The Tika Bhairab jaatraa is held annually in Lele village, in the Lalitpur District, in the Kathmandu Valley. The god Tika Bhairab is believed to be a protector from evil and misfortune for all inhabitants of the valley. The festival starts with the worshipping of the god, followed by feasting, playing folk music, and singing traditional songs. The festival continues through the night.\nThe people believe that if they remain awake all night, they will receive the god's blessing.

“Swasthani Mangalacharana” is chanted in the evening before reciting each chapter of Swasthani Bratakatha to pray to ask God to listen to the chanting from this holy book, accept the worship, and give his blessing. Swastani is a Hindu legend about the goddess Swasthani and Lord Shiva.

Mongolian well-wishing is a powerful expression of the miraculous capacity of words. It is one of the genres of Mongolian oral poetry that uses melodies. Briefly, benedictions (well-wishing) propitiate people’s future happiness and well-being through skilfully composed and recited poems. There are thousands of benedictions on various subjects. For instance there are benedictions recited while beating the sweat cloth of a saddle, while distilling milk vodka, while celebrating a birth, and while cutting an infant’s hair for the first time. Besides ancient benedictions, many contemporary benedictions are being kept at the ILL. These include benedictions for a new ger, weddings, a child’s first haircut, endowment practices, mare-milking ceremonies, foal-branding ceremonies, the People’s Revolution, and others for the military.

Mongolian well-wishing is a powerful expression of the miraculous capacity of words. It is one of the genres of Mongolian oral poetry that uses melodies. Briefly, benedictions (well-wishing) propitiate people’s future happiness and well-being through skilfully composed and recited poems. There are thousands of benedictions on various subjects. For instance there are benedictions recited while beating the sweat cloth of a saddle, while distilling milk vodka, while celebrating a birth, and while cutting an infant’s hair for the first time. Besides ancient benedictions, many contemporary benedictions are being kept at the ILL. These include benedictions for a new ger, weddings, a child’s first haircut, endowment practices, mare-milking ceremonies, foal-branding ceremonies, the People’s Revolution, and others for the military.