The Greatest Nepali Glory, Nepali New Year 2071 today: extending my warmest greetings and best wishes

 

It’s a wonderful Spring time, the time of regeneration, germination, the time of novelty and the time of great joy. More than this fact, in Nepal, this is a time of glorious  fervor and celebration - the Nepali New Year, known to locals as Navavarsha or Naya Varsha today. the entire Nepali hearts have now united with great enthusiasm to welcome our Brand New Year 2071, a new starting point of the year. Happy new year 2071 my friends!! This is a very important day to develop the new vision, new mission and new beginning expressing some new commitments, vowing to avoid negative feelings.

The Nepali calendar of Bikram Sambat (or Bikram Era which is 56/57 year-ahead than English Year) also runs for twelve months, however, the first month is Baishakh, which corresponds with mid April (14/15 April) on the world-recognized Gregorian calendar. Navavarsha is a immensely pleasurable time for those residing in Nepal and those who are visiting the country in spring. Nepal boasts a large number of festivals and religious events These occasions are always held with high regard by the Nepalese people and everyone is eager to participate.. The entire country comes to life with colorful celebrations, rejoicing and social entertainment. On the day of Nepal's New Year, people typically get together with family and friends for parties and picnics, however, people have their own way expressing and exchanging the words of best-wishes among each other. Apart from these, Navavarsha is also a day of religious importance to many, especially to Hindu women. In the morning people long to make their way to temple to perform puja, (worship), which means a ritual offering presented to their gods/goddesses. Then the Nepalese walk around the temple in a clockwise direction ringing the bells attached to the temple as they go. The entire country is filled with cheerful smiles and merry-making spreading the best-wishes among relatives, friends and well-wishers.

Likewise, Nepal's New Year is accompanied by Bisket Jatra or the Festival of Bisket in Bhaktapur district. This very important festival in Nepal is a commemoration of the renowned battle of Mahabharata. A large wooden post is set up in the town square and is representative of the victory gained in the battle. Frightening images of local deities stand upon chariots. These gods and godesses are worshiped with offerings of coins, flowers and blood. Images of Bhairab and Bhadra are also hauled around the city on chariots so that they may enjoy a view of the city. A tug-of-war takes place with residents from the lower part of Bhaktapur competing against those from upper Bhaktapur. The group which wins this event is said to be blessed with a wonderful year ahead.

Indeed, tourists in Nepal during the Nepali New Year find the celebrations most interesting, blissful, intriguing and enjoyable.

Well, my New Year day has just started and I just wanted to share some of the information about Nepali New Year to those who are non-Nepali interested to know about the significance and the mystery behind our new-year celebration.

 

Now, without further delay, I’d like to extend my best wishes and warmest greetings to everyone reading this post on the auspicious occasion of Nava varsha 2071. May our doors of success be always open to us. May we see opportunities in every step we move forward. May the presence of the encouraging factors never hide from all of us.

As a matter of fact, for me, the year 2070 turned out to be a year full of struggle, ups and downs, success, learning, sharing and unleashing my own leadership potentials.  Frankly speaking, 2070 was the year of data loss for me, my hard-drive got damaged and I had to lose lots of important data, which was a sheer-headache that I experienced. Similarly, a couple of weeks ago, I was pick-pocketted in Ratnapark and my mobile phone was stolen, and also I had to face some trecheries from the friends whom I used to believe.  But looking on the bright sides of the things, I got to learn so many things about the world, nature of people, life, and  got to know lots of great friends around! Yes, time, sometimes, becomes quite hectic, topsy-turvy and full of stresses, yet, accepting the reality and compromising with the newly-created environment as well as adjusting/adapting with the chaotic  circumstances really make us much bolder and adventurous. I believe that we can live stress free even though we live in a stress-filled world, but it might require some will-power, the power to perceive the world with fair eyes, power to judge with wisdom and to think with the deeper insights.

In fact, it is not possible to change  everything in one day, one week or one year even; this is a process, a journey to create a better world for us! Knowing this fact is one thing, but taking the actions is totally different thing. So, it’s a time to try some new and extra things, now it’s the time to take the actions. Let us try to learn something from the every moment we spend., everything we do in our lives shapes our personality, and the friendship that we cultivate and the time spent with the friends, family and great people are always missable to a greater extent. Happy New Year 2071 once again. We’ll turn a new unit with great interest.

Good luck and all the best!