Terai Festivals

If  you ask someone about the festivals they will probably mention  Holi or Chhath. But I like Sama-Chakewa best. It's a festival which is velebrated in the month of Kartik. When the full moon comes out in the sky, here on the earth, women and girls come out of their houses. They carry flat baskets on their heads in which there are dozens of different birds made of clay, so beautiful and real, they look as if they ae ready to fly. Cranes, herons, ducks and many othershers, among them Sama-Chakewa,  the loving birds.among the birds And there is als a bearded character, called Chungla . Some baskets also contain rice, fruit, flowers and betel. Small dios twinkle in the baskets and the innocent,beautiful faces  aenof the  are  reflected in their light. They ask Sama Chaktoewa to give their blessings to theth eir brothers and the sweet notes of their song fill the tranquinight air.l