CALENDAR OF FESTIVALS, EVENTS & ACTIVITIES VNY'1998 (May

Calendar of Festivals, Events & Activities of May & June
DATE	EVENTS	PLACE	DESCRIPTION	ORGANISATION/CONT.ADD	REMARKS
May 1 Friday	Painting Exhibition	KTM	Water Colour Painting Show entitled "Future of Medival Past".	Madan Chitrakar
May 1 - 7	Yoga, Meditation & Art of Natural Life	Jomsom	Local peoples(50-200) participation in Yoga, Meditation & Art of Natural Life.	Nepal Yoga & Nature Cure Association, Biratnagar, Nepal.	The same programme will be organised again from May 20 - 26.
May 1 Friday	Majdur Diwas	All over the Kingdom	Labourers Day. Industries, factories and workshops.
May 6 - 7	Leaf offering ceremony	Gorkha	Worshipping of Lord Shiva. Sight seeing at Kalu Pandey Monument & other cultural activities.	VNY Gorkha Committee. Centre For Gorkha Study And Community Cultural Tour.
May 7 Thursday	Mohini Ekadasi Brata	In the premises of Lord Vishnu's temples.	Lord Vishnu once became an attractive woman to deceive the demons. Devotees keep fasting and worship Lord Vishnu.
May 7 - 11	Himalayan Expo '98	Bhrikuti Mandap, KTM		House of Rajkarnicar
May 11 Monday	Buddha Jayanti	All over the Kingdom	The day Lord Buddha was born in Lumbini - The same day, a full moon day, Buddha attained enlighten-ment in Bodhgaya and also it was on the same day he passed away into Nirvana. Also called the thrice - blessed day. In KTM valley	Dharmodaya Shabha, Lumbini Development Trust & Other Buddhist Religious Associations.	Siddharthanagar Municipality Observes Gautam Buddha Jayanti districtly. In KTM, also called 'Swanya Punhi' - a full moon day of flowers.
			with the image of Lord Buddha mounted on a decorated elephant. Candles and butter lamps lighted at night.
May 15 Friday	Jestha Sankranti	Hindu temples	The first day of the month Jestha. Visit temples.
May 15 - 19	Education, Training & Career (ETC'98)	Bhrikuti Mandap, KTM		House of Rajkarnicar
May 22 Friday	Apara Ekadashi	Hindu temples	Keep fasting and perform chants of holy scripts.
May 25 Monday	Amabasya Bat Sabitri Brata	Hills & Terai alike	Legends have it that Sabitri was a loyal wife. Sabitri is worshipped on this day by Hindu housewives under the 'Fycus(Bat)' tree. They keep fasting at night.
May 29 Friday	Everest Day	Lukla	The occation to be observed with different activities	NMA
May	Nepal Cup (Cricket Match)	Stadium	Regional Cricket Match between India, Sri Lanka, Pakistan & Nepal	Aries Adertising	Date to be confirmed.
June 1 Monday	Mountaineering Memorial Park	Kakani	Opening of the Mt. Memorial Park by Angrita Sherpa	NMA/DOT
June 4 Thursday	Dashara	Ridi / Palpa	Also called Ganga Dashara. Holy Bath.Final Day of Rameswar worship. Fair.
June 5 Friday	Nirjala Ekadhasi. Tulsi Bijaropan.	Hindu families	Keep fasting . Some devotees even do not drink water. Tulsi seeds sawn. Lord Vishnu worshipped.
June 9 Tuesday	Purnima Brata	Hindu families	Worship moon. Childless parents believe to be blessed with children.
June 15 Monday	Ashar Sankranti	Hindus all over the Kingdom	First day of the Month. Hindus visit temples.
June 15 Monday	Mountain Museum	Pokhara	The first phase of Mt. Museum to be opened	NMA	Exact date to be confirmed
June 20 Saturday	Yogini Ekadasi	Hindu families	Fasting & Charity by Hindus.
June 23 Tuesday	Amawasya	Hindu families	Holy bath, charity, worship moon, fasting at night by Hindus.
June 29 Monday	Ropain Mahotsav(Paddy Festival)	Sankhuwa Sabha, Bana Village	This is in fact a festival observed by the agrarian people all over the Kingdom to mark the first day of Paddy Cultivation. The cultivators play with the mud & perform singing and dancing in the muddy farm. In Bana VDC race, plantation,tilling,	Nepal Hill Area Development Foundation