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Nepali Market Flooded With Cassava, Sweet Potato And Cocoyam Ahead Of The Maghe Sakranti Festival

A Nepali consumer carries a bag full of yams over his shoulders after purchasing it from a local market in Kathmandu, Nepal, on January 8, 2026. The festival of Maghe Sakranti (first day of Magh) is celebrated and marked by consuming different tuber crops, mainly yam and sweet potato. People boil yams in the evening of the last day of Poush (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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Photo ID	#13169164
Date Taken	8 January 2026
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Photographer	Subaas Shrestha/NurPhoto
Category	Economy, Business and Finance
Copyright	© 2026 NurPhoto - Subaas Shrestha/NurPhoto

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