Halloween was our second day on trek. It wasn't very fun because they don't celebrate Halloween in Nepal. My mom gave me some really cool glasses and a spider necklace. The glasses are really scary because you can see eyeballs in the glasses.
In Nepal they celebrate a holiday called Tihar, which is their festival of lights. Tihar lasts three days. We were in the jungle for the first day of Tihar. I got to light lots of candles around our camp and then we danced with the staff of the camp. It was so much fun!!!
The second day of Tihar we came back to Kathmandu and helped decorate the house. We lit candles and set off fireworks and then we walked around Kathmandu to see all the lights. Houses in Nepal are decorated with a round colorful circle to invite the goddess Laxmi into their house. On the second night of Tihar Laxmi rides her owl around Nepal and brings luck and prosperity to the houses.
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| A Tihar decoration for Laxmi Puja when Nepali's invite the goddess Laxmi into their homes for good luck and prosperity |
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| Giving my mom a Tika for Tihar |
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| Getting a tika from my mom for Tihar |
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| Giving a tika to Ami the cat |
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ReplyDeleteLooks like you are having a super great trip. I wouldn't worry too much about missing Halloween, same of candy here...plenty of it to go around. We are awaiting our first snow storm this week. Brrrr! What is the weather like there? Sierra got a solo in the Christmas program singing in German! Guess we will have to practice lots. Have fun and tell your daddy Happy Birthday! Love Mitzi :-)