Written by: Ujjwol Dhakal - 33023, Grade IV
Posted on: 29 October, 2024
My school’s Dashain holidays began on October 5. The holidays ended on October 21. During the first three days of my Dashain vacation, I worked on my project. Then I went to my village in Dhading. I had to walk for a half an hour after getting off the bus. When I reached my village, my grandmother and other members of the family were shelling maize. I also shelled more than 50 cobs of maize. We did this for many days. We even played cards. I kept losing at the beginning, but later on, I won 80 rupees in total.
On Tika day, I had to give some money, along with tika, to those who were younger than me. But some did not take the money, and I kept it for myself. My little brother gave me 20 rupees. On that day, the red tika was all around my forehead. The next day we came back to Kathmandu. My grandmother also joined, as she had to meet some relatives in Kathmandu. She was very happy.
When I reached home, I received a tika from my grandmother and grandfather. The next day we went to the Jadibuti bus park to go to my maternal uncle’s home. When we reached there, it was late, and we sat down to eat dinner because we were so hungry. The next day we put on a tika and went to Chautara and the temple. Nearby there was a swing, and my sister and I played together. We also went to Buddha Park. Then we came back. We ate rice with mountain goat’s meat. My sister and I did not like mountain goat’s meat because it was bitter. We went to a nearby shop and ate chips. We also ate Chatpate.
We came back to Kathmandu in an electric van. It was my first time riding an electric van, and I was very excited. We reached Kathmandu at 9:30 p.m. I stayed at Phupu Didi’s house because my sister was staying there. My mom did not stay there. The next day we went to Naxal. We put on Tika and went to Bode with a relative. They gave us some money and we left to go to another relative at Pepsi-Cola. Because there was puja. One of my little brothers was there as well. We played cards and football together.
