The festival of five summer gifts is known as Pancha Dan. Rice grains, unhusked rice grains, salt, money, and pulses are among the five items that must be contributed on a daily basis. People nowadays donate other goods as well, depending on their wishes and capacities. According to the Lunar Calendar, this celebration falls on Triyodashi, two days before Father’s Day (Buwa ko mukh herne din).
This is a Buddhist holiday in which laypeople give gifts to monks and is only observed by Buddhists from Kathmandu, Lalitpur, Bhaktapur, Madhyapur-Thimi, Panauti, and Banepa, particularly Shakyas and Bajracharyas. Buddhist antiquities are demolished, and huge effigies of Dipankar are paraded through town. Because monastic Buddhism has long been dead in Nepal, the gift is now given to Buddhist priests, Shakyas and Bajracharyas, who go begging aims to their clients’ homes. The festival’s major attraction, however, is the distribution of Five elements (wheat grains, rice grains, salt, money and fruit). On this day, monks and households showcase traditional collections of antiquities. (Read More)
