Tihar
On the first day of Tihar my “aama” said to me, we are not celebrating Tihar this year. Their had been a death in the family. but i celebrated tihar festival with my sister. On the second day of Tihar my sister and I put a “tika” on our dog “Bullet”. In the words of my older sister,”We spend all year kicking the dog and neglecting it. This is the day we give back to it and worship it’s every move.” The ceremony involved giving the dog a bath (which he didn’t like) and oil being flicked at him. When it came time to put the “tika” we decorated dog by putting tika in his body. The third day of Tihar is Laxmi Puja. On this day i came home to a flower design where our front gate is. From the flower their was a streak of brown mud, which i later found out is diluted cow dung mixed with red clay. The streak ran through the house to the beautiful shrine room on the third floor. It is disrespectful to step over the mixture. My mom brought me to the third floor where we ate s...