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During Dashain, a significant festival in Nepal, family members receive "tika" (a mixture of yogurt, rice, and vermilion) on their foreheads along with blessings from elders. The Sanskrit hymn ...

Far from home for the 15-day Dashain festival — the most important celebration ... were having a chat because they were putting the tika [symbolic red dot on the forehead] on, which is a ...

Dashain is the great harvest festival of Nepal ... On the culmination of celebrations, known as Tika, people are seen moving around with their foreheads covered with rice tika, wearing new ...

12, 2024, in East Hempfield Township. Dashain is a Hindu festival that celebrates the triumph of good over evil, and is one of Nepal's most important festivals. Upreti is a Nepali refugee.