Yomari Punhi 2026 Australia — Events, Dates & Celebrations

Yomari Punhi 2026 is December 24. The Newari harvest festival of steamed yomari dumplings — meaning, traditions and recipes in Australia.

Yomari Punhi — योमरी पुन्हि — is the Newari festival of the rice harvest, celebrated on the full moon of Thinla (December). Families steam yomari — pointed rice-flour dumplings filled with molasses and sesame — and offer them to Annapurna, goddess of the harvest, giving thanks for the year's grain.

The festival's beloved tradition is the children's round: kids go door to door singing "ya mari phonegu" — asking for yomari — and households keep bowls ready. In Australia, Newari families keep the steamers running every December, and yomari-making days have become a fixture of community calendars.

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