As the quantity of those contaminated with Covid-19 in Kathmandu valley continues expanding, these festivals could somehow or another transform into hotspots for the infection
Dreading the episode of Covid-19 in nearby networks, Bhaktapur municipality has banished facilitating the notable 'Ghintang Ghishi' move sorted out in the zone each Gai Jatra. Additionally, the municipality won't permit the consuming of representations during the 'Gatha Muga:' celebration. A gathering held at the municipality office on July 14 chose to observe Gai Jatra just as a convention this year, and to not compose any social occasion that would draw a major group, says Sunil Prajapati, the city hall leader of Bhaktapur.
Gai Jatra is praised in each of the three locale of Kathmandu Valley however contrasted with Kathmandu and Lalitpur's one-day festivities, Bhaktapur's nine-day Gai Jatra is an excellent issue of festivals, social parades, and local ethnic dances. As it is commended for nine days, it is additionally called "Gunhi Punhi" in Nepal Bhasha.
In the main day, individuals who have passed on in the year are grieved and recalled. Relatives of the perished march the town with the photos of their friends and family and the likenesses of dairy animals. Different exhibitions incorporate men dressing in drag as ladies and youngsters dressed as Gods. Following the parade is generally a gathering of artists moving to a one of a kind cadence, sticks in their grasp, in what is the 'Ghintang Ghishi' move.
While the main day begins with giving proper respect to the expired, the third day of Bhakatapur's Gai Jatra commences the week-long festivals of parody, joking, sarcastic exhibitions just as social dances including the Devi Naach, Bhairab Naach, Faankdali Naach, Okhal Naach, Maak Pyaaka Naach, Gaincha, Mhekha Pyakha, Khya Pyaakha, and Khicha Pyakha.
Aside from the principal day, most dances in the celebration are shown around evening time. "In any case, Bhaktapur municipality has chosen not to permit any of these dances to happen this year," Prajapati advises. Also, the boycott stretches out to praising the Gatha Muga:/Ghantakarna festivals. The dread is that these festivals also could draw hundreds, or even thousands, simultaneously. As the quantity of those contaminated with Covid-19 in Kathmandu valley continues expanding, these festivals could somehow or another transform into hotspots for the infection. "We are hence excepting all customary and present day festivities that include a social event of numerous individuals," Prajapati says.
The municipality had counseled culture specialists and students of history before choosing to observe Gai Jatra as a custom, Prajapati advises. This year, the Gatha Muga: celebration falls on July 19 while Gai Jatra will be commended beginning August 4.
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