This is the name of the particular full moon day when a special type of rice bread is made and served among Newar communities to celeberate the harvesting season. Yomadhi is prepared from the dough made of rice flour to look like a small chaitya. Inside portion of this bread is made empty so a to fill it with liquefied molasses, sesame or other delicacies as per intended taste. The celebration is to express joys and to thank god for the good harvest which is mainly rice in case of Kathmandu valley. This Poonhi usually falls in the month of November.
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