Navadurga Jatra is a festival celebrated every 12 years in the Thecho and Sunakothi regions of the Lalitpur district, Nepal. During the Jatra, masked dancers posing as deities perform a ritual dance at Mulchowk in Patan Durbar Square.[1]
A tantric ritual is performed on the start of the Jatra at Bal Kumari Temple in Sunakothi on the seventh day of Dashain (Fulpati). Worship is performed until midnight, when an animal sacrifice is made.[2] The Jatra is composed of 28 festivals that are celebrated throughout the year. The main feast called Deyh Bhavay is the main highlight of the Jatra. A devotee dressed as god Bhairav serves the food. Seven types of dance rituals are performed by dancers dressed as 11 types of gods and goddesses. During the dance ritual period, weddings, feasts during death rituals, and bratabhanda are prohibited. The dance ritual was added in the Licchavi period.[1]
The Jatra is managed by the Navadurga Guthi. All households in Thecho and Sunakothi attend the Jatra.[1]
^ abc"The great lengths Thecho residents go to make 12-year Navadurga Jatra grand". Retrieved 2023-07-17.
^"Nawa Durga Bhawani jatra begins at Thecho". 2023-07-17. Retrieved 2023-07-17.
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