{"id":1294,"date":"2026-10-12T23:12:08","date_gmt":"2026-10-12T23:12:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thechroniclesofnepal.com\/?p=1294"},"modified":"2026-10-12T23:21:50","modified_gmt":"2026-10-12T23:21:50","slug":"annual-kukur-tihar-usa-festival-set-to-celebrate-dogs-and-culture-in-prince-william-virginia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thechroniclesofnepal.com\/?p=1294","title":{"rendered":"Annual Kukur Tihar USA Festival Set to Celebrate Dogs and Culture in Prince William, Virginia"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">MANASSAS, VA. \u2014 Kukur Tihar USA will host the annual Kukur Tihar USA Festival on Sunday, October 25, 2026. The one-hour event is scheduled to take place from 11:00 AM to 12:00 PM at the PWC Animal Services facility located at 14807 Bristow Road, Manassas, VA 20112.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Inspired by a 5,000-year-old Nepali tradition, Kukur Tihar is an annual celebration dedicated to showing love, respect, and gratitude for canine companions. The event aims to bring this meaningful celebration to the United States to share a message of universal love, compassion, and cultural understanding.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/thechroniclesofnepal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/42081f5c-455a-46bc-b383-2602fa5a0e2a-edited.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1296\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thechroniclesofnepal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/42081f5c-455a-46bc-b383-2602fa5a0e2a-edited.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/thechroniclesofnepal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/42081f5c-455a-46bc-b383-2602fa5a0e2a-edited-300x146.jpg 300w, https:\/\/thechroniclesofnepal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/42081f5c-455a-46bc-b383-2602fa5a0e2a-edited-768x375.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The family-friendly celebration will feature a variety of activities for attendees and their dogs<sup><\/sup>. Highlights of the event include a Dog Blessing Ceremony, the application of traditional Tika marks on participating dogs, a general family celebration, and access to local adoption and pet resources provided by PWC Animal Services<sup><\/sup>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">More information and event registration can be accessed on the official website at <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.kukurtiharusa.org\/\">https:\/\/www.kukurtiharusa.org\/<\/a> or through their social media page at <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/search?q=https:\/\/facebook.com\/KukurTiharUSA\">facebook.com\/KukurTiharUSA<\/a><sup><\/sup>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MANASSAS, VA. \u2014 Kukur Tihar USA will host the annual Kukur Tihar USA Festival on Sunday, October 25,<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1295,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"no","rop_publish_now_accounts":{"facebook_28862978113291940_720947087772779":""},"rop_publish_now_history":[{"account":"facebook_28862978113291940_720947087772779","service":"facebook","timestamp":1791846802,"status":"success"}],"rop_publish_now_status":"done","_price":"","_stock":"","_tribe_ticket_header":"","_tribe_default_ticket_provider":"","_tribe_ticket_capacity":"","_ticket_start_date":"","_ticket_end_date":"","_tribe_ticket_show_description":"","_tribe_ticket_show_not_going":false,"_tribe_ticket_use_global_stock":"","_tribe_ticket_global_stock_level":"","_global_stock_mode":"","_global_stock_cap":"","_tribe_rsvp_for_event":"","_tribe_ticket_going_count":"","_tribe_ticket_not_going_count":"","_tribe_tickets_list":"[]","_tribe_ticket_has_attendee_info_fields":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,64],"tags":[216,215],"class_list":["post-1294","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-diaspora","category-local","tag-dog-festival","tag-kukur-tihar"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thechroniclesofnepal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1294","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thechroniclesofnepal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thechroniclesofnepal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thechroniclesofnepal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thechroniclesofnepal.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1294"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/thechroniclesofnepal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1294\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1299,"href":"https:\/\/thechroniclesofnepal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1294\/revisions\/1299"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thechroniclesofnepal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1295"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thechroniclesofnepal.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1294"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thechroniclesofnepal.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1294"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thechroniclesofnepal.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1294"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}