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#13056098

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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#13056099

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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#13056102

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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#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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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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#12445448

5 June 2025

Oleksandr Zhavnenko, 36, a veteran of the 12th Special Forces Brigade, dances on prosthetic legs with his wife Marichka Zhavnenko at the House of Scholars for the first time since losing his lower limbs in Lviv, Ukraine, on June 4, 2025. Oleksandr Zhavnenko and his wife Marichka meet in the Mriia (Dream) folk dance ensemble. Later, he becomes a drone operator at the Azov Brigade. In October 2024, a Russian shell hits Oleksandr's position, and he loses both lower limbs. Since sustaining the serious injury, he dreams of returning to playing sports, traveling, and going out on the dance floor with his beloved Marichka again.

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#12445449

5 June 2025

Oleksandr Zhavnenko, 36, a veteran of the 12th Special Forces Brigade, dances on prosthetic legs with his wife Marichka Zhavnenko at the House of Scholars for the first time since losing his lower limbs in Lviv, Ukraine, on June 4, 2025. Oleksandr Zhavnenko and his wife Marichka meet in the Mriia (Dream) folk dance ensemble. Later, he becomes a drone operator at the Azov Brigade. In October 2024, a Russian shell hits Oleksandr's position, and he loses both lower limbs. Since sustaining the serious injury, he dreams of returning to playing sports, traveling, and going out on the dance floor with his beloved Marichka again.

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5 June 2025

Oleksandr Zhavnenko, 36, a veteran of the 12th Special Forces Brigade, dances on prosthetic legs with his wife Marichka Zhavnenko at the House of Scholars for the first time since losing his lower limbs in Lviv, Ukraine, on June 4, 2025. Oleksandr Zhavnenko and his wife Marichka meet in the Mriia (Dream) folk dance ensemble. Later, he becomes a drone operator at the Azov Brigade. In October 2024, a Russian shell hits Oleksandr's position, and he loses both lower limbs. Since sustaining the serious injury, he dreams of returning to playing sports, traveling, and going out on the dance floor with his beloved Marichka again.

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5 June 2025

Oleksandr Zhavnenko, 36, a veteran of the 12th Special Forces Brigade, dances on prosthetic legs with his wife Marichka Zhavnenko at the House of Scholars for the first time since losing his lower limbs in Lviv, Ukraine, on June 4, 2025. Oleksandr Zhavnenko and his wife Marichka meet in the Mriia (Dream) folk dance ensemble. Later, he becomes a drone operator at the Azov Brigade. In October 2024, a Russian shell hits Oleksandr's position, and he loses both lower limbs. Since sustaining the serious injury, he dreams of returning to playing sports, traveling, and going out on the dance floor with his beloved Marichka again.

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#12445452

5 June 2025

Oleksandr Zhavnenko, 36, a veteran of the 12th Special Forces Brigade, dances on prosthetic legs with his wife Marichka Zhavnenko at the House of Scholars for the first time since losing his lower limbs in Lviv, Ukraine, on June 4, 2025. Oleksandr Zhavnenko and his wife Marichka meet in the Mriia (Dream) folk dance ensemble. Later, he becomes a drone operator at the Azov Brigade. In October 2024, a Russian shell hits Oleksandr's position, and he loses both lower limbs. Since sustaining the serious injury, he dreams of returning to playing sports, traveling, and going out on the dance floor with his beloved Marichka again.

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#12445453

5 June 2025

Oleksandr Zhavnenko, 36, a veteran of the 12th Special Forces Brigade, dances on prosthetic legs with his wife Marichka Zhavnenko at the House of Scholars for the first time since losing his lower limbs in Lviv, Ukraine, on June 4, 2025. Oleksandr Zhavnenko and his wife Marichka meet in the Mriia (Dream) folk dance ensemble. Later, he becomes a drone operator at the Azov Brigade. In October 2024, a Russian shell hits Oleksandr's position, and he loses both lower limbs. Since sustaining the serious injury, he dreams of returning to playing sports, traveling, and going out on the dance floor with his beloved Marichka again.

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#12445454

5 June 2025

Oleksandr Zhavnenko, 36, a veteran of the 12th Special Forces Brigade, dances on prosthetic legs with his wife Marichka Zhavnenko at the House of Scholars for the first time since losing his lower limbs in Lviv, Ukraine, on June 4, 2025. Oleksandr Zhavnenko and his wife Marichka meet in the Mriia (Dream) folk dance ensemble. Later, he becomes a drone operator at the Azov Brigade. In October 2024, a Russian shell hits Oleksandr's position, and he loses both lower limbs. Since sustaining the serious injury, he dreams of returning to playing sports, traveling, and going out on the dance floor with his beloved Marichka again.

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#12445455

5 June 2025

Oleksandr Zhavnenko, 36, a veteran of the 12th Special Forces Brigade, dances on prosthetic legs with his wife Marichka Zhavnenko at the House of Scholars for the first time since losing his lower limbs in Lviv, Ukraine, on June 4, 2025. Oleksandr Zhavnenko and his wife Marichka meet in the Mriia (Dream) folk dance ensemble. Later, he becomes a drone operator at the Azov Brigade. In October 2024, a Russian shell hits Oleksandr's position, and he loses both lower limbs. Since sustaining the serious injury, he dreams of returning to playing sports, traveling, and going out on the dance floor with his beloved Marichka again.

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