Kathmandu, Dec 4: The Yomari Punhi (Yomari Purnima) and Udhauli festivals are being celebrated across the country today.
Yomari Purnima, observed primarily by the Newar community of the Kathmandu Valley, is believed to have started around 400 years ago. The highlight of the festival is Yomari, a special delicacy made from rice flour and molasses.
The day is also marked as Jyapu Day.
Meanwhile, the Kirant community is celebrating the Udhauli festival, observed to offer gratitude for a good harvest by worshiping land and nature.
The festival is celebrated by Rai, Limbu, Sunuwar, and Yakkha communities. The federal government has declared a public holiday today on the occasion of these festivals.
President and Vice President extend best wishes
President Ram Chandra Paudel has extended best wishes to all Nepalis on the occasion of the Udhauli festival of the Kirant community, wishing happiness, peace, and prosperity to Nepali sisters and brothers at home and abroad.
He said that this festival of a community closely connected with nature promotes harmony among Nepal’s diverse ethnic groups and strengthens family, community, and social unity.
“In Nepal, festivals like Udhauli have played an important role in integrating our cultural, ethnic, and linguistic diversity while upholding social harmony, national unity, and a common Nepali identity,” the President said.
He expressed hope that the Udhauli festival would continue to strengthen national unity by fostering harmony, tolerance, and fraternity within Nepal’s diverse society.
Similarly, Vice President Ram Sahay Prasad Yadav said that every festival celebrated in the country reflects Nepal’s unity in diversity, cultural pride, and strength in coexistence.
Extending his best wishes for happiness, peace, prosperity, good health, and progress to all Nepalis on the occasion of Udhauli, he emphasized that these festivals inspire commitment toward building an inclusive, just, and prosperous society while upholding Nepal’s independence, sovereignty, territorial integrity, national unity, and people’s rights.
Vice President Yadav also expressed his belief that Jyapu Day would strengthen efforts to preserve Newa culture and pass it on to future generations. Offering best wishes on Yamari Punhi and Jyapu Day, he wished for happiness, peace, prosperity, good health, and further progress for all Nepalis.
He added that Yamari Punhi (Dhanya Purnima) and Jyapu Day would inspire positive initiatives promoting social harmony, cultural pride, and national unity. #nepal #culture #religion
