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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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Women in Nepal

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         Women in Nepal  photo credit: Canva  Nepal lies in south Asia, which is also known as landlocked country or the country of Himalaya. Nepal is small by area but it consists three different geographical region i.e Himalayan, Tarai and Hilly these three regions has their own importance that is the richness of climate even within same season. Himalayan region is mainly covered with mountain so it is cold on the other hand Tarai is plain land which is extreme cold in winter and extreme hot in summer but Tarai is known as granary of Nepal as it has the highest capability of growing crop due to the fertile land and Hilly is of moderate climate neither hot nor cold in compare to Tarai and Himalayan. Nepal is Hindu country which ultimately is based on cultural norms and values and some of the village still lack educational knowledge.     Since the formation of the society, women were always placed as secondary in every aspect of life. Nepal has been a patriarchal society where wo
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Location: Kavrepalanchok District, Nepal
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