Gai is dairy animals and Jatra is Procession (Festival).
Gai Jatra celebration, the parade of dairy animals, by and large falls in the month of Bhadra, which compare to English date-book months of August/September.
This year Gai Jatra is on August 30, 2015. That is on Bhadra 13, 2072 BS.
The celebration of dairy animals is a standout amongst the most well known celebrations in Nepal. It is said individuals in old time began worshiping Yamaraj,"the divine force of death" on this day.
In any case, the present day type of festivity of Gai Jatra appeared in the medieval time of Nepal amid the rule of Malla Kings. The present type of Gai Jatra with comical acts, satire, drama and was begun by then King of Kathmandu Pratap Malla. He made Rani Pokhari (Pond) in the heart of Kathmandu and assemble a sanctuary amidst the same lake.
Generally every family who had passing in the family amid the previous year must partake in a parade through the boulevards of Kathmandu driving a dairy animals.
On the off chance that a dairy animals is distracted then a youthful children dressed as cow is viewed as a reasonable substitute. Nonetheless, there began convention of driving a bovine with children in entertaining outfits.
Pratap Malla, lost his exceptionally youthful child. His wife, the ruler was in extraordinary wretchedness. The ruler was extremely baffled to see the state of his ruler. Lord after millions attempt couldn't make ruler grin. Pratap reported that any individual who could make the ruler chuckle would be compensated sufficiently.
Pratap Malla requested that bring the cow parade before the tragic ruler. At that point individuals attempted their best with various ensembles and silly acts. The move and parade at long last gave ruler favor her face. The grin right now was impermanent yet the parade gave ruler a major alleviation. She realized that there are a few demise in the city amid the period and she is not the only one. Passing is the common marvel and nobody has control on it.
Consequently, from the day King Pratap Malla began the convention of dairy animals parade with young men with various amusing make ups in interesting outfits. The young men even put tails and make up like monkeys and Hunuman walk however the city street to show individuals that the demise is reality in the life and each one needs to face it one day. The Gai Jatra convention gradually formed into doing entertaining acts including jokes, parodies, joke and parody in the Gai Jatra days.
After the bovine parade is over, toward the evening, everybody partakes in another convention in which the members spruce up and wear veils. There likewise individuals appreciate the minutes with tunes, jokes, joke and humors until late night.
Gai Jatra is a celebration which empowers individuals to acknowledge the truth of death and to set oneself up for the life after death. It recuperates the melancholy and distress, no less than a bit, when individuals see the dairy animals ownership and acknowledge individuals bite the dust, and we are not the only one in the nation who lost our friends and family.
Current Gai Jatra
Current Gai Jatra added varoius flovors to the celebration in consistence with conventional qualities, Pratap Malla had set up.
In the past when there was Shah's administration, individuals were not permitted to talk straightforwardly about the political framework and the pioneers there in.
Gai Jatra was viewed as the day when individuals are given such freedom to talk, point and parody the framework, govenment and the pioneers.
Still different comic drama appears, acts and dramatizations are composed in better places including TVs and radios. Unique release of news papers are additionally distributed on this day with various kid's shows and satire articles.
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