A small child is worshipped as a living goddess in Nepal. After certain period, she is replaced with another Kumari. The previous kumari will lost the privilege of being goddess and that privilege is given to new Kumaris according to the tradition. What happens to the future of that child is of less concern to those people who blindly follow this tradition. Once a goddess, will have to choose a life of seclusion, poverty, and many psychological illness. Along with it, many superstitions follow Kumari's life till their last breath. Can Nepal move forward without amending Kumari Pratha? Where is the child's right to play, learn, and live a normal life?

But do they feel the same way as you criticized?
Read this story.
http://nepalitimes.com/news.php?id=18515

Sajhamitra, first of all the article was published by Nepali Times, which is not affiliated to any academic research institution. Second, the interview was taken by a westerner as a means of curiosity. The article lacks intensive research techniques. Therefore, I don't look such article as reliable source for authentic research. Kumari pratha shouldn't bee taken lightly. The foundation of this tradition is wrong. A girl is proclaimed as Goddess and later she becomes a common woman. This transition is not a normal transition for most women whose psychology works very differently than men. This tradition is nothing but a mental construction. It's a human institution that was created long ago which is not based on logic. An innocent girl is being used in the name of tradition for fulfilling people illogical bizarre ego-sense desire.

@ujl, if the post was published by certain sources u better name it when u post it....there are people who doesn't like teej, people who doesn't like dashain, some who doesn't like tihar. so if u don't like certain things keep it to urself coz u aint going to change it....it is a big tradition to certain ethnicity and i respect it....

 Garnai parcha, sana tina balikalai aandhyaro kotha ma thunera rakhne. Bhokai rakhne, tyo rato rato tika k k lagaune, abir dalne, chi chi uncivilized culture yaar. Learn from westerners, learn to believe western god n culture. Period!

yeha bhukera kehin hudaina...garera dekha ani janatale tero k halat garcha thaha huncha....

Giordano, this thread is not about liking and disliking at all! I hope you understand the freedom of speech. I opened this thread to have a intellectual discussion rather than emotion based liking and disliking. That is what Sajha is here for! If someone doesn't like Teej, let him speak up and lets hear what he has to say about Teej so that we can understand his perspective. Ideas makes our world; better the ideas, better the world will be.

 Thukka timi haru janta hoina, jantu haru ho. Dhunga ko puja garne, shiva ko turi ani parvati ko vagina lai puja garne adharmi uncivilized haru sanga k kura garne?

@ujl,

Ujl,

People are reacting rather than discussing. Wise sages were right: where there is mind, there is stupidity.

Uji Where is my right to call you a [Disallowed String for - use not allowed] for not wearing a dhaka topi and daura surwal everyday ? You are not representing Nepal by wearing what you are wearing therefore are not qualified to be called a Nepali. Yesta waiyat haru lai ke bhanney. Kumari is a culture of Newari people. If you take that away pretty soon there will be no Newari people. Just like people would like to take Thanksgiving away because it degrades the Native Americans. But that is what defines America and American way of life !!! 

You were discussing the sheer symantec of the Nepalitimes article. With that you were trying to use logic on how an article should be written, an arbitrary consensus of writing, or an agreement of minds. 

civilized huna lai stripper sanga bihe garera stripper ko poi hunu parne ho ??   Westerners le dherai kura sikae .. how to take advantage of innocent people .. how to use their resources and keep them as slaves .. how to attack countries for no reason and then claiming to provide them democracy .. how to attack countries n accuse them of carring  bio chemicals .. sikdai chan sathi Nepal ma pani tei bhaera bomb banaudai innocent manche lai handai chan .. but i hope they dont learn from the westerners ...

bathroomcoffee, Stoning women is also a tradition in extremist Islamic society. If we take away this stoning culture from these extremist, we will wipe out these extremist. Idk2013, in academic world, we don't give a crap about Nepali Times or Chicago Times or New York Times!

ujl, but you do give 'crap' to your irrelevant personal opinion formed while sitting in your tiny little pigeon hole world? 

Uji, So is cannibalism in Mauri Culture. Just because some culture's idealism does not fit your norm does not mean they are out-dated or primitive. Yes stoning someone is wrong, eating someone is wrong but you have to be very selective from a moralistic perspective not a cultural barrier. 

लोल शान्ती!