Festivals foster mutual help and unity: President

KATHMANDU: President Bidya Devi Bhandari has extended best wishes to all Nepalis on the occasion of the Tamu Lhosar festival.

In the message of best wishes extended today, President Bhandari believed that the festival would foster mutual help and unity.

She wished the Tamu Lhosar inspired all for building a cultured, civilized and prosperous nation.

President Bhandari also wished peace and good health to all Nepalis on this occasion.

Tamu Lhosar is the biggest festival of Gurung community. “The festival like Lhosar in the country which has a multi-ethnic, multi-cultural, and multi-lingual society, will build further harmony, tolerance and brotherhood. It will foster national unity,” she added in the message.

The festival is celebrated with fanfare in the places, especially Lamjung, Gorkha, Tanahu, Manang, Kaski, and Parbat districts of Nepal.

Similarly, on the same occasion, Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal has said the unity and harmony in diversity are exemplary cultural practice in Nepal.

PM Dahal believed that the festival would further strengthen harmony among all Nepalis.

He wished peace, prosperity, good health and longevity to all Nepalis living in the country and abroad.