KATHMANDU: President Ramchandra Paudel has extended best wishes to all on the occasion of the Udhauli festival of the Kirat community and wished happiness, peace and prosperity to all Nepali sisters and brothers at home and abroad.

This festival of the Kirat community, who enjoy a close relationship with nature, enhances mutual harmony among all ethnic groups in Nepal and helps maintain family, community and social unity.

“In Nepal, festivals like Udhauli have played an important role in integrating our cultural, ethnic and linguistic diversity and maintaining social harmony, national unity and a common Nepali identity,” he said in the message.

The President has also expressed his belief that the Udhauli festival would help strengthen national unity by fostering mutual harmony, tolerance and fraternity in the diverse Nepali society.

In a similar message, Vice President Ram Sahay Prasad Yadav has said that every festival celebrated in the country provides an opportunity to recognize the country as a nation with unity in diversity, pride in tradition, and strength in coexistence.

Expressing his best wishes for happiness, peace, prosperity, good health, and progressive progress to all Nepali sisters and brothers at home and abroad on the occasion of the Udhauli festival, he wished that these festivals also motivate us to move forward by committing ourselves towards building an inclusive, just, and prosperous society by embracing Nepal’s independence, sovereignty, territorial integrity, national unity, and people’s rights.

Likewise, Vice President Yadav expressed his belief that Jyapu Day would give strength to the campaign to preserve Newa culture and pass it on to the new generation.

Sending best wishes on the occasion of Yamari Punhi and Jyapu Day today, he wished for happiness, peace, prosperity, good health and further progress for all Nepali sisters and brothers.

He has also expressed the belief that Yamari Punhi (Dhanya Poornima) and Jyapu Day would inspire positive initiatives on the path of social harmony, cultural pride and national unity.