Ghode Jatra

Ghode Jatra is the festival of Horse Racing Day. It lies in the end of March to early April month. In this day grand horse parade perform at Tundikhel,Kathmandu.By the ancient time the King of Nepal use to go to worship the Bhadrakali temple in a courtly parade f ollowing the Living Goddess Kumari.This visit is modified into the parade of horse and at last. the horse athletics and racing contest as it nowadays , held by the army in the presence of King. In ancient time this festival is celebrated in Kathmandu valley only but nowadays it is celebrated all over the Nepal.
This festival was held to celebrate the victory over a demon known as Tundi, that brought terror and destruction to the people of Kathmandu in Nepal many years ago, Tundi was to dwell permanently over the meadow, nowadays known as Tundikhel.The villagers finally took a stand against the demon on the great meadows, which are recently Tundikhel showground. In a great strength and determination, Kathmandu people overpowered and killed the demon, dancing on his body and trampling his remains with their horses. According to legend the demon still buried under the showground, and it is believe that if horses don’t trample the ground above the demon every year, his power will be restored and he will once again rise to bring vengeance and suffering to Kathmandu valley.
The Ghode Jatra festival is celebrated every year at the Tundikhel showground and There is huge amount of people gather at Tundikhel from the various places foreign visitors to observe Ghode Jatra.This is also a kind of cultural and is accompanied by music, dance and tasty food. The basic event of the festival are recently performed by horses, as the Neapalese believe that the faster sun, the quicker the demon is returned to his death and it is considered to be a good omen for the Nepalese army and visitors can look forward to a breath taking parade and spectacular graceful show by the horses and their riders. Athletic horse events such as horse racing and show jumping are always on this programme,with acrobatic performance and stunts on horseback that gets the spectators on their feet. Another performance is cultural exhibition and motorcycle events also make up part as the programmed for the day. This significant of this festival is highlighted by the large number as spectators and the presence of the Nepalese King and Queen nowadays prime Minister attends this festival.

Gaijatra

Gaijatra is the festival of cows.Gai is known as cow and jatra is known as festival in Nepal. This festival is basically celebrated in Kathmandu valley by the Newar community. This festival celebrates the death of people during the year. In this festival, cows are at a steady pace in the streets. It lies in the Bhadra month of Nepali and August - September in Gregorian. This festival is very famous festival in Nepal.Gaijatra festival is has its own indicates ,in ancient period of time people anxiety and worship Yamraj is " The God Of Death ".This festival is ruled by Malla King.Recent type of Gaijatra festival came into tradition in the medieval age. According to ancient age since time by memory, every family who had last one relative during the past year must take participate in a procession through the streets of Kathmandu leading a cow. If a cow is not available a young boy dressed as a cow is considered as a fair substitute. In Hinduism, a cow is regarded as a most respect among all the domestic animals. It is believe that the cow, revered as a holy animal in Hindu will help the deceased relative's journey to heaven. According to Malla period King Pratap malla lost his son, his wife, The Queen remained quite disturb. The King was very sad to see this condition of his adorable Queen. The King in spite of several efforts couldn't lessen the grief of his wife. By all means he wanted to see a little smile on the lips of his sweetheart. He announced that everyone made the Queen laugh would be rewarded. During this festival Gaijatra,the cow procession was brought before the grief stricken Queen. Then the participants began ridiculing and befooling the essential people of the society. At last, when the social injustice and other evils were highlight and attacked mercilessly, the Queen couldn't stop smiling. The Queen laughed and King Pratap Malla instituted a tradition of including jokes, satire, mockery, and lampoon in Gaijatra day's .After the occasion is filled with songs and jokes, mockery and humor of every kind became the order of the day until late evening. This festival is good festival which enables the people to accept the reality of death one to prepare themselves for the life after death. By Hinduism" Whatever a man does as good as bad in his lifetime is a preparation to lead a good life, after death, so that whatever men in a lifetime do only the good thing happening in a lifetime.