Festivals help further strengthen national unity-President
Christmas Day is celebrated every year on Dec 25 as a religious and cultural festival to mark the birth anniversary of Jesus Christ.
KATHMANDU: President Ramchandra Paudel said that festivals are instrumental to promote diverse cultural identities and enhance mutual good will, tolerance and solidarity among the communities having different religious faiths.
Extended best wishes to Christian religious people for their happiness, peace and good health on the occasion of the ‘Christmas Day’, he expressed the confidence that such festivals would further strengthen and consolidate national unity.
Christmas Day is celebrated every year on Dec 25 as a religious and cultural festival to mark the birth anniversary of Jesus Christ.
On the occasion, various programmes are being organized in different parts of the country, including Kathmandu, Lalitpur, Bhaktapur and Pokhara.
President Paudel wished that the festival of Christians would inspire all to deepen the spirit of mutual trust, love and unity.