The Kirat community is all set to celebrate Ubhauli on May 5. ethnic group, indigenous to Easter Nepal and some parts of India, celebrate Sakela twice a year, known as Ubhauli and Udhauli. Purna ...

Kathmandu [Nepal], May 22 (ANI): The indigenous Kirat community of Nepal came together on Saturday to celebrate their new year and perform the Sakela Dance in person. Hundreds of Kirati community ...

Sakela Dance Kirats in traditional attire performing Sakela dance during the Udhauli Festival in Bhojpur district, on Monday, December 4, 2017. Photo: RSS ...

A Nepalese girl from Kirat community with traditional costume and ornaments participates in celebrations for the Ubhauli festival in Kathmandu, Nepal, May 25, 2019. (Xinhua/Sunil Sharma) Women from ...

For the past three years since he resettled in Vermont in 2014, Harka Rai was unable to perform ceremonial rituals to celebrate Ubhauli Sakela. On that day, members of the Kirat Rai community ask ...

Santosh Thulung Rai is the chairman of an ethnic Nepali community organisation promoting festivals and other cultural practices based truly in nature. In a short conversation with SBS Nepali, he ...

Members of Kirat Community perform traditional Sakela dance during two-day festival at Jalpa in Khotang district, on Friday, February 01, 2019. Photo: RSS ...