar home was full of celebration. The kids had a 2 week holiday off of school, and started things off with a lot of activities at home — arts and crafts, playing on our traditional Dashain swing, flying kites, and playing cards. It’s a lot of time together and we make the …
No matter how far-flung our Ama Ghar family might be, the children always find ways to come home to Ama Ghar and rejoice in our bonds – especially during the holidays of Dashain and Tihar. Celebrating holiday traditions is a great way for the kids to stay in touch with their roots – and each other. Enjoy this photo album!
Dashain is the biggest, longest and most auspicious festival of the year in Nepal, celebrated by everyone. During the 15 days of celebration, no one works, and the goddess Durga in all her manifestations is worshiped with special pujas and tika ceremonies. In preparation for Dashain every home is cleaned thoroughly and beautifully decorated, painted as an invitation to the …
On the fourth day of the Dashain holiday, the younger members of a Nepali family are blessed by their elders, who give them “tika” – the combination of red powder and rice that’s applied to their foreheads as a blessing. At Ama Ghar it’s especially important, as the aunties and uncles on the staff carry out this traditional this family …
We love to celebrate the Nepali festivals at Ama Ghar, as performing these rituals bonds us as a family of various religious and ethnic backgrounds. Traditionally, the festival season starts right after the rice harvest, with a 10-day family holiday of Dashain. Most of the children have aunts, uncles and cousins in their villages, so as many of them as …
As promised in our last post about Dashain, here’s a new post about the end of the festival. At the date of this posting, we’re actually celebrating yet another festival – Tihar and Diwali – so we’ll write more about that in future blogs! By the way, both photos in this post were taken by the children – they’re getting …
Dashain is the most important holiday in Nepal, and the biggest festival of the year. The 15 days of celebration, which are devoted to worship of the goddess Durga, end on the full moon. In preparation for the holiday, every home in Nepal is cleaned and decorated (including Ama Ghar). The first nine days of the holiday, called Nawa Watri, …
Dashain is always a special time for the Ama Ghar children, but this year was particularly exciting for the children because Shrawan Nepali, Ama Ghar co-founder, celebrated Dashain with us and gave tika (the combination of rice and tika powder applied to the forehead as a blessing) to all. In the Nepali tradition, all elders give tika to everyone younger at …
Hi Everybody, I am Menuka from the family of Ama Ghar. I study in grade 9. I would like to share something about Nepal. The capital city of Nepal is Kathmandu. It has five development regions,14 zones and 75 districts. Nepal is very rich in cultural heritage. The hightest peak of the world Mount Everest is located in Nepal. Our …
Hi Everybody, I am Menuka from the family of Ama Ghar. I study in grade 9. I would like to share something about Nepal. The capital city of Nepal is Kathmandu. It has five development regions,14 zones and 75 districts. Nepal is very rich in cultural heritage. The hightest peak of the world Mount Everest is located in Nepal. Our …