Celebrating Mud Day at the Samajha Kalyan Orphanage in Panchkhal

On the 15th of the Nepali month of Ashadh (June 29th on our calendar), children all over Nepal celebrated Mud Day. 15th Ashadh, called Asar Pandhra, is traditionally the day that marks the beginning of the planting season, and for generations, this has been a great day of celebration all over the country. But now, something new has begun.

Mud Day is an opportunity for Nepalis not only to celebrate the productivity of the land, to eat a special rice-and-yogurt dessert and to enjoy the company of their friends and family, it is also a chance for children to appreciate the land in a different way. Rather than the land being the resource that supplies their livelihood, Mud Day encourages children to see the land also as something that they can love and enjoy, just
for its own sake.

Children at the Samajha Kalyan Orphanage in the Kavre region of Central Nepal have had the opportunity to celebrate Mud Day for two years in a row, thanks to the generosity of Bold Park School and Gillian from Australia. They (as well as their teacher!) got thoroughly dirty and enjoyed every minute of it. The children were given an opportunity to bring out their competitive side, with matches of football,volleyball, wrestling and races, receiving prizes for winning. The children were so happy to have gotten such an opportunity,
and, “hope such a help from you for conducting our program on coming future days.”In other words: “we hope you continue to help us have many more mud days!” To read the full article click HERE