Sikles village, the largest Gurung village in Nepal, celebrates Mage Sakranti each year. Many people from the adjacent villages as well as people from city area particularly from Pokhara travel to this village during this festival. Mhaudu and Phaimakyu are the religious sites in this village where all local people and visitors go to worship the god early in the morning on the first day of Magh Month. There are sacred Dhunge Dharas (spring water taps) and all pilgrimages take shower before worshiping the god in these taps.

During the day time, there is thelo (short foot) competition which lasts for two days. On top of this short foot competition, the Sikles Youth Club also organizes sports and the sport team from different villages participates in this competition. The club is celebrating its 14th anniversary in this year and organizing the sport competition as usual. These sports include; basketball, volleyball and dhori tanne.

For detail information with regard to sports, please contact to Mr. Indra Jung Gurung who can be reached at 00977 98041 52399. During the evening time, the club also organizes local cultural programme; as part of additional entertainment particularly for people coming from out of this village.

Sikles Development Concerned Group kindly requests all of you to visit the village and participate in celebrating this festival together with local people in Sikles.