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Indra Jatra Festival
23 Sep 2010Indra Jatra, which is regarded as the festival to worship God of rain Indra, was celebrated in Kathmandu valley and some nearby districts.
Marked as a public holiday in the valley, the main attraction of the festival is the procession of chariots and masked dancers representing deities and demons. Celebrations are also marked by rare display [...]
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Preparations for the two-day 6th Annual Kathmandu Fall Festival Kathmandu fall festival in Sonoma, California, starting from September 11 are underway, the organiser said.
The festival is aimed at promoting various Nepali products and handicrafts along with musical sessions of Nepal, Tibet, India and Pakistan throughout the festival.
According to organisers, an hourly lottery draw is also [...]
Nepal Festival-2010 a huge hit in Belgium
21 Jun 2010Nepal Festival-2010 held in Belgium on June 12 and 13 attracted some 5,000 visitors including government officials of Belgium and Nepalese ambassador to Belgium.
Nepal Festival 2010 at Leuven aimed to familiarise the Nepalese culture and tradition in the Belgian and European society.
Nepali cultural and traditional handicrafts as well as Nepali food and beverages, industrial products [...]
Manaslu Festival to be held
15 Jun 2010In order to facilitate Nepal Tourism year (NTY) 2011, a week-long Manaslu Festival is being organised. Mt Manaslu is amongst the mountains in the country which measure more than eight thousand meters in height.
While speaking at a program held in the capital to announce the Manaslu Festival, Dr Baburam Bhattarai, vice president, UCPN (Maoist), said, [...]
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3rd Sagarmatha Day celebrated
2 Jun 2010Nepal observed third Sagarmatha (Mt Everest) Day by organizing a series of programs in Kathmandu on 29 May.
The celebration began with a colorful procession in the morning. Ministry of Tourism and Civil Aviation along with Trekking Agencies’ Association of Nepal, Nepal Tourism Board, Nepal Mountaineering Association and a number of travel trade organizations organized the [...]
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‘Highest’ canyoning event
2 Jun 2010In a bid to promote Nepal as a Himalayan canyoning destination and package up with other activities with trekking, rafting, rock climbing and mountaineering, the Nepal Canyoning Association (NCA) has conducted its canyoning exploration probably at the highest altitude in the world.
According to NCA, the canyoning exploration by a Nepali team in Lhayju River (480m) [...]
Phurba Tamang, 22, of Khotang has won the Tenzing Hillary Everest Marathon 2010 for the second time on Saturday.
Sudip Kulung Rai of Solukhumbu finished second, while Samir Tamang of Nepal Army finished third.
Phurba Tamang had won the race last year, too. Talking to reporters after the race, Tamang said, he wished to win the marathon [...]
Tenzing-Hillary Everest Marathon 2010
17 May 2010One of the world’s highest, toughest and ultimate race in Khumbu, the Tenzing-Hillary International Marathon, will be held as usual on May 29. The eighth edition of the Tenzing -Hillary Marathon will see around 55 participants from around the world . The participants will race from Everest Base Camp to Namche Bazaar. This year’s race [...]
Chitwan – December, 29th
Local teams swept the Sixth International Elephant Race as they hit the top three positions in the finals on Monday.
Champakali of Hotel Barahi, Pokhara came first while Mankamana Darshan Pvt. Ltd. & Chitwan National Conservation Park finished second and third respectively. Two foreign teams Australia & Slovakia – had also made it [...]
Sauraha – December, 26th
Baghmara Chaur in Sauraha saw a totally different ballgame on Saturday, the opening day of the 6th Chitwan Elephant festival.
The fun started right after Vice Chairperson of the Constituent Assembly Purna Kumar Subedi inaugurated the festival aimed at promoting tourism. Elephants sweated it out as if they were dieting to outpace their [...]
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