The Gai Jatra Festival tour is a wonderful experience for tourists as it is celebrated in the Kathmandu Valley mainly by the Newar community. The festival is celebrated in memory of their relatives who died in the previous year. Children dressed as cows and Jogi parade around the city. The Gai Jatra festival is celebrated based on the lunar calendar, which normally occurs during August and September. Gai Jatra was introduced by King Pratap Malla to help her queen from the grief of her son’s untimely death. Gai Jatra is a religious and cultural event of the Newar in Nepal
Kathmandu Valley and other cities such as Palpa, Bandipur, and Banepa, where the Newari community lived for centuries, celebrate Gai Jatra. Kathmandu Durbar Square is the center point to start this festival procession. People who dress as cows march throughout the alleys of Kathmandu Durbar Square. Local clubs, families, and other social groups play local musical instruments in the alleys of Kathmandu, Patan, and Bhaktapur
People keenly watch the process and distribute fruits, juice, sweets, and other food items to the participants. Nowadays, satire, jokes, and different attire are worn to make the events more colorful and fun. Bhaktapur city celebrates in several ways, including a chariot procession and cultural dance last for a week. The Ghintang Ghisi dance is celebrated for almost a week, from the day of Gaijatra to Krishna Janmashtami. The dance is done in a long queue with two persons in a row, hitting each other’s sticks. Many cultural shows are performed, and many nearby villages even participate in the festival
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