It was my 20^th celebration of Dashain and Tihar (Nepalese say Dashain and Tihar but in some parts of the world it is also called Durga Pooja and Diwali respectively) of this year. It means I'm now 20 years and have tested the experiences of 20 Dashain and Tihar. When I was a small child, I used to play swing because at that time our village was full of youth and they seem to be busy in making swing in the village during these festivals. These youth used to make the festival brighter, auspicious and more prosperous. They used to play Dhausi during the days of Tihar and we used to enjoy seeing their activity. We also used to follow them by gathering children of same age class and enjoy playing Dheusi. Dhausi is a special performance celebrated during Tihar in which people go to other's houses and sing folk songs. They also dance together and collect memories of each moment. Both male and female take part in Dheusi and makes this festival memorable. After some time the parents of house come out with delicious food they have cooked and some money and is given to the Dheusi player. In this way people share food, feelings through songs and coexist with harmony in the society. People use this collected money in social works and is a good option of fund raising. Really our culture is very unique. 

But the situation is dramatically changed. The child (i.e. me) has grown into a young of 20 years. Youth are rarely seen in the villages where space is vastly occupied by children and older in recent days. There is no swing in the village since 4/5 years ago because most of the youth are in foreign countries to solve their hand mouth problems some to complete their higher study nowadays the villages appears empty. I think our cultures are faded up, no Dheusi as before, no swing as before ultimately no happiness as before.  When I was a child more than 15 Dheusi players group used to come our home. But this year even a single group hadn't came. Very few groups were seen in the village. Due to lack of friends of same age class I also didn't get an opportunity to enjoy playing Dheusi. Most of my friends are in foreign countries to complete their higher study, many are running their business and are turned into money minded they think noting except profit in business and don't have time to think about culture, some are still preparing for their B.Sc entrance as they couldn't became selected in the fresh batch. Finally, I decided to play Dheusi with children's group and enjoyed. I think it is very horrible condition for our culture. At this moment, I'm recognizing the role of youth in making the culture valuable, meaningful and long lived. Indeed, someone had mentioned the correct "Youth are the pillars of the society".