Khokana is another beautiful Newar village located south of Kathmandu Valley. It is 25 minutes away from Bungmati village in the west direction. This Newar village is popular for farming mustard seed and producing local mustard oil. We can see plenty of rice terraces here. The lifestyle of Newar people is here. The Rudrayani temple has beautiful architecture with its pagoda style.
Just opposite this temple, there is a goat-killing pond and every year they celebrate a festival, which is very popular in here. Khokana will be crowded with people when the festival offers to throw the goat in the pond and dragged by many people and they kill it. This is the symbolic fight of power of this villager. Nowadays they have changed the killing system of the goat and Kill the goat with sink only in the pond. Another Sikali festival has been celebrated since 1206 AD.
In this festival, villager celebrates with the worship of the goddess Indrayani. Khokana is a cultural tourist village where visitors can observe the religious practices, construction of buildings, lifestyles of Newar people, open toilets, agriculture, manmade ponds, dress, history, wells, and rest houses. Local wine, Newari foo,d and red chilly are popular here. We can see ducks only here and cannot see chickens in this village. The view of the surrounding hills is so beautiful.
