BC so u are saying The Feast of San Gennaro is entirely paid by the Federal government. Grow up. Check the facts, Sonny. Whist the federal goverment may give tax break to Catholic Churches to hold processions, it doesn't write a check for NYC or Little Italy. If you want to know how much the community is involved, go check their website.  http://www.sangennaro.org/.

I am saying the exact thing regarding our festivals. The central government should contribute. But it must also encourage the local community to contribute hence lessening the strain on the government. Remember Nepalese government is poor. Every year we face increasing trade and budget deficits. So every plan that  lessens government's involvement and hands it to other responsible institutions should be encouraged in my opinion. That is why I like Pat's idea.

Letting local governemts or decide for local issues in not passing the buck BC. Yes, you could call it empowerment through decentralization (which has been happening in US for ages), though.

"The welfare syatem of NYC is still sunsidised by the federal govt. disaster management is stil subsidised by federal govt. homland security is still subsidised by federal govt. unemployment is still subsidised by federal govt. they do get back what they put in taxes."

Ditto for KTM, BC. Infact in KTM, most public funding u see from electricity to telephone to trolley bus, pension for elderly, all kinds of security, the road that leads to my and ur house (if u are from here), repair of damaged public infrastructure..i mean every thing is paid by our central government. U know what Kathmandu-basis too do get what they put in. Not to mention, they also benefit from it.  Disaster Management is a federal issue (FEMA), Homeland Security is a federal issue (DHS), and unemployment benefits all are federal issues. All of these are headed by federal institutions. Whether u live in NYC or Topeka, KS, these departments are always funded by federal government. So, I don't know what u are trying to get across here. Once again, US and Nepal have different governing style. We have more centralized approach and heavily dependent on the central government. However, US has a federated system and the states are less dependent. Infact there are cases where a state wants federal government to stay away. IE why, every state has its own parliament, it own budget,its own laws, its own tax at many states, and importantly its own vision. BC, come man, this is elementary stuff.

So, if I want the central govenment to be less involved in the way people celebrate their festivals, I don't know why u are objecting it. The central government does provide security and partial funding. What more do u want. Do u want it to decide on details too? I want the details to be worked out more and more elaborately while we go down the level of governance, while letting information flow both ways.

One more thing, it if can, BC attack the gist of my arguement (less involvement from the central. dispersement of fund by using 'affirmitive action' amongst guthis and organizers, more involvement from the community to organize the festivals) with logic and reasoning and examples if u can. Nitpicking, dismissive language with no explanation, making half baked weak claims like NYC's Little Italy' s festival like Feast of San Gerrano is federally funded to stregthen ur arguement just shows ur desperation or child like approach to this whole issue.

Again, letting communities decide for themselves is not "i don't want to deal with it" attitude. It is another way of saying, "Hey buddy. I appreciate your festival and here is a check for you. Make sure u use it to fund the festival. We will be watching of financial irregularities. But its your money. You know the festival better than me. So I trust you to make the right calls. Your municipality/VDC will be working closely with you regarding this matter. You can approach them and Ministry of Culture if for matters regarding the jatra. Let the fun begin. Oh  yeah, one last thing, we will take care of the security. I will be working directly with the municipality to provide u with adequate security. Suva ____ jatra" 

BC, don't forget I want the jatras too, not just only Indra Jatra but also other festivities that celebrate culture and life in Nepal.

On a side note, BC, I live in Hadigaun, and i am sure you have heard what they say about Hadigaun and Jatras right?