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4 December 2025

The Kirat community wears traditional dress, plays traditional musical instruments, and celebrates the Sakela Udhauli festival in Lalitpur, Nepal, on December 4, 2025. Udhauli is an annual festival that marks the beginning of winter and involves migrating to lower altitudes. It is also a time to give thanks to Mother Nature for a bountiful harvest. The festival includes rituals like Chula puja and Sakela dances, which celebrate the harmony between nature and the Kirat way of life.

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#13056104

4 December 2025

The Kirat community wears traditional dress, plays traditional musical instruments, and celebrates the Sakela Udhauli festival in Lalitpur, Nepal, on December 4, 2025. Udhauli is an annual festival that marks the beginning of winter and involves migrating to lower altitudes. It is also a time to give thanks to Mother Nature for a bountiful harvest. The festival includes rituals like Chula puja and Sakela dances, which celebrate the harmony between nature and the Kirat way of life.

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#13056105

4 December 2025

The Kirat community wears traditional dress, plays traditional musical instruments, and celebrates the Sakela Udhauli festival in Lalitpur, Nepal, on December 4, 2025. Udhauli is an annual festival that marks the beginning of winter and involves migrating to lower altitudes. It is also a time to give thanks to Mother Nature for a bountiful harvest. The festival includes rituals like Chula puja and Sakela dances, which celebrate the harmony between nature and the Kirat way of life.

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#13042179

30 November 2025

People light candles around the Red Ribbon and pray for those who lose their lives due to HIV/AIDS on the eve of World AIDS Day in Kathmandu, Nepal, on November 30, 2025

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#13042180

30 November 2025

People light candles around the Red Ribbon and pray for those who lose their lives due to HIV/AIDS on the eve of World AIDS Day in Kathmandu, Nepal, on November 30, 2025

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#13042181

30 November 2025

People light candles around the Red Ribbon and pray for those who lose their lives due to HIV/AIDS on the eve of World AIDS Day in Kathmandu, Nepal, on November 30, 2025

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#13042182

30 November 2025

People light candles around the Red Ribbon and pray for those who lose their lives due to HIV/AIDS on the eve of World AIDS Day in Kathmandu, Nepal, on November 30, 2025

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#13042183

30 November 2025

People light candles around the Red Ribbon and pray for those who lose their lives due to HIV/AIDS on the eve of World AIDS Day in Kathmandu, Nepal, on November 30, 2025

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#13042184

30 November 2025

People light candles around the Red Ribbon and pray for those who lose their lives due to HIV/AIDS on the eve of World AIDS Day in Kathmandu, Nepal, on November 30, 2025

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#13041226

30 November 2025

Girls from the Newa community take part in the Bel Bibaha ceremony, in which they are symbolically married to a bael fruit (wood apple), at Banglamukhi Temple in Lalitpur, Nepal, on November 29, 2025. The ritual is performed for girls aged between 5 and 9 years, typically before they reach puberty. The ceremony, also called the Ihi ceremony, is rooted in Hindu and Tantric traditions and serves to protect girls from social stigma, especially widowhood. The fruit symbolizes the god Vishnu, ensuring the girl is symbolically married to a divine entity for life.

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#13041227

30 November 2025

Girls from the Newa community take part in the Bel Bibaha ceremony, in which they are symbolically married to a bael fruit (wood apple), at Banglamukhi Temple in Lalitpur, Nepal, on November 29, 2025. The ritual is performed for girls aged between 5 and 9 years, typically before they reach puberty. The ceremony, also called the Ihi ceremony, is rooted in Hindu and Tantric traditions and serves to protect girls from social stigma, especially widowhood. The fruit symbolizes the god Vishnu, ensuring the girl is symbolically married to a divine entity for life.

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#13041228

30 November 2025

Girls from the Newa community take part in the Bel Bibaha ceremony, in which they are symbolically married to a bael fruit (wood apple), at Banglamukhi Temple in Lalitpur, Nepal, on November 29, 2025. The ritual is performed for girls aged between 5 and 9 years, typically before they reach puberty. The ceremony, also called the Ihi ceremony, is rooted in Hindu and Tantric traditions and serves to protect girls from social stigma, especially widowhood. The fruit symbolizes the god Vishnu, ensuring the girl is symbolically married to a divine entity for life.

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#13041229

30 November 2025

Girls from the Newa community take part in the Bel Bibaha ceremony, in which they are symbolically married to a bael fruit (wood apple), at Banglamukhi Temple in Lalitpur, Nepal, on November 29, 2025. The ritual is performed for girls aged between 5 and 9 years, typically before they reach puberty. The ceremony, also called the Ihi ceremony, is rooted in Hindu and Tantric traditions and serves to protect girls from social stigma, especially widowhood. The fruit symbolizes the god Vishnu, ensuring the girl is symbolically married to a divine entity for life.

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30 November 2025

Girls from the Newa community take part in the Bel Bibaha ceremony, in which they are symbolically married to a bael fruit (wood apple), at Banglamukhi Temple in Lalitpur, Nepal, on November 29, 2025. The ritual is performed for girls aged between 5 and 9 years, typically before they reach puberty. The ceremony, also called the Ihi ceremony, is rooted in Hindu and Tantric traditions and serves to protect girls from social stigma, especially widowhood. The fruit symbolizes the god Vishnu, ensuring the girl is symbolically married to a divine entity for life.

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30 November 2025

Girls from the Newa community take part in the Bel Bibaha ceremony, in which they are symbolically married to a bael fruit (wood apple), at Banglamukhi Temple in Lalitpur, Nepal, on November 29, 2025. The ritual is performed for girls aged between 5 and 9 years, typically before they reach puberty. The ceremony, also called the Ihi ceremony, is rooted in Hindu and Tantric traditions and serves to protect girls from social stigma, especially widowhood. The fruit symbolizes the god Vishnu, ensuring the girl is symbolically married to a divine entity for life.

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#13035453

28 November 2025

People participate in a Christmas cake-mixing ceremony in Kathmandu, Nepal, on November 27, 2025.

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