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22 February 2026

A conductor directs an orchestra using traditional Chinese instruments during a performance at a Chinese Lunar New Year celebration at the Chinatown Centre Mall in Toronto, Canada, on February 21, 2026.

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22 February 2026

A musician performs using an Er Hu, a traditional Chinese two-stringed instrument, during a Chinese Lunar New Year celebration at the Chinatown Centre Mall in Toronto, Canada, on February 21, 2026.

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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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22 October 2025

A band of members of the aboriginal Newa: community of Kathmandu dons traditional attire, plays musical instruments, and dances while marking ''Nepal Sambat'' - Newari New Year in Kathmandu, Nepal, on October 22, 2025. The Newa: community marks this day as New Year's Day, honoring the indigenous calendar of Nepal. Shankhadhar Sakhwa initiates the Nepal Sambat in 880 AD when he relieves the people from debt during the reign of Lichchhavi King Raghavdev. In recognition of his significant contribution, the government declares Sakhwa a national luminary on November 18, 1999.

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22 October 2025

A band of members of the aboriginal Newa: community of Kathmandu dons traditional attire, plays musical instruments, and dances while marking ''Nepal Sambat'' - Newari New Year in Kathmandu, Nepal, on October 22, 2025. The Newa: community marks this day as New Year's Day, honoring the indigenous calendar of Nepal. Shankhadhar Sakhwa initiates the Nepal Sambat in 880 AD when he relieves the people from debt during the reign of Lichchhavi King Raghavdev. In recognition of his significant contribution, the government declares Sakhwa a national luminary on November 18, 1999.

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22 October 2025

A band of members of the aboriginal Newa: community of Kathmandu dons traditional attire, plays musical instruments, and dances while marking ''Nepal Sambat'' - Newari New Year in Kathmandu, Nepal, on October 22, 2025. The Newa: community marks this day as New Year's Day, honoring the indigenous calendar of Nepal. Shankhadhar Sakhwa initiates the Nepal Sambat in 880 AD when he relieves the people from debt during the reign of Lichchhavi King Raghavdev. In recognition of his significant contribution, the government declares Sakhwa a national luminary on November 18, 1999.

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22 October 2025

A band of members of the aboriginal Newa: community of Kathmandu dons traditional attire, plays musical instruments, and dances while marking ''Nepal Sambat'' - Newari New Year in Kathmandu, Nepal, on October 22, 2025. The Newa: community marks this day as New Year's Day, honoring the indigenous calendar of Nepal. Shankhadhar Sakhwa initiates the Nepal Sambat in 880 AD when he relieves the people from debt during the reign of Lichchhavi King Raghavdev. In recognition of his significant contribution, the government declares Sakhwa a national luminary on November 18, 1999.

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22 October 2025

A band of members of the aboriginal Newa: community of Kathmandu dons traditional attire, plays musical instruments, and dances while marking ''Nepal Sambat'' - Newari New Year in Kathmandu, Nepal, on October 22, 2025. The Newa: community marks this day as New Year's Day, honoring the indigenous calendar of Nepal. Shankhadhar Sakhwa initiates the Nepal Sambat in 880 AD when he relieves the people from debt during the reign of Lichchhavi King Raghavdev. In recognition of his significant contribution, the government declares Sakhwa a national luminary on November 18, 1999.

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22 October 2025

The Nepali ethnic Newa: community dons traditional attire and plays musical instruments while participating in a parade to celebrate 'Nepal Sambat' Newa: New Year at Basantapur Durbar Square, a UNESCO World Heritage Site in Kathmandu, Nepal, on October 22, 2025. The aboriginals of Kathmandu Valley, the Newa:, celebrate their New Year by praying for longevity and performing rituals to purify and empower the soul for the coming year.

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