Draft:Gurahi (festival)

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Gurahi
Also calledGurhi or Gudiya
Observed byTharu people
TypeCultural festival of Tharu people
CelebrationsDancing, Singing
DateNaag Panchami

Gurahi also known as Gurhi, Guriya or Gudiya is a Tharu cultural festival celebrated in the western terai region of Nepal, on the day of Nag Panchami. It is celebrated in the districts of Dang, Banke, Bardiya, Kailali and Kanchanpur. In this festival, young girls from village make dolls (गुडिया) from old clothes. Young boys and girls gather in the evening where girls throw the dolls on the ground and boys hit it with sticks and decorated whips after which the girls distribute channa (gram) to all the boys.[1][2]

  1. ^ "'Gurhi' festival is celebrated by the Tharu community". dineshkhabar.com. Retrieved 2024-03-15.
  2. ^ "Gurahi festival is being celebrated in the Tharu community". Paschim Press. 2023-08-21. Retrieved 2024-03-15.