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Ghode Jatra

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      Ghode Jatra     Ghode Jatra is one of the annual festivals of Nepal which is basically celebrated in Kathmandu - Tudikhel. The word Ghoda refers to horse and Jatra means festival , so ghode Jatra is the festival of horses. Ghode Jatra is celebrated in the month of March - April. On the day of ghode Jatra Nepal Army performs various acts by riding horse, horse racing, horse parade, various performances can be seen in Kathmandu - Tudikhel ground. Public holiday is given in this day where most of the governmental office remains closed. "It is said that Gurumapa  - one of the demons used in live in Kathmandu and the kids started disappearing day by day which was believed to be because of Gurumapa so people tried various ways to scare Gurumapa but nothing could scare him and once people chased him upto Tudikhel ground where many horses ran towards Gurumapa which injured him and he finally got scared and ran away so Jhode Jatra was believed to be started since then".  During

Rights to vote in election

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  19 May, ,2022           Election election and election In Nepal we had a local elections which brought chaos in most part of local areas of both city and village. Some local citizen seemed  normal like any other days whereas some were publishing the parties, visited door to door with party pamplets. All members of respective parties were promoting their party. While talking about my feelings of casting vote, i didn't attend to election booth and  i didn't  cast any vote. I don't have a voting card and never had made in my entire life. I have never used my right to vote since i made my citizenship. To be honest i never felt enthusiastic to vote as i prefer to stay away from political issues. I might not have faith on promises that are usually made by any parties. In my village most of my neighbour were very active in election campaign before election, during election and even after the election. But i wasn't interested in any party, neither curious about winning an