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- Sa_Paru abstract "Sā Pāru (Devnagari : सा पारू, English: Cow festival, Nepali: Gai Jatra) is a festival celebrated chiefly in the Kathmandu Valley, Nepal by the Newars. The festival commemorates the death of people during the span of a year.According to the historical evidence, when King Pratap Malla lost his son, his wife, the queen, remained grief-stricken. The king was very sad to see the condition of his beloved queen. The king, in spite of several efforts, could not lessen the grief of his wife. He desperately wanted to see a little smile on the lips of his sweetheart, and so he announced that anyone who made the queen laugh would be rewarded adequately.During the festival of Gaijatra, the cow procession was brought before the grief-stricken queen. Then the participants began ridiculing and be-fooling the important people of the society. Finally, when the social injustices and other evils were highlighted and attacked mercilessly, the queen could not help but smile. The queen laughed and the king instituted a tradition of including jokes, satire, mockery and lampoon into the Gaijatra celebration.After the procession is over, in the afternoon, nearly everyone takes part in another age-old tradition in which the participants dress up and wear masks. The occasion is filled with songs and jokes. Mockery and humor of every kind become the order of the day until late evening. Hence, Gaijatra is a healthy festival which enables the people to accept the reality of death and to prepare themselves for life after death. According to Hinduism, "whatever a man does in his life is a preparation leading to a good life after death".The festival has some similarities to Halloween and Day of the Dead (Dia de los Muertos).".
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- Sa_Paru subject Category:Festivals_in_Nepal.
- Sa_Paru subject Category:Nepalese_culture.
- Sa_Paru subject Category:Newar.
- Sa_Paru type Abstraction100002137.
- Sa_Paru type Festival115162388.
- Sa_Paru type FestivalsInNepal.
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- Sa_Paru type Measure100033615.
- Sa_Paru type TimePeriod115113229.
- Sa_Paru comment "Sā Pāru (Devnagari : सा पारू, English: Cow festival, Nepali: Gai Jatra) is a festival celebrated chiefly in the Kathmandu Valley, Nepal by the Newars. The festival commemorates the death of people during the span of a year.According to the historical evidence, when King Pratap Malla lost his son, his wife, the queen, remained grief-stricken. The king was very sad to see the condition of his beloved queen. The king, in spite of several efforts, could not lessen the grief of his wife.".
- Sa_Paru label "Gai Jatra".
- Sa_Paru label "Sa Paru".
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