High Mountain Wave Trekking operates adventure travel activities in Nepal, Tibet, Bhutan & Sikkim. Service offered Climbing, Customized Tours, Hiking, Wildlife safari, Rafting & Mt. Kailash pilgrimage. We have been safely guiding both experienced trekkers and climbers and first-time walkers all over the country since 1996. Through safe and fun trekking and mountaineering, we aim to create unforgettable experiences to make your dreams come true.
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Festival and Events
Main Festival & Events Attraction Dates
New year Nepali new year begin 2063 Apri 14
Ghode jatra Horse racing

April 18

Mother's day Mothers Day

April-27

Majdoor Diwas Labor Day April 27
Buddha jayanit Buddha Birth day May 13
International Environment day International Environment day June 5
janai purnima Full monn day August 9
Gai Jatra (in kathmandu) Cow Festival August 10
Krishna Janmastami (in patan) Krishan Birth day August 16
Childrens Day Childrens Day August 20
Father's Day Father's Day August 23
Teej Festival days of Hundu women August 26
Rishi panchami Rishi panchami August 28
Indra Jatra in Kathmandu Indra Jatra in Kathamndu September 6
Dashain Dashain Festival 15 days Sep (23-7oct)
Tihar (bhahitika) Dipawali Tihar Festival Starts for 5days October (21-25)
Chhath parba In Tarai October 28
Sambidhan Diwas Constitutional Day November 9
Human Right Day Human Right Day December 10
Year 2007 begins New Year Janaray 1 2007
Shree Swasthani Brata begins Shree Swasthani Janaray 3
Prithvi Jayanti and National Unity Day Natioanl day Janaray 11
Maghe Sankranti or Makkar Sankranti Magha 1 day Janaray 15
Lhosar Tibettan new year Janaray 20
Maha Shiva Ratri Shiva Birth day February 16
Tribhuvan jayanti and Rashtriya Prajatantra Diwas National Democracy day Febuary 19
Fagu Purima Colurfull day March 3
Chaitra Dasain, Shree Ram Nawami, Shree seto Machindranath Jatra Chaitra Dasain, March 27
     
     

 

 

 

Cast & Religions: Nepalese people are mainly divided into two distinct groups, the Indo-Aryans and the Mongoloids. Kathmandu Valley is the spiritual and cultural meeting point of all these groups. Religious practices are an important part of the lives of the Nepalese people. Mythologies of various Hindu gods and goddesses abound in this country and cultural values are based on the philosophies of holy books like the Swasthani Gita, Ramayana etc. Women and children visit neighborhood shrines at dawn to offer worship to the gods. Holding plates of rice, flowers, and vermilion powder, they perform puja by lighting incense, ringing the temple bell, and applying tika, a red paste, on their foreheads. Passers by stop at temples and show their reverence to the gods by spending a few minutes praying. Occasionally, groups of men sit near temples playing music and singing hyms until late night. In Nepal, Hinduism and Buddhism are the two main religions. The two have co-existed down the ages and many Hindu temples share the same complex as Buddhist shrines. Hindu and Buddhist worshipers may regard the same god with different names while performing religious rites. Though Nepal is the only Hindu Kingdom in the world, many other religions like Islam, Christianity, and Bon are practiced here. Some of the earliest inhabitants like the Kirats practice their own kind of religion based on ancestor worship and the Tharus practice animism. Over the years, Hinduism and Buddhism have been influenced by these practices which have been modified to form a synthesis of newer beliefs.
As a result, visitors to this country may often find the religious practices in Nepal difficult to follow and understand. But this does not prevent one from enjoying the idifferent traditional ceremonies and rituals of Nepalese culture. It is indeed a totally new experience of religious fervor.

Hinduism :
Thousands of gods and goddesses make up the Hindu pantheon. Brahma, Vishnu, and Shiva are he three major Hindu gods who have heir own characteristics and incarnations. Each god has his own steed which is often seen kneeling faithfully outside that god's temple. Symbolic objects are carried by the multiple ands of each deity which empowers them to perform great feats.

Buddhism :
Sakyamuni Buddha is the founder of Buddhism who lived and taught in this part of the world during the sixth century BC. The great stupas of Swayambhunath and Bouddhanath are among the oldest and most beautiful worship sites in the Kathmandu Valley.
The spinning of prayer wheels, prostrating pilgrims, collective chants and burning butter lamps are some Buddhist practices often encouithtered by tourists. A slip of paper bearing a mantra is kept inside the wheels so that prayers are sent to the gods when the wheel is spun. Scenes from the Buddha's life and Buddhist realms are depicted on thangka scroll paintings which are used during meditation and prayer ceremonies. Many Buddhist followers are seen performing these practices in Swayambhunath, Boudanath, and at other Buddhist sites around the Valley.
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