Gaijatra | Festival of Nepal | Cultural of Nepal | Bhaktapur Gai Jatra

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Gai Jatra is one of the unique festivals of the Kathmandu valley which is celebrated to commemorate the deaths of loved ones. The festival is celebrated every year on the first day of the dark fortnight of the month of gunla as per the Nepal Sambat calendar (English in august).
Gai Jatra festival was started by king Pratap Mall in the 17th century to help his queen overcome the grief of their son's death, Gai Jatra is a day for bereaved families to share their sorrow and to take comfort in the knowledge that they are not alone in their suffering and their lost ones are safe. Therefore the festival is marked by great joy, singing dancing, and laughter in the Kathmandu valley and other parts of the country


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