, ▁which ▁dimin ished ▁por ter age ▁employ ment . ▁Cult iv ating ▁h emp ▁and ▁processing ▁it ▁into ▁char as ▁( hash ish ) ▁lost ▁standing ▁as ▁an ▁income ▁generator ▁after ▁ 1 9 7 6 ▁when ▁international ▁pressure ▁persu aded ▁the ▁national ▁government ▁to ▁out law ▁these ▁recre ational ▁dru gs ▁and ▁close ▁government ▁stores ▁where ▁those ▁so ▁incl ined ▁could ▁freely ▁purchase ▁what ▁was ▁illegal ▁in ▁most ▁of ▁the ▁world . ▁But ▁H indu ▁government ▁directly ▁indirect ly ▁encourag ed ▁the ▁dru gs . ▁ ▁Western ▁mag ar ▁participation ▁in ▁Nep al ese ▁Civil ▁War ▁ ▁Despite ▁advers ity , ▁mag ar ▁people ▁retained ▁a ▁robust ▁or al ▁history ▁and ▁a ▁sense ▁of ▁past ▁great ness , ▁which ▁created ▁gr iev ances ▁and ▁made ▁them ▁re cept ive ▁to ▁the ▁Ma ob adi ▁( M ao ist ) ▁movement ▁that ▁opposed ▁the ▁Shah ▁regime ▁in ▁the ▁ 1 9 9 6 - 2 0 0 6 ▁Nep al ese ▁Civil ▁War ▁and ▁even ▁the ▁multip art y ▁dem ocracy ▁that ▁the ▁Shah s ▁to yed ▁with . ▁The ▁Rol pa ▁and ▁R uk um ▁districts ▁in ▁the ▁center ▁of ▁the ▁mag ars ▁hom el ands ▁became ▁known ▁as ▁the ▁Ma o ist ▁heart land ▁and ▁western ▁mag ars ▁were ▁prominent ▁as ▁fo ots old iers ▁of ▁its ▁gu err illa ▁forces . ▁ ▁K ham ▁Fest iv als ▁ ▁Bh ume ▁Na ach ▁/ ▁Bal ▁pu ja ▁is ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁ancient ▁cultural ▁festiv als ▁celebrated ▁by ▁the ▁K ham