Our Nepali families celebrate the Dashain Festival from Oct. 3-16. The Dashain festival in Nepal is an occasion of great joy, delight, enthusiasm, and rapture for all the people. Therefore, people indulge in feasting and rejoicing. They also clean their houses, put on new clothes, and taste various types of delicious foods. There is a public holiday during this festival for all the schools, colleges, and offices. Among all these reasons, Vijayadashami is also known as an auspicious occasion. On this day, people also embark on new enterprises and start their journey. This is an occasion of peace and goodwill. Dashain celebrates the inevitable victory of virtue over vice, truth over untruth, and of justice over injustice.