Yomari Punhi

Yomari Punhi
Yomari confection
Official nameYomari Punhi, English translation: Full Moon of Tasty Bread
Observed byNewar people
TypeNewari
CelebrationsWorshiping Annapurna, eating Yomari
BeginsMarga Sukla Purnima
Ends4 days later
Yomari Punhi offering.

Yomari Punhi is a Newari festival marking the end of the rice harvest. It takes place in November/December during the full moon day of Thinlā (थिंला), the second month in the lunar Nepal Era calendar.[1][2]

  1. ^ Tom Woodhatch (1999). Nepal handbook. Footprint Travel Guides. p. 230. ISBN 978-1-900949-44-6.
  2. ^ "Celebrations of Yomari Punhi festival in Nepal". Retrieved 10 January 2016.