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4 December 2025

Members of Nepal's Kirat community take part in the mass celebration of the Sakela-Udhauli festival in Lalitpur, Nepal, on December 4, 2025. Hundreds of Kirati community members gather in Lalitpur, dancing and praying to the god with the onset of the harvest festival, which is also known as Udhauli. Kirant men and women clad in traditional attire observe the festival by beating drums, cymbals, imitating the activities of birds and other animals, and exchanging greetings with each other. This festival is celebrated by worshiping land and ancestors in hopes of getting better crops, health, and property. Kirat Mundhum, the holy book of Kirat, mentions that the year of 365 days is divided into two phases: Ubhauli (going up) and Udhauli (going down). In old days, people move uphill and downhill during these seasons. Ubhauli is celebrated every year on Baishak Sulka Purnima, on the same day as Buddha Purnima/Buddha Jayanti in the Nepali month of Baishak (April-May). Traditionally, during the summer, the Kirat people move uphill to avoid the heat and malaria. They perform Ubhauli rituals before they move and during that, they worship their ancestors and nature for better health and crops. Traditionally, the Kirat people climb up to the mountains in summer to avoid the heat and malaria (epidemic) after performing the Ubhauli rituals. During these traditional rituals, they worship their ancestors and nature, seeking better wealth and crops. At the start of winter, with similar rituals for Udhauli, they move down the hill.

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14 October 2025

In Nowy Targ, Poland, on October 12, 2025, highlanders herd sheep down from the mountains during the autumn 'redyk'. The autumn redyk is part of Poland's cultural and folk traditions, marking the time when sheep return from summer pastures to their winter shelters. The event includes numerous rituals and festivities, including ceremonial masses. This year's redyk in Nowy Targ features 1,200 sheep.

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14 October 2025

In Nowy Targ, Poland, on October 12, 2025, highlanders herd sheep down from the mountains during the autumn 'redyk'. The autumn redyk is part of Poland's cultural and folk traditions, marking the time when sheep return from summer pastures to their winter shelters. The event includes numerous rituals and festivities, including ceremonial masses. This year's redyk in Nowy Targ features 1,200 sheep.

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14 October 2025

In Nowy Targ, Poland, on October 12, 2025, highlanders herd sheep down from the mountains during the autumn 'redyk'. The autumn redyk is part of Poland's cultural and folk traditions, marking the time when sheep return from summer pastures to their winter shelters. The event includes numerous rituals and festivities, including ceremonial masses. This year's redyk in Nowy Targ features 1,200 sheep.

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14 October 2025

In Nowy Targ, Poland, on October 12, 2025, highlanders herd sheep down from the mountains during the autumn 'redyk'. The autumn redyk is part of Poland's cultural and folk traditions, marking the time when sheep return from summer pastures to their winter shelters. The event includes numerous rituals and festivities, including ceremonial masses. This year's redyk in Nowy Targ features 1,200 sheep.

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14 October 2025

In Nowy Targ, Poland, on October 12, 2025, highlanders herd sheep down from the mountains during the autumn 'redyk'. The autumn redyk is part of Poland's cultural and folk traditions, marking the time when sheep return from summer pastures to their winter shelters. The event includes numerous rituals and festivities, including ceremonial masses. This year's redyk in Nowy Targ features 1,200 sheep.

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14 October 2025

In Nowy Targ, Poland, on October 12, 2025, highlanders herd sheep down from the mountains during the autumn 'redyk'. The autumn redyk is part of Poland's cultural and folk traditions, marking the time when sheep return from summer pastures to their winter shelters. The event includes numerous rituals and festivities, including ceremonial masses. This year's redyk in Nowy Targ features 1,200 sheep.

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14 October 2025

In Nowy Targ, Poland, on October 12, 2025, highlanders herd sheep down from the mountains during the autumn 'redyk'. The autumn redyk is part of Poland's cultural and folk traditions, marking the time when sheep return from summer pastures to their winter shelters. The event includes numerous rituals and festivities, including ceremonial masses. This year's redyk in Nowy Targ features 1,200 sheep.

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14 October 2025

Highlanders remove bells from sheep during the autumn 'redyk' in Nowy Targ, Poland, on October 12, 2025. The autumn redyk is part of Poland's cultural and folk traditions, marking the time when sheep return from summer pastures to their winter shelters. The event includes numerous rituals and festivities, including ceremonial masses. This year's redyk in Nowy Targ features 1,200 sheep.

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13 October 2025

A sheepdog herds sheep during the autumn 'redyk' in Nowy Targ, Poland, on October 12, 2025. The autumn redyk is part of Poland's cultural and folk traditions, marking the time when sheep return from summer pastures to their winter shelters. The event includes numerous rituals and festivities, including ceremonial masses. This year's redyk in Nowy Targ features 1,200 sheep.

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5 October 2025

Visitors sit in front of a flower-decorated stage during the presentation for the Landesgartenschau Furth im Wald 2025 in Furth im Wald, Cham district, Upper Palatinate, Bavaria, Germany, on October 3, 2025. The regional garden exhibition showcases horticulture, landscape architecture, and sustainable design held regularly across several German states.

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21 September 2025

Volunteers of the Bavarian Red Cross hand out water to participants of the Trachten- und Schuetzenzug, the traditional costume and riflemen's parade, during the annual Oktoberfest in Munich, Bavaria, Germany, on September 21, 2025. With high temperatures, the aid stations along the parade route provide essential support for groups in historical uniforms, musicians, and dancers marching through the city.

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21 September 2025

Volunteers of the Bavarian Red Cross hand out water to participants of the Trachten- und Schuetzenzug, the traditional costume and riflemen's parade, during the annual Oktoberfest in Munich, Bavaria, Germany, on September 21, 2025. With high temperatures, the aid stations along the parade route provide essential support for groups in historical uniforms, musicians, and dancers marching through the city.

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21 September 2025

Volunteers of the Bavarian Red Cross hand out water to participants of the Trachten- und Schuetzenzug, the traditional costume and riflemen's parade, during the annual Oktoberfest in Munich, Bavaria, Germany, on September 21, 2025. With high temperatures, the aid stations along the parade route provide essential support for groups in historical uniforms, musicians, and dancers marching through the city.

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21 September 2025

Volunteers of the Bavarian Red Cross hand out water to participants of the Trachten- und Schuetzenzug, the traditional costume and riflemen's parade, during the annual Oktoberfest in Munich, Bavaria, Germany, on September 21, 2025. With high temperatures, the aid stations along the parade route provide essential support for groups in historical uniforms, musicians, and dancers marching through the city.

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21 September 2025

Volunteers of the Bavarian Red Cross hand out water to participants of the Trachten- und Schuetzenzug, the traditional costume and riflemen's parade, during the annual Oktoberfest in Munich, Bavaria, Germany, on September 21, 2025. With high temperatures, the aid stations along the parade route provide essential support for groups in historical uniforms, musicians, and dancers marching through the city.

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