Festivals

This week has been full of festivals.
Tuesday it was Shivaratri, a day that Hindus who worship Shiva celebrate him by visiting Pashupatinath and smoke ganja.
Read more about Shivaratri here.

Today it's the main day of Lhosar, the Tibetan Buddhist new year, read more about it here.
Here you can see the Lhosar celebrations at Boudhanath.

Today it's also the Chinese new year and that means Kathmandu will be invaded by Chinese people spending their holiday here.
We wish you all a happy goat year!