Nabin Baral
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by Nabin Baral
Friends celebrate Holi, the festival of colors, in Kathmandu. Every year, thousands of Hindus participate in the festival Holi. The festival has many purposes. First and foremost, it celebrates the beginning of the new season, spring.
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by Nabin Baral
Hindu women took holy baths in the Shali River on the occasion of the month-long Swasthani festival in Sankhu, Kathmandu. The ritual is dedicated to Goddess Shree Swasthani, a Goddess known to grant the wishes of her devotees.
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by Nabin Baral
Hindu women celebrated Rishi Panchami festival in Nepal by fasting and taking a holy bath in rivers. Hindu women believe that the fasting, worship and the holy bath in the river will purify any offenses that occurred during the menstruation period.
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by Nabin Baral
A general strike called for by student unions who are against hikes in the prices of petroleum products has begun in Kathmandu. As a result normally busy streets remained relatively empty with only light traffic.
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by Nabin Baral
Hindu holy man, Sadhu Baba, takes a rest in Pashupatinath Temple in Kathmandu, Nepal.
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by Nabin Baral
Local and international tourists play in the mud at the Bajrabarahi Rice Planting Festival Tour organized by Social tour and Powerful Hands at Lalitpur. The fun event is organized to educate people about monsoon rice plantation.
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by Nabin Baral
Farmers in Kathmandu still wait for the active monsoon which plays a vital role for the cultivation of paddy. Although the monsoon has arrived in Kathmandu on 16th June, it is not making enough rain which is suitable for rice cultivation.
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by Nabin Baral
Thousands of Nepalese gather in a mass in Kathmandu with white t-shirts and national flags to express their solidarity to the call for harmony between social groups in Nepal.
