People from the Yanthuk Limbu community in eastern Nepal have started celebrating Chasok Tangnam festival. The festival is marked with the first harvest being offered to God Yuma Sammang and other deities and exchanging cordiality with each other.

The festival which is also called Nwagi Puja is considered to be the beginning of social, cultural, religious (worship of nature), family, political and overall way of life for the Limbu community.

During the celebrations, youths and adults from the Yakthung community, dressed in traditional costumes, have fun performing traditional dances including paddy dance, chyabrung, palam, khayali and hakpare.

People from Dharan-14 gathered in Panchkanya forest located next to the place which is considered the capital of the historic Limbuwan kingdom in Vijaypur to collectively celebrate the festival.

Here are some photos captured by Post’s Sunsari correspondent Pradeep Menyangbo.