Ashar 15 or Dhaan Diwas or Dahi Chura is Nepal’s National Rice Plantation Festival // Mud Festival of Nepal
Nepal celebrates Ashar 15 of Bikram Sambat calendar as is Dhaan Diwas (or Dhan Dibas). Its loose translations in English is ‘Rice Day’ but actually meaning is the starting of the Rice planting season in Nepal celebrating eating ‘Dahi Cheura‘. Dahi means Curd, and ‘Cheura‘ means beaten rice.
Ashar 15 is celebrated as Dhan Dibas or Rice Plantation Festival in Nepal. Other names are Dahi Chura Khane Din or Mud Festival of Nepal // Aashad Pandra
Welcome to the vibrant Ashar 15 (June 15). Ashar has arrived with the watery black clouds up above the sky ready to downpour and mudding the soil in the background of green fields everywhere. Ashar, the third month of the official calendar of Nepal (Bikram Sambat) comes from the village of Ashar in Lorestan, Iran. Remember, the Nepali dictionary carries a lot of Iranian guest words. In fact, the Nepali is a Khas language and Khas came from Iran. Khas are the Iranian-Aryans of Nepal who had started the Gorkhas too.
We can see Nepalese rural lifestyle is very close towards the nature and soil.
May the showrs of Ashad makes your rice saplings easiers. May the very shower wash away all of your shorrows and just like the rice seedlings your love and respect towards each others grows. May you enjoy the sounds of rain drops hitting your roof.
Welcome to a very Ashar Pandra. Enjoy the very Mud festval of Nepal.
BTW did how was your Dai Chura?
can I get clear details about the ropain that how much water is needed on the basis of land and what kids of land is needed and others tooo. thank You!!!
Ropain is the process of transferring rice saplings from rice bedding which is made 28-35 days ago. All saplings after 22 days are ready depending on the climate.
There is no approx water needed per area. But the basic principle is the saplings should not be under the water and the land should be completely filled for the first 5th day.
Afterwards, you need to irrigate from time to time so that the plan does not lose its greenness. Rest, the process continues till the rice ripens. Less water is required or some rain showers are sufficient after the rice plant beings to turn brown.
Very nice