Pasni is the Nepali ceremony that marks a baby boy’s first rice feeding at about six months.
The ritual is also known as the rice-feeding ceremony. Families dress the child in fine clothes and jewelry, offer rice or rice-based food, and invite relatives to give blessings and gifts. The event marks a transition from exclusive milk feeding toward eating solid foods.
In many communities, girls have a corresponding ceremony at a different age, often around five months. The timing and details vary according to family custom, caste, ethnicity, and astrology, so Pasni is not performed identically throughout Nepal.
Pasni is a post-birth milestone rather than a prenatal baby shower. Its closest wider connection to baby-welcoming traditions is the way it gathers relatives around a child’s growth, health, and first experience of ceremonial solid food.