To celebrate the 'Nara festival' which has been going on for generations, people who were outside the district returned to their village. Other than giving hay and straw to the livestock, the locals did other work. The villagers gathered for 10 days. And celebrated the Nara festival with great fanfare. This is the view of Dharche Rural Municipality-2 Kerouja.

This festival, which started on January 23, ended on Friday. On the occasion of the festival, Jodi dance, Lama dance, Nanimaiyan dance, horse dance, yak chorne dance based on mythological stories have been performed for 10 days . Local Suk Wahadur Gurung continued the tradition of celebrating Nara festival since generations of Kerouja and said that this year it was celebrated with great pomp. "It is a tradition since Babu Waje's time," he said, "It is believed that the cultivation of crops is good when this festival is celebrated, animal products are good, it is a kind of Prakriti Puja." Nara festival is celebrated by two clans (Tanilh and Ngardim) of the Gurung community of Kerouja. Suk Bahadur said that last year, all the villages gathered and celebrated the festival collectively. "There is a tradition of celebrating this festival for three years in a row and after three years, it is celebrated continuously again after three years," he said. Narrated . Saroj Gurung, Ward Chairman of Dharche-2, said that two tribes of Gurung community celebrate this festival for five days.

On the occasion of this festival, Lekali Sirjanshil Youth Club also organized a volleyball tournament. 21 teams participated in the competition. The title of the competition is Dharche-2 Runchetko  Juntara is won by creative young club. Along with the win, Juntara received a cash prize of 70,000. Dharche-2 Kerouja's Lekali  Sirjanshil Youth Club 'A' received 50,000 and Lekali Sirjanshil Youth Club 'B', which came third, received 30,000 cash prizes.  

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