BC you are posting ur reactions on a wrong thread. however they are regarding the same topic.

I agree with u on the first point. I don't think the government should ban religious sacrifices based on ethics. But then banning scarifices does not mean we lose ur identity, ie, cultural. I believe our culture is more than animal sacrifices. I have no problem with the premise here but i think u go over board on ur explanations.

But i completely agree with nepe's point 4. i think it was regarding granting local communities more rights to stage festivals and jatras. I disagree when u say there will be a civil war if we do this. I see that throughout our reaction u tend to get hyper.

By empowering local communities (ie, guthis, VDCs, Wards, municipalities), we let them make their own decisions regarding their local culture and festivals. For example let them decide whether to use the fund for sacarice or to construct a new chariot. How is this a bad idea? By letting them decide, we are making them less dependent on the government which is already weak. Furtherrmore, tomorrow if there is a problem, maybe, people would go to their woda or vdc office or municipality to complain and not resort to street protests pelting stones and destroying infrastructures that are already decaying.

Surely government can help with some fund, security, permits to use public space for festivities. But the community can do more, ie recruit volunteer or raise additional money (probably more than what government can raise). 

Regarding distribution for public fund and how much the government should allocate, just look at the community in question. Which needs more and which needs less. If it is an affluent area with museums, restaurants that thive because of the locale it is in or has guthi that is rich as apposed to those in dire state, the local authority (with aid from the central government) can manage most expenses. Forexample: VAT collected from, let's say thypothetically, two months from Restaurants in Basantapur could be directly channled to a fund that is set to organize Indra Jatra. Or part of the entry free from Basantaput museum could go to the funding of another festival. Maybe the businesses who benefit from let's say dasai or other festivals could be encouraged to donate to the concerned guthi. Maybe organize a mela and generate revenue.

But for another place, which is less affluent, the government could do show more direct help.

Regarding PR, again BC i have to go with nepe. Government sucks at it man. There are no prompt press releases. Baburam or any of his aides do not address the protesters directly and immediately calling for calm and. They are slow to react or they don't care. one or the other. they always wait for the day after. Better PR public interactions, forums, goodwill gesture and propoganda) alone with not slove the bigger problems. but these gestures should be taken into consideration in the larger scheme of problem solving. these pr stunts should also harmonize or assuage the strains between the public and the government.

I support Newars' (and others' too) cultural rights. So, I am making a case for more decentralized approach to dealing with the cultures and festivals of Nepal because a center oriented think tank cannot think efficiently and do justice to the diaspora of cultures that we have in Nepal.