Kathmandu,Nepal
19th March,2020
Dear Nishan,
I was so delighted to receive your letter last Tuesday and I went through your letter and came to know that you are fine there. I also want to assure you that I am fine here . As, in this letter I am going to describe about my favourite festival i.e. Tihar.
Tihar is the second greatest festival of Hindus after Dashain. It falls in the month of Kartik and it is a festival of lights, flowers, sweet, swings, llaying cards, deusi bhailo and kites. People clean and devorate the houses and streets. There is a lot of shopping and people exchange greetings and wishes for health, wealth and happiness. Tihar is a five-day festival and is also called Yamapanchak.
The first day is observed as kag tihar on which crow is worshipped and fed early in the morning. This bird is considered as the messenger of both good and bad news.The second day is kukur tihar on which dog is worshipped. The third day is goru tihar, the day of oxen that plough field. It is also called govardan puja and mountain of cow dung is worshipped. It is the New Year Day of Newars who perform Mahapuja in the evening.
The last and main day of five-day Tihar is bhai tika. On the day, sisters worship their brothers, put seven-different colur special tika on their forehead and makhamali garland around the neck. They wish their brothers good health and long life and oofer delicious food and dry fruits. Brothers too offer back tika, money and clothes. Tihar strengthens bonds of love between brothers and sisters. It is an expression of human love and respect for animals. I enjoy Tihar very much.
Hope you will enjoy very well while reading this festival. For today, this much. Hope that you will be influenced by the Tihar festival.
Your lovely friend,
Srishti
hope this will help you very much.........
