Teej Festival

Nepal is very rich for its culture, tradition and religious ceremony. Many religious people live in this country. Such as Hindu, Buddhist, Muslim, Christian people are the native inheritance. People know how to respect their religion as well as others. They never subdue others' belief attitudes and norms. We can see harmony and peaceful behavior among such religious people. Nepalese people follow many traditional festival as well as ceremony. Among such festival, Teej is one of the greatest festival for Nepalese Hindu women. All married or unmarried women celebrate this festival. Married women return their parents home in this festival. In this festival women take fasting by wishing their desires and wishes become fulfill. According to the Hindu mythology, goddess Pravati took fasting and worshiped to get god Mahadev. At last she could succeed to get Mahadev as a husband. So, Nepalese women believe that if they pray and take fasting for the name of god Mahadev, their wishes become fulfill and they can get Mahadev like husband who are not married. They pray with god that they can find a person as a husband like god Mahadev. Women celebrate this festival by very happily with enjoying and sharing their feelings, troubles and joyful experiences with their colleague and friends. Women meet their child friends to whom they used to spend their childhood day and life. Shopping is mostly prefered by women in this festival. They wear new cloths and gold ornaments. They dance in the parents home with their friends. They try to forget their misery and grief whatever they have bear in whole year. They just spend their life joyfully and meaningfully in this festival.