We are so excited to celebrate the recent weddings of original Ama Ghar children, Ashok and Sajan. Ashok and Sajan have grown into successful young men and have taken the next step in life — marriage to lovely and wonderful women. Ashok and Roshana were married in November and Sajan and Sarina in December. To celebrate, Ama Ghar had our …
No matter how far-flung our Ama Ghar family might be, the children always find ways to come home to Ama Ghar and rejoice in our bonds – especially during the holidays of Dashain and Tihar. Celebrating holiday traditions is a great way for the kids to stay in touch with their roots – and each other. Enjoy this photo album!
Now that Dashain is over, it’s time for Tihar, the Newari version of Diwali, the Festival of Lights. At Ama Ghar everyone pitches in to clean and then create Laxmi’s path, so that the goddess Laxmi can come to our home and bring us luck for the New Year. Once everything is squeaky clean, the fun begins… designing the beautiful …
Dashain, the 15-day festival that is the most important in Nepal, symbolizes the victory of good over evil. Once upon a time, the Goddess Durga rode a tiger and armed herself with magic weapons to battle the demon Mahishasura. After fighting for nine days and nights, Durga finally killed the devil and saved the whole country. Since then, offering sacrifices …
Although the aftershocks continue, we have so much to celebrate at Ama Ghar. We are lucky to have so many friends around the world, so we are sharing with you these photos of our latest celebration – a party for Samjhana and Sushan because they both passed their national scholastic examination (SLC) with distinction. This means that they will be …
Holi is a favorite holiday at Ama Ghar – and in fact, all over Nepal! The celebration, which will start March 27, lasts for a week, in which the entire country gets covered with colored water… all over Nepal, people are throwing colors and water balloons, locally called “lolas”, on each other. Legend has it that Krishna loved to pull practical …
During the month of December, the Ama Ghar kids waited anxiously for the package of cookie decorations being sent by our good friend Mary Averill, also known as Christmas Cookie Auntie, but when it hadn’t shown up by December 19, Bonnie Auntie took action. She received an email that two families were coming from the US for trekking – and …