Today is Ashad Pandra and it is the day of eating curd,bitten rice and mango or banana. So OGN family also celebrate the day with delicious dish.According to the traditional belief , it cured the skin disease. We wish to everyone happy Ashad Pandra and get away from skin disease!!The Nepal Government announced this day as National Paddy Day, to encourage farmers and celebrate the crop planting festival. Traditionally, ladies are involved in planting the rice plant and men plowing the field. Farmers celebrate this with joy as they invite their neighbors to play in the mud, throw mud at each other and sing and dance to the traditional folk songs. There is a practice of eating yogurt and beaten rice and drink a special kind of local drink called ‘Chyang’, which basically is made up of fermented rice. This weird, muddy and fun festival has been able to attract many tourists down the year and due to the increasing number of tourist wanting to participate in this festival, various events are held every year. This event is all about playing and planting the rice in the mud and not to forget the part of dancing in ‘Asare geet’, a traditional folk song that delineate the joy and pain of the farmer.
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