LIFE IS BEAUTIFUL WAIT FOR IT: 2017

Friday, December 15, 2017

EXPERIENCE OF TOUR

Tour Experience

As we know that our school always take us tour and excursion in new place every year. It is a part of our learning. We can learn new things about different places every year.It is a part of
our extra curricular activities. In this year also our school took us tour and excursion.Every class went to different places and grade 8 went to Dhading Kurintar on 16 and 17 of Mangsir
(Saturday and Sunday).When I heard that our school was taking us tour in Dhading Kurintar for 2 days and 1 night I felt
happy but my father didn't let me to go because he said that there is election and it will be not
nice to go their this time. But suddenly when our Khem Sir told somethings about Dhading
Kurintar I felt that it was a very beautiful place. And when our class over I went home and told to my mother all things about that places but she told me to asked to my father. Then when my father came home I told all the things and my mother also support me. At first he told that during election I won't send you their. After he told me that I felt very unhappy and I slept.
My father felt that I became sad and when I wake up early my father told me that you can go.I felt very happy when my father told that.And teachers had told us to arrived school at 10:00 on saturday and we all friends gather atthat time. Among 51 students 36 students went to tour. Aarati mam, Bijay sir, Rajansir, Kamalsir and Deepak sir was planning to go. But suddenly Kamal sir became sick and he can't join
us. Then only 4 teachers can join us.And we moved to our tour at 11:00 from school.

We all friends were very excited and hurry to reach to our distination. We sang a songson the bus.The food taken in a way was most suprising. We did a lot of fun in the bus while we were going to dhading. We reach there at 3:45 P.M.After reaching at first we went to look our tent where we sleep at night. And we went to resort to took our lunch. After we took lunch we went around to look. We went across ghalunga pool.
The pool was very big and we enjoyed there very much.We went near the cabbage and cauliflower fields. There were alot of cabbage and cauliflower fields. It was a beautiful fields. And in one empty field we played a running race. We did a lot of fun.

Then we returned to our resort. While we were returing to resort we make alot of fun and we also clicked some photos. After reaching to resort we played for a sometimes and we also dance. We were enjoyinga lot. And at 7:00 we ate the dinner. After eating dinner again we went to dance but I didn't do
dance. I was watching the dance performed by my friends. After a while a resort man came and did firecamp. We sat near the fire camp for a while. And Deepak Sir told us that we were going near the Trishuli river. And we are ready to went. He was also going to make us scard by telling ghoost will come and take us. He said other too many scaring things but we didn't became scared. We went there and came back.

After coming back from there the resort man bought the chicken meat and made a sewka. We all atethat and started to dance again. All the friends and teacher dance too much. We made alot of fun.We also played a play that time. And again at 11:30 we went to river side to look the ghoost that Deepak Sir had said. We all knew that he was joking with us. While going on river side at night it will be too much fun. And we returned back. And all the teacher said that it was the time to go for sleep. And we all went to our tent. In one tent three students should sleep. And in one tent me, soban ,barun and me slept. In the tent I didn't feel like sleeping. Once Deepak Sir came and asked whether we had slept or not. On that day we enjoyed alot by going here there, by dancing and doing other many things.
On next day I wake up at 6:00 in morning. I washed my face and other some friends had already wake up. In morning we boys were playing football. And me, barun and soban also joined with Mingma and Sujal. We didn't knew how to play football nicely. And Mingma took the ball far away from us and we can't took the ball much from them. It was too much fun. Then there was a small gamesfor us. There was push up game for boys and Basanta won that push up game. For girls there was running game and in that game Ang Furwa won. And for teacher there was push up game and Bijay Sir won that.At 7:00 A.M. we drank a hot tea. Then at 8:00 we ate breakfast. After eating breakfast we went to hiking to chapang village at 8:30 A.M.by one guided of that hotel. After walking sometime from there we should went straight above.While going up we clicked some photo of scenery. All of us became tired but we forgot all of our tireness and enjoy. There was a small temple at the top and little down there was 2/3 houses.We directly came down. While we came down we saw one small house and near that house therewas papaya tree. There was 3 small kids of goats. We carried that kid.From there we came down. While going down from that houses there was a big river. On that river we played water for sometimes. Then we went down. It was a very beautiful village. Therewas a small road. Then we came on the resort.After we came down at 10:30 we went to river side. On river side, we played on sand and water at first.Then we went on pebble side. We played with pebble by throwing it on river by telling who willthrew it far. After a while we went on river by caughting hand of each others. Boys played a
volley ball there. We also played running race on the sand. It was much more difficult to run in the sand but all of them try very hard to run. And we returned from river side. And we wash our hands and legs. After that we ate the meal.
After that we played. Somebody played football, somebody played volleyball. We did a lot of fun. we took pic of that place and went.

After playing sometime all the teachers told us to packed our bag for returing back. And on gate we took a group photos and we exectly leave at 2:15 P.M. And in bus also we did lot of fun.
After reaching on Thankot there was a traffic jam. And we reached home at around 7:00 P.M.I think this tour became a most memorizable tour in my life because dhading is the most beautiful place.It shows us something about the geography.We did a lot of fun there. We enjoyed a lot. We all friends
had made a memorizable tour in our life. Not only students teachers also made the memorizable tour with students
in their life. After going there I felt that what Khem Sir has told us same liked that place it was. Ithad a beautiful environment. So it had become the memorizable tour in my life. And I really want to thank myparents for sending me in the tour as well as teachers for giving us this opportunity
to visit this beautiful place.

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Sunday, October 22, 2017

EXPERIENCE ABOUT DASHAIN

Dashain is the greatest festival of Hindu religion. The festival is celebrated for 15 days worshipping the Goddess Durga. It usually falls in the month of Ashwin or Kartik. about dashain, it is also regarded as one of the longest and biggest festival of the year.

This time I didn’t go to my village and I stayed in Kathmandu during the holidays. My family celebrated Dashain in in Kathmandu. In 26^thashwin we celebrated Ghatasthapana which was in first day.

Phulpati:

3^th of kartik was celebrated as Phulpati. In this day all members of my family went to worship lord Durga in pashupatinath temple.

Asthami:

This was celebrated on 4^th kartik. Asthami is also regarded as 8^th day of dashain. This day many people in the Nepal used to it celebrate by sacrificing animals to Durga and Kali. They used to sacrifice mainly goat in the temple. Our family also sacrificed a goat in the temple and on that day we called the relatives in our house and we had meat of goat.

Dashami:

This day was celebrated on 5^th kartik is known for putting tika. On this day we take tika and Jamara from our elders and receive their blessing. Elder member of the family started to put tika for younger member and start to give blessing. Everything was good and all member of my family were happy and they were feeling wonderful. We took some photographs while putting tika. Everyone in the member put tika to each other. I also received tika and jamara from my parents. The day went very good with my parents and all the relatives.

EXPERIENCE ABOUT TIHAR

Tihar, the festival of lights is one of the most dazzling of all Hindu festivals. In this festival we worship Goddess Laxmi, the Goddess of wealth. During the festival all the houses in the city and villages are decorated with lit oil lamps. Thus during the night the entire village or city looks like a sparkling diamond. This festival is celebrated for five days. We also refer to tihar as 'Yama Panchak ' which literally means 'the five days of the underworld lord'. We also worship 'yamaraj' in different forms in these five days. In other words this festival is meant for life and prosperity.

Goddess Laxmi is the wife of almighty Lord Vishnu. She was formed from the ocean and she has all the wealth of the seas. She sits on a full-grown lotus and her steed is the owl. On the third day of the festival at the stroke of midnight she makes a world tour on her owl looking how she is worshipped.

There is a story, which tells why this revelry is celebrated so widely. Once there was a king who was living his last days of life. His astrologer had told him that a serpent would come and take his life away. The king did not want to die so he has asked the astrologer if there was any way to escape death. The king was advised to sleep with lit oil lamps all around his bed and decorate the palace with oil lamps on laxmi puja day. So goddess laxmi would talk to the serpent not to take his life. It did happen, the serpent was convinced by goddess laxmi. The serpent took the king to Yama Raj and told him that it was not yet the king's time to come to the underworld. So Yama Raj opened his ledger and in it the kings remaining age was written zero, but the serpent cleverly put seven before zero. Thus the king lived for seventy more years. So onwards tihar is widely celebrated worshipping the underworld and goddess laxmi.

The first day of tihar is known as 'Kag tihar', crows day. Crow is an underworld henchman. On this day crows are offered food on a plate made out of leaves in the morning before anyone in the house takes in food. In the kingdom of Nepal crow is not killed cause as a legend says that one crow had happened to drink the water of life. Thus you can see crows everywhere sitting without the fear of human beings. Crow the messenger of death is honoured on the first day of tihar.

The second day is called 'Kukur tihar', dogs day. A dog plays many roles in our society. We have dogs in our houses as guardian of the house. As the legend also says that there is a dog at yama's gate guarding the gate to the underworld. The dog is also the steed of the fearful Bhairab, the god of destruction. So on this day a big red tika is put on a dog's forehead and a beautiful garland around the neck. After worshipping the dog, it is given very delicious meal. This day the saying 'every dog has his day' comes true; for even a stray dog is looked upon with respect. We pray to the dog to guard our house as he guards the gate of the underworld and to divert destruction away from our homes. On this day you can see dogs running around with garlands on their neck.

The third day is the most important day of the festival. It is called 'Laxmi puja', The day when we worship goddess of wealth. On this day, early in the morning the cow is worshipped. Tika is put on her head and a garland around her neck then she feasts with delicious food. A cow also symbolises wealth and she is the most holy animal for Hindus. Cow is the national animal of Nepal.

In the evening goddess laxmi is worshipped. Days before the house are cleansed and decorated. For goddess likes clean and tidy places. In the evening a small portion of the house outside the main door is painted red with red mud and an oil lamp is lit on it. A pathway is made from here to the place where the old money box and valuables are kept in the house that is the puja room. All the Nepalese have a box where from generation to generation money is put every year worshipping goddess laxmi. This money is never used unless extreme emergency. The entire house is decorated with lit oil lamps in every doors and windows. Laxmi, goddess of wealth is worshipped performing the traditional rituals and when the rituals are over then gambling in the house starts. This is a festival when gambling is not illegal. On this day throughout the evening groups of girls come to houses singing song of praise of the goddess and they are taken as guests and given gifts. This day the entire place is lively through out the night.

The fourth day is bit different. Today the things you worship depend on your specific cultural background. Normally most of the people perform 'Goru puja', ox worshipping. The ox is worshipped with tika, garland and then a delicious meal is fed to it. On the other hand people who follow lord Krishna perform 'Gobhardan puja'. These people build a small hill made out of cowdung and put some grass on it then do puja on it. This puja symbolises the act of lord Krishna when he lifted the gobhardan hill and saved millions of people and cows from floodwater.

If you belong to the Newar community, you perform 'Mha puja' which literally means worshipping yourself. The newar community people are worshipping life by doing puja on themselves. On this very day the newar New Year also starts. Nepal has many minor community calendars and newar calendar (Nepal Sambat) is one of them.

The last day of tihar is 'Bhai tika', putting tika on your brothers by your sisters. The royal astrologer gives the appropriate time to put the tika through the national radio a day before and the entire nation abides by it. Even his majesty receives tika from is sisters. When his majesty receives tika a thirty-one-gun salute is given to honour the function. At this moment the entire nation will be observing bhai tika. The main theme behind bhai tika is the sisters praying for their brother's long life from Yama Raj, god of the underworld.

The most exotic and dazzling festival comes to an end after these five magnificent days of worship and honour to the goddess laxmi and the underworld kingdom.