TIHAR: A FESTIVAL FOR CROWS, DOGS, COWS & BROTHERS (Satis Shroff)
+ NEPALESE TIHAR (Satis Shroff) Tihar in Nepal and Diwali is the Festival of Light is a five-day period of feastival of animals that the Hindus revere and worship in Nepal and India. In the days of the kings in Nepal the royal Nepalese army used to used to parade on tis day and fire gun salutes in the presence of the royalty. The first day of the tihar festival is devoted to the crow (kaag tihar) in Nepal. It is the day of worship of the corvids. Crows and ravens are worshiped with offerings of sweets and meals placed on the roofs of houses. The cawing of crows and ravens symbolizes sadness and grief in Hinduism, so devotees Messengers of Death. Tihar among the Nepalese and the Gorkhalis represents the divine attachment between humans and other animals . On the second day of tihar it's the Dog Festival Day (kukur tihar), celebrated in Nepal, Sikkim (India) and where the Nepalese and Gorkhalis live and during which a worship of the dogs takes...