Gaura Festivals
This traditional Hindu festival begins on the day of Krishna Janmastami (birth of Lord Krishna), and lasts for three days. Though the festival is celebrated mainly in the western parts of Nepal, the first day is celebrated as a public holiday across the country.
The festival is observed by worshiping Lord Shiva and especially the goddess Guari (Parvati), the second wife of Shiva.
During Gaura, married women make idols of Shiva and Guari from grass. The women put on new clothes and sing traditional songs. The women also fast and many rituals take place at the numerous temples dedicated to Gauri, who is worshiped with Biruda - a mixture of five kinds of grains. The fasting women then return home and bless their husbands with Biruda, to give them long life and health.
The deuda dance is a major part of the festivities in which participants hold hands and form a circle as they step to traditional music.
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