Livewire,

Did I say that feast of SanGenarro is funded by Federal Govt ? You must have pulled that one out of your ass. But it is funded by that Tax sheltered bractket called religious institutions which belong to the Catholic Church. Which conduct their own business, own their own properties(federal Govt did not engulf their properties and land). Whereas Nepali government did take over Guthi and the temple's properties and land which left them out in the dry. When I mentioned federal govt.'s support for religious charites I Meant Bush's recent proposal of funding faith based organizations only. DADDDIOOO !!! http://www.religionandsocialpolicy.com/news/article.cfm?id=701

I have no problem if federal govt. get involve or not, once they give the land back to the people they took it from. Then the community can self sustain themselves. But untill then the federal govt should be involve just like they used to be.

Unless this current problem is solved then YES IT IS PASSING THE BUCK. And if they run into trouble and if the govt doesn't do something to save them YES IT IS PASSING THE BUCK.

I am not objecting to less federal govt.'s involvement in local day to day operations, but rather talking about the current issue of NO LAND NO MONEY situation.

Your argumnt of afirmative actin kind of policy will not work because WHO WILL DECIDE WHO GET WHAT SHARE ? ITS NO LIKE HERE WHERE IT IS ACROSS THE BOARD. THERE ARE COMMUNITIES WHO CONTRIBUTE MORE TO FED GOVT. AND PAY MORE TAXES. THEY SHOULD GET MORE BACK FROM THE FED GOVT. THAT IS MY POINT, and ther you go talking about San Gennaro again PULLING ONE OUT OF YOUR ASS AND USING IT LIKE A MANTRA.

" 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" 

But they ar not doing that right now are they ? ha ha ha THAT WAS MY POINT.