Nepal is the land of festivals which is rich in culture and tradition. there are several local festivals celebrated in particular place by particular caste or community. local festivals are different than those of national festivals. national festival is celebrated throughout the country like dashian,tihar,etc. but local festival is not the festival of all people . among local festivals, gaura is one of them.
the people of far western religiou of nepal. gaura is mainly related to the marriage of lord shiva and parbati.
in this festival ,local people from their community,culturally perform the wedding ceremony of lord shiva and goddess parbati according to hindu culture. women stay fasting, clean their houses and take bath to purify themselves. they wash the mixture of grains and make biruda.
after the sixth day, women again wash the Biruda in pure water. they gather around tulisi matha and do the balu pooja . on the seventh day, people along with muiscal instruments goto their field and take some paddy plant.
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