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Nepali Market Flooded With Cassava, Sweet Potato And Cocoyam Ahead Of The Maghe Sakranti Festival
A Nepali vendor sorts yams in a local market in Kathmandu, Nepal, on January 8, 2026, ahead of the Maghe Sakranti festival. The festival of Maghe Sakranti, the first day of Magh, is celebrated by consuming different tuber crops, mainly yam and sweet potato. People boil yams in the evening of the last day of Poush, the 9th month of the lunar calendar, and eat them the next morning with ghee and molasses. It is widely believed that the boiled yams taken on the morning of Maghe Sakranti stave off cold-related ailments. (Photo by Subaas Shrestha/NurPhoto)
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| Photographer | Subaas Shrestha/NurPhoto |
| Category | Economy, Business and Finance |
| Copyright | © 2026 NurPhoto - Subaas Shrestha/NurPhoto |
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