I find 16 Sharade much akin to thanks giving. So many of my relatives get together and fight. Ohhh, I love it. Sisters compete, brothers argue and our guru ji loves the full house. It is perhaps the Nepalese tradition o rthe Hindus in general but non the less, it's a good time spent remembering the dead and preparing for your own demise. The hard part is how do you explain it to your American born to the extend that they too will continue the tradition.