Ghode Jatra: Nepal Army performs amazing equestrian stunts to commemorate Nepal's horse-racing festival!
The annual festival of Ghode Jatra, known as the Horse Racing Day which falls on the Nepali month of Chaitra, is being celebrated in Tundikhel, located in the Kathmandu valley with much gusto on Monday. It is known as the oldest festival celebrated in the country's cultural hub of the valley.
The annual festival of Ghode Jatra, known as the Horse Racing Day was celebrated in Tundikhel, located in the capital ctiy's, Kathmandu valley with much enthusiam on Monday.
It is known as the oldest festival celebrated in the country's cultural hub and capital, Kathmandu.
Nepal Army showed off their skills as they performed various equestrian stunts to commemorate the occasion.
The festival is celebrated in the Nepali month of Chaitra annually, as per a mythology which relates the origin of the festival after the death of a demon named Tundi.
Legend has it that the demon lived on a meadow, now Tundikhel, used to instigate terror among the Kathmandu citizens. Upon his death the citizens rejoiced by dancing on his body by riding horses.
It is a widely circulated belief that the parade of horses at Tundikhel - reputed to have been the largest parade ground in Asia - keeps the demon's spirit away.
The faster the horses run, the better Tundi's spirit is banished.