Harisiddhi dance is believed to be Nepal’s first and finest mask dance. King Yog Narendra Malla provided 310 ropanies (15.527 hecters) of land for daily worshipping and 294 (14.725 hecters) ropanies of land for the festival of every 12 years so that, this beautiful dance could be continued. The 12 year tradition includes appointment of priests, coloring of masks, dress making, bringing of holy wood, regaining of divine power and the establishment of Kalash. It is well known that there is no any vocal and instrumental music and dramatic performance to that of Harisiddhi Naach (dance). The dance is fantastic still. In the past, the dance used to be performed for three months continuously. People were not interested or say, they had no time to watch a long period dance which resulted descend of its value. So, later on the dance was performed within a day accumulating the main events only. So, at present, there is difficulty in understanding the nature of the dance. Nowadays, the dance is performed just two times a year; first is on “Yomari Purnima” and the second on “Holi (Fagu Purnima)”. This day is the main festival of the local people when close friends and relatives are invited as guests.
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