INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
MYAGDI, NOVEMBER 3The Magar community of Barangja in ward nos 3 and 4 of Mangala rural municipality-3 celebrated the 'Aagodeu' festival
The community celebrate Aagodeu festival for three days starting from Kukur Tihar every year.Bhaiyaduj festival being celebrated today in
MithilanchalThere is no Tihar celebration on Friday: Calendar Determination CommitteeYam Rokka, Ward no
3 chair said that it is customary to celebrate this festival by worshiping nature with the hope that there will be no fire-related
disaster.The festival begins after Magar shamans perform pooja at the sacred place in Shilathur of Barangja
On the second day, in the evening, a sheep is worshiped and sacrificed at the same place
Similarly, fire is lit and doused
The festival comes to an end on the third day after cutting the colored stones and worshiping them.Magars of the Pun, Gharti, Roka, Ramjali
Rokka, Bajhange Roka, Gharti and Budhathoki tribes living in Barangja celebrate the Aagodeu festival
Ward president Roka said that the Agodeu festival believed to have started in the twelfth century is being observed since the beginning of
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