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03-07-2023
KATHMANDU: Thousands of farmers and their families across Nepal celebrated an annual paddy festival by planting rice, splashing in the muddy fields and enjoying a special feast.
The farmers were joined by other villagers, visitors from the cities and tourists visiting the Himalayan nation to mark the National Paddy Day on June 30.
Rice is a staple food for millions of Nepalese and the crop is generally planted once a year in July and harvested about four months later.
Farmers and their families sang traditional songs to welcome the rain that is needed for the rice to grow and thanked the gods for sending the precipitation on time.
After planting lines of rice, they splashed in the muddy fields, smeared each other with mud and sand, and danced more before culminating the celebration with a feast.
The day is also known as “dahi chiura” because yoghurt (dahi) and beaten rice (chiura) are the main food during the feast.
Elsewhere in the country, people ate yoghurt and puffed rice with mangos and bananas to mark the day at home.
The government has declared National Paddy Day a holiday and tried to encourage people to continue or return to farming rice, as many increasingly look to take up other professions.
Recently Nepal Government has also announced this day as National Paddy Day, to encourage farmers. This day celebrates playing mud – water, eating varies types of cosines. Especially the mash-up of yogurt and beaten paddy is mainly eaten as a reminder of rice planting festival.
With the advancement of technology, the farming system in Nepal is also being advanced. Farmers use mechanical tools and technology to get the optimum profit from the investment. In the case of Nepal, Agriculture can be the backbone of income source if we developed the country throughout the agriculture. As well as the agriculture education and advancement in technology play the vital role in order to inspire the young generation and development the agriculture sector.
In the perspective of tourism, Ropai Festival has pulled up the attention of a large number of the international traveler as the way of exchanging culture and familiarizing with locals. For few last years, all over the world tourists are eagerly participating in rice plantation program. Especially in the remote areas, they are enjoying in Muddy field, and with local people. Himalayan Smile Treks and Adventure is one of the legally authorized event organizer in Nepal, warmly offers to all enthusiastic ones to join Rice Planting Festival in Nepal. (Int’l News Desk)
