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Tihar is the second biggest festival after dashain. This festival is also knowm as Deepawali. Tihar is celebrated for five days. It is the festival of light that brings the worship of Lamxi,the goddess of wealth along with the worship of dog,crow,cow respectively. On the last day , brothers are greeted and blessed by the sisters. Kaag tihar: Early in the morning of the first day of tihar family prepares a good meal.On this day crows are worshiped and we give some food.My mother wake up early in the morning and worship crow. Kukur tihar: On the second day of tihar kukur are treated with flower garland around their neck,red tika on their forehead,and are offered great meals. On this day my mom,sister and  me worship the dog and gave some food. Gai tihar and Lamxi puja: On this day i went to temple with my mother to worship cow.One of the most important day of the festival is Lamxi puja on which day the goddess of wealth(Lamxi) is worshiped in every household in the entire Nepali ki
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 Hello! Today i am going to write my experience on dashain. Dashain is one of the most important hindu festival which is celebrated all over nepal. It is the biggest festival for hindu. This festival usually falls on the month of ashwin and kartik and actually celebrated for 15 days. First day of dashain is called Ghatasthapana in this day we plant jamara. Phulpati:  Phulpati is a major celebration occuring on the seventh day of dashain. We have worship goddess durga and my father brought fulpati in our home. Maha Asthami: The eighth day is called Maha Asthami. Hundreds of goats,sheep,buffaloes are sacrified at the mother goddess temples. Our family also sacrified goat. Nawami: The ninth day is called Nawami. In this day we did puja to our vehicles in our home. Dashami:  The tenth day is known as Dashami. Elders put tika and jamara in our forehead.Elders give dakshina or a small amount of money to younger relatives at this time along with blessing. This day i played swing and f