Yomari Punhi is one of the major festival of Nepal. It is usually observed during very cold days. It is said eating of yamari takes away cold. It is believed so long the tail of yamari as short the winter will be. Yomari is made by steaming rice-flour (from the new harvest) dough shaped like fig and filled with brown cane sugar (chaku) and sesame seeds. Yamari is the main item on the menu during the post-harvest celebration of Yomari Purnima.
Yomari is a type of Newari food, and Punhi means full moon. Yamari Punhi is a festival celebrated in full moonday by making, eating and distributing yamari. This festival is very popular in Kathmandu valley. Yomari means tasty bread. Yomari punhi is a Newari festival marking the end of the rice harvest.
When is Yomari Puhni celebrated :
It is observed in full moon day of December. This year it falls on December 06, 2014 (Mangsir 20, 2071). Under Hindu Lunar Calendar it falls on Marga Sukla Purnima every year. This day is also the birthday of Guru Dattatraya.
In the day of Yomari Punhi, Kids goes to houses and ask for Yomari singing the song:
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7 сен 2024
