Agriculture, wheat plantation

Nepal is dominated by agriculture. More than 60 % people of Nepal depend on the agriculture based profession. The “rice planting festival” of Nepal is one of the country’s most important monsoon seasons which mark the first planting of the premier staple crop. This festival is celebrated on 15th Ashar (29th June this year) of Nepali calendar every year as a tradition of Nepalese culture. Fifteenth of Ashar is the day when the crop planting season officially begins.

On the festival day, all over the farmer get-together at their paddy field where ladies plant the rice and gentleman plough the field to make the land suitable for planting the paddy.Rice Planting Festival is also known as Ropai Jatra in Nepali society. It is the Major season of planting paddy. Farmers do not depend on irrigation or other water resources. Nature itself drained water sufficiently to fertile the young rice paddy. The season is the busiest season for the farmer comparing with other seasons. Rice planting day a special day for the farmer as it is celebrated as one of the important agricultural practices in the country. This is also the time when the farmers sing the Asare Geet (Folk songs) while planting rice in the field. These songs entertain and help to forget the sorrows.