Today people celebrated Kukur Tihar in Nepal, celebrating human-dog companionship and appreciating dog’s loyalty and benevolence. Kukur Tihar is the second day of 5-day long Tihar celebration in Nepal celebrated across different ethnicities in Nepal with the first day being Yampanchak on which nepali’s feed ravens.

 

 

In many houses, Laxmi Puja is being observed this evening by worshipping Laxmi, the goddess of wealth, affluence, and prosperity, with devotion. Traditionally the day falls on the third day of the Tihar festival, many people in Nepal are celebrating Laxmi Puja tomorrow while few people are celebrating on New Moon day.

 

 

On this day, people clean their houses and surroundings, illuminate their homes, and light butter lamps to ‘invite’ the goddess to their homes. Devotees make the footprint signs from their courtyard up to the main worshipping altar.

This evening, troupes of teenage girls from the neighbourhood sing ‘bhailo’ songs amidst dancing and merriment. The bhailo troupes visit house to house in the neighbourhood performing the bhailo cultural songs and dances.

 

 

In return, the house-owners give them various presents like paddy, rice grain, flower garlands, money and sel roti. Newa Community took out a musical procession across kathmandu Street marking Newari New Year.

 

 

Tomorrow morning people will worship the cow along with Laxmi Puja in the evening in accordance with their family tradition.