We celebrated Ashar pandhra (paddy festival) on 29 june. Ashar means the 15th day of nepali month Ashar. people celebrates this festival with eating “Dahi Chiura.” dahi is a typical Nepali dish (curd/yoghurt) and Chiura ( flattened rice). in this day the people and farmers of Nepal plant the paddy crops and after planting paddy crops people get hot and exhausted so they eat dahi chiura to get cool. this festival is also known as festival of mud. people celebrates this festival putting mud to each other.

Likewise the last year, the “Ropai Mahotsab” was organized by tourism board in pokhara. there was so many competition like running in muddy field pulling rope, planting paddy rice faster etc. many locals and foreigners were enjoying with mud.