Yomari (bread made from rice flour and cooked in a special) is cooked and eaten on this day among the Newari community. This full moon is called Thilla Punhi in Nepali language.
On this day, a special type of yomri is eaten with a mixture of rice flour and knife and sesame seeds, so it is also called Yomri Punhi (Yomri Full Moon).
On this day, the Japu community within the Newars of the valley also celebrates this festival as Japu Day. Manseer Purnima is also known as Dhanya Purnima.
Eating Yomari योमरी
In the Newar community, there is a tradition of eating Yomari, a special dish made from rice flour with a special kind of sesame, knife and khuva. In the evening of Dhanya Purnima, it is customary for children and young people to gather in Toltol and ask for Yomari.
According to Nepal Samvat, this festival is celebrated on the full moon day of Thinlathwa Punhi i.e. Marg month and is called Yomari Punhi in Newar language. On this day, it is customary to celebrate Yomari again by eating a special dish made of pitho made from newly imported rice.
On this day, in the bhakari and bhandar where the new grain is kept, a small leaf-shaped lhonchamari is made and worshiped along with idols of Lakshmi, Ganesha, Kuvera, Nanglo, Sukunda, a man holding a cudgel, panas, tortoise, etc.
Yomari puni importance
There is a popular belief that if Yomari is offered to beggars and grain storehouses, wealth and grain will be gained. It is customary to share the Yomari offered in this way with the family after four days as prasad. Married girls are also invited and fed on this day. There is a popular belief that the days become longer from the day of Yomari Punhi and the day gets longer according to the peak of Yomari.
Yomari has a special importance in Newar culture. In Newar community, on the day of Yomari Punhi, everyone worships and donates to various gods and goddesses, including Yomari. When celebrating children's birthdays, it is customary to make garlands of Yomri and worship them for 12 years. It is customary to wear Yomari garlands on the birthday of the child, two in two years, four in four years.
Similarly, during the pregnancy of a daughter, it is a custom to go to the mother-in-law to feed curd and curd some time before the baby is born. Even at this time, there is a custom to carry 108 Yomaris in some communities. Similarly, when a new house or temple is built and when a new flag is placed in the temple, it is customary to worship and drop Yomari from the axis of the house and temple.
Yomari has cultural and religious importance in Newar society. Nepalese people all over the country make Yomari and offer it to the Goddess and eat it as Prasad. On the day after Yomari Punhi, Nepalese people invite their relatives, daughters, daughter-in-laws to their houses and feed them a feast with Yomari
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