Kathmandu: Attend a colorful Spring feast

Kathmandu, is the capital and largest city of Nepal. The city is surrounded by mountains. Founded in 723, it is an ancient city with the history of thousands of years. In Nepalese legend, Kathmandu used to be a lake in which a blue lotus flower bloomed. Some people describe how many houses there are in Kathmandu, how many temples there are; how many people there are, and how many gods there are. In Kathmandu, all you can see are the ancient temples and idols. This is a city full of religious color and one of the highest happiness cities in the world.

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Nepal is known as a "state of festivals". There is a festival almost every few days, and sometimes even one festival after another. It is rare in the world. There are more than 300 national festivals in Nepal. Few countries in the world stop daily work for festivals. Nepalese always spend almost one-third of their time preparing festivals every year.

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One of the most famous is Holi, also known as "Holi Festival" and "Color Festival". During the festival, people throw red powder and water polo at each other to celebrate the spring in this colorful festival, and place good hopes for equality, happiness and good harvest. Playing tricks and having fun is the spirit of Holi. At night, people like to throw Holika, which was tied with grass and paper, into the fire and burned. People also drink a milky beverage during Holi, which is said to be safe and healthy for the coming year.

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Kathmandu's spring is full of laughter, equality and love. Whether it is to go to the restaurant above Durbar Square to admire the singing and dancing people, or find an old town without tourists to integrate into the local area, and even continue to traveling to southern Nepal. For modern people, it is the rare relaxation.