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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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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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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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#12827931

4 October 2025

Catholics bring their pets to receive a blessing for animal lovers and beloved pets at the Buah Batu Catholic Church in Bandung, West Java, Indonesia, on October 4, 2025. This tradition of blessing pets is held every October 4 by churches around the world to commemorate St. Francis of Assisi, known as the patron saint of animals, and to reaffirm the Catholic belief that all living creatures, including pets, are entitled to divine blessings and care.

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4 October 2025

Catholics bring their pets to receive a blessing for animal lovers and beloved pets at the Buah Batu Catholic Church in Bandung, West Java, Indonesia, on October 4, 2025. This tradition of blessing pets is held every October 4 by churches around the world to commemorate St. Francis of Assisi, known as the patron saint of animals, and to reaffirm the Catholic belief that all living creatures, including pets, are entitled to divine blessings and care.

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4 October 2025

Catholics bring their pets to receive a blessing for animal lovers and beloved pets at the Buah Batu Catholic Church in Bandung, West Java, Indonesia, on October 4, 2025. This tradition of blessing pets is held every October 4 by churches around the world to commemorate St. Francis of Assisi, known as the patron saint of animals, and to reaffirm the Catholic belief that all living creatures, including pets, are entitled to divine blessings and care.

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4 October 2025

Catholics bring their pets to receive a blessing for animal lovers and beloved pets at the Buah Batu Catholic Church in Bandung, West Java, Indonesia, on October 4, 2025. This tradition of blessing pets is held every October 4 by churches around the world to commemorate St. Francis of Assisi, known as the patron saint of animals, and to reaffirm the Catholic belief that all living creatures, including pets, are entitled to divine blessings and care.

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4 October 2025

Catholics bring their pets to receive a blessing for animal lovers and beloved pets at the Buah Batu Catholic Church in Bandung, West Java, Indonesia, on October 4, 2025. This tradition of blessing pets is held every October 4 by churches around the world to commemorate St. Francis of Assisi, known as the patron saint of animals, and to reaffirm the Catholic belief that all living creatures, including pets, are entitled to divine blessings and care.

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4 October 2025

Catholics bring their pets to receive a blessing for animal lovers and beloved pets at the Buah Batu Catholic Church in Bandung, West Java, Indonesia, on October 4, 2025. This tradition of blessing pets is held every October 4 by churches around the world to commemorate St. Francis of Assisi, known as the patron saint of animals, and to reaffirm the Catholic belief that all living creatures, including pets, are entitled to divine blessings and care.

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4 October 2025

Catholics bring their pets to receive a blessing for animal lovers and beloved pets at the Buah Batu Catholic Church in Bandung, West Java, Indonesia, on October 4, 2025. This tradition of blessing pets is held every October 4 by churches around the world to commemorate St. Francis of Assisi, known as the patron saint of animals, and to reaffirm the Catholic belief that all living creatures, including pets, are entitled to divine blessings and care.

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4 October 2025

Catholics bring their pets to receive a blessing for animal lovers and beloved pets at the Buah Batu Catholic Church in Bandung, West Java, Indonesia, on October 4, 2025. This tradition of blessing pets is held every October 4 by churches around the world to commemorate St. Francis of Assisi, known as the patron saint of animals, and to reaffirm the Catholic belief that all living creatures, including pets, are entitled to divine blessings and care.

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4 October 2025

Catholics bring their pets to receive a blessing for animal lovers and beloved pets at the Buah Batu Catholic Church in Bandung, West Java, Indonesia, on October 4, 2025. This tradition of blessing pets is held every October 4 by churches around the world to commemorate St. Francis of Assisi, known as the patron saint of animals, and to reaffirm the Catholic belief that all living creatures, including pets, are entitled to divine blessings and care.

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4 October 2025

Catholics bring their pets to receive a blessing for animal lovers and beloved pets at the Buah Batu Catholic Church in Bandung, West Java, Indonesia, on October 4, 2025. This tradition of blessing pets is held every October 4 by churches around the world to commemorate St. Francis of Assisi, known as the patron saint of animals, and to reaffirm the Catholic belief that all living creatures, including pets, are entitled to divine blessings and care.

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