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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
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International disability day

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   Abilities within Disability   The term "disability" is made with two word i.e dis+ability, means incapable in the eyes of people of the society. Though the word disability was first noted in 1961 it took almost 22 years to get a proper form. It was coined by Mike Oliver in 1983.                              Disability was unnoticed term but it got a new a evolution since 1992 when United Nations started to celebrate as "International day of disability.  From that period of time 3rd December is the day for the people with disability. The main aim of celebrating this day is to encourage differently abled people for learning rights, dignity and to make them aware that their presence and involvement  could make a huge impact in every aspect of life. 3rd December raises awareness about the rights of inclusiveness of differently abled person in social, economical, political and cultural aspect. The main purpose of celebrating this day is to motivate the people with disabili
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