The Winter Festival Of Yomari Punhi

The popular festival of Yomari Punhi is celebrated mostly in the Kathmandu Valley to shoo the cold away and also to enjoy and mend the relation among the people. The word Yomari is taken from the Newari dialect, with yo’ meaning ‘like’ and ‘mari’ meaning ‘cake’. So, the ‘yomari’ means the cake liked by all, or the popular cake. And the word ‘Punhi’ means the full moon day as per lunar calendar. The advent of yomari punhi heralds that longer days are on the horizon.