Mha Puja is celebrated on the fourth day of Tihar by the Newar community. Mha puja refers to self-worship or worshiping own body in order to remove negative and evil forces. This festival falls on New Year day of Nepal...
Nepal is very rich in cultures and festivals. There are more than 50 festivals celebrated in a year by different community in Nepal. Indra Jatra is one of the most important festivals of Nepal. Indra Jatra is celebrated to worship...
Prayer Flags are holy objects and they should be treated with care and respect. Tibetan prayer flags are used to promote peace, compassion, strength, and wisdom. Tibetans believe the prayers and mantras will be spread by the wind and bring...
A colorful sheet of cloth hanging and moving in the direction of the wind fascinates most of us. These colorful flags are known as prayer flags. As the name suggests, prayer flags are the flags on which prayer are inscribed....
Buddha Statues are famous all over the globe because Buddhism is one of the major religions in the world. Every religion has its own perception, knowledge and beliefs that are followed in their own different ways and understanding religious beliefs...
Halloween (a contraction of All Hallows' Evening), also known as All Halloween, always falls on October 31 - and this year that's a Tuesday. The festivities are just less than three weeks away and shops are already packed with sweets,...
Why Buy From NepaCrafts? Since the inception of NepaCrafts, we have had a vision that one day we will venture into the remotest places of Nepal, Tibet and Bhutan to find the most indigenous products made by the local communities....
While growing up near the main trading centers of Kathmandu, the one thing I saw more frequently was the bundles of well displayed yak wool shawls around the temples of Indrachowk. The colorful array of shawls laid one upon another,...
Before starting my topic about statue blessing ceremony, I would like to recall some of the major points from blog titled “Practice of Buddhism & World Class Statue Artisans of Nepal.” I mentioned that the Buddhist statues are famous all...