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A protester holds signs reading ''Zu rechts fur den Verfassungsschutz zu sein ist traurig, aber zu rechts fur die AfD, das crazy'' (''Being...

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Large Demonstration Against Far-right AfD Youth Relaunch In Gießen On November 29

29 November 2025

A protester holds signs reading ''Zu rechts fur den Verfassungsschutz zu sein ist traurig, aber zu rechts fur die AfD, das crazy'' (''Being...

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29 November 2025

A protester holds signs reading ''Zu rechts fur den Verfassungsschutz zu sein ist traurig, aber zu rechts fur die AfD, das crazy'' (''Being too right-wing for the Office for the Protection of the Constitution is sad, but being too right-wing for the AfD is crazy'') and ''AfD-Verbot, weil ich Doner mag'' (''AfD ban because I like kebabs'') in Giessen, Germany, on November 28, 2025, during a day of nationwide mobilization against the relaunch of the youth organization of the far-right party AfD (Alternative fur Deutschland). The alliance ''widersetzen'' calls for the mobilization. Over 200 buses across Germany are expected to arrive in Giessen to protest and prevent the relaunch. The police prepare for a major deployment. 50,000 protesters are expected.


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Ukrainian protesters hold a sign reading ''603628 km,'' which includes Luhansk, Donetsk, and all of Donbas territory, as hundreds of Ukraini...

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Ukraine Celebrates 34th Independence Day In Cologne

24 August 2025

Ukrainian protesters hold a sign reading ''603628 km,'' which includes Luhansk, Donetsk, and all of Donbas territory, as hundreds of Ukraini...

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24 August 2025

Ukrainian protesters hold a sign reading ''603628 km,'' which includes Luhansk, Donetsk, and all of Donbas territory, as hundreds of Ukrainians celebrate their 34th Independence Day in Cologne, Germany, on August 24, 2025, amid stalled peace talks between Zelensky and Putin and uncertainty over the peace process


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Ukrainian protesters hold a banner with the names Luhansk, Donetsk, and Donbas as hundreds in Ukraine celebrate its 34th Independence Day in...

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Ukraine Celebrates 34th Independence Day In Cologne

24 August 2025

Ukrainian protesters hold a banner with the names Luhansk, Donetsk, and Donbas as hundreds in Ukraine celebrate its 34th Independence Day in...

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24 August 2025

Ukrainian protesters hold a banner with the names Luhansk, Donetsk, and Donbas as hundreds in Ukraine celebrate its 34th Independence Day in Cologne, Germany, on August 24, 2025, amid uncertainty over peace talks as Zelensky's discussions with Putin stall


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Patrick De Wilde addresses a press conference organized by the All Nepal Football Association (ANFA) on June 6, 2025, after being announced...

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Patrick De Wilde Appointed New Head Coach For The Nepali Women's National Football Team

6 June 2025

Patrick De Wilde addresses a press conference organized by the All Nepal Football Association (ANFA) on June 6, 2025, after being announced...

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6 June 2025

Patrick De Wilde addresses a press conference organized by the All Nepal Football Association (ANFA) on June 6, 2025, after being announced as the new head coach of the Nepali women's national football team. Wilde has over 20 years of experience with successes in national and international football. He also has a Bachelor's in Sports Education and Pedagogy. He begins his coaching career in 1999 in the Belgian club competition. His first work abroad is in Ukraine in 2007 when he coaches FC Metalurh Donetsk, a club that goes bankrupt in 2015. Ukraine opens the path to other parts of the world for Wilde. While he returns to Belgium for a season in 2008/09 to coach K.S.K. Beveren, he is in China helping Tianjin Songjiang get promoted to the second division in 2010/11. He is the head coach of the U18 team of FC Red Bull Salzburg in 2011/12 and FC Lifering's U23 squad the next year. He reaches Tunisia's top league in 2013/14, but is back in Belgium in 2015/16. Wilde's first national coaching duty is in 2016 when he is called to Algeria for the A team and the U23 team. He is also the coach of Hungary A in 2018 and a technical director for Lithuania in 2021. He is also an assistant for the China U23 during the Asian Cup last year. Wilde's recent role is in Nepal when he coaches Kathmandu Rayzrs FC in the third season of the Nepal Super League.


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Patrick De Wilde (Center) addresses a press conference organized by the All Nepal Football Association (ANFA) in Kathmandu, Nepal, on June 6...

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Patrick De Wilde Appointed New Head Coach For The Nepali Women's National Football Team

6 June 2025

Patrick De Wilde (Center) addresses a press conference organized by the All Nepal Football Association (ANFA) in Kathmandu, Nepal, on June 6...

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6 June 2025

Patrick De Wilde (Center) addresses a press conference organized by the All Nepal Football Association (ANFA) in Kathmandu, Nepal, on June 6, 2025, after being announced as the new head coach of the Nepali women's national football team. Wilde has over 20 years of experience with successes in national and international football. He also has a Bachelor's in Sports Education and Pedagogy. He begins his coaching career in 1999 in the Belgian club competition. His first work abroad is in Ukraine in 2007 when he coaches FC Metalurh Donetsk, a club that goes bankrupt in 2015. Ukraine opens the path to other parts of the world for Wilde. While he returns to Belgium for a season in 2008/09 to coach K.S.K. Beveren, he is in China helping Tianjin Songjiang get promoted to the second division in 2010/11. He is the head coach of the U18 team of FC Red Bull Salzburg in 2011/12 and FC Lifering's U23 squad the next year. He reaches Tunisia's top league in 2013/14, but is back in Belgium in 2015/16. Wilde's first national coaching duty is in 2016 when he is called to Algeria for the A team and the U23 team. He is also the coach of Hungary A in 2018 and a technical director for Lithuania in 2021. He is also an assistant for the China U23 during the Asian Cup last year. Wilde's recent role is in Nepal when he coaches Kathmandu Rayzrs FC in the third season of the Nepal Super League.


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Patrick De Wilde (Center) addresses a press conference organized by the All Nepal Football Association (ANFA) in Kathmandu, Nepal, on June 6...

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Patrick De Wilde Appointed New Head Coach For The Nepali Women's National Football Team

6 June 2025

Patrick De Wilde (Center) addresses a press conference organized by the All Nepal Football Association (ANFA) in Kathmandu, Nepal, on June 6...

#12448459

6 June 2025

Patrick De Wilde (Center) addresses a press conference organized by the All Nepal Football Association (ANFA) in Kathmandu, Nepal, on June 6, 2025, after being announced as the new head coach of the Nepali women's national football team. Wilde has over 20 years of experience with successes in national and international football. He also has a Bachelor's in Sports Education and Pedagogy. He begins his coaching career in 1999 in the Belgian club competition. His first work abroad is in Ukraine in 2007 when he coaches FC Metalurh Donetsk, a club that goes bankrupt in 2015. Ukraine opens the path to other parts of the world for Wilde. While he returns to Belgium for a season in 2008/09 to coach K.S.K. Beveren, he is in China helping Tianjin Songjiang get promoted to the second division in 2010/11. He is the head coach of the U18 team of FC Red Bull Salzburg in 2011/12 and FC Lifering's U23 squad the next year. He reaches Tunisia's top league in 2013/14, but is back in Belgium in 2015/16. Wilde's first national coaching duty is in 2016 when he is called to Algeria for the A team and the U23 team. He is also the coach of Hungary A in 2018 and a technical director for Lithuania in 2021. He is also an assistant for the China U23 during the Asian Cup last year. Wilde's recent role is in Nepal when he coaches Kathmandu Rayzrs FC in the third season of the Nepal Super League.


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Tattoo artists and enthusiasts get tattooed during the ''Nepal Tattoo Convention'' organized in Lalitpur, Nepal, on April 12, 2025. Tattoo c...

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Nepal Hosts Tattoo Convention

12 April 2025

Tattoo artists and enthusiasts get tattooed during the ''Nepal Tattoo Convention'' organized in Lalitpur, Nepal, on April 12, 2025. Tattoo c...

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12 April 2025

Tattoo artists and enthusiasts get tattooed during the ''Nepal Tattoo Convention'' organized in Lalitpur, Nepal, on April 12, 2025. Tattoo culture in Nepal is one of the oldest traditions practiced widely by the Newa:, Tharu, Gurungs, and Magar, the aboriginals of the Himalayan nation. According to the younger generation, traditional tattoos lack precise details, linking them more to the communities and spiritual beliefs, but modern tattoo designs focus more on aesthetics. Driven by aesthetic values, younger generations now fuse traditional beliefs with modern designs to ink various parts of their bodies. In Kathmandu Valley, tattoos in the past were mostly done during the Jatras (festivals) and Melas (carnivals) like Rato Machindra Jatra and Indra Jatra. Kathmandu's Tebahal and Bhaktapur's Thimi are famous for tattoo art, which is called ''Lha: Chyogu'' in the Nepali Bhasha or the Newa: language. 'Lha' in Newa: means 'flesh' and 'chyogu' means 'writing'; the tattoo on the legs of Newari women symbolizes their strength, and a belief follows that a person takes nothing but the tattoos on their body after death. On the way to heaven, if one finds hardships, they can sell the tattoos and therefore make the way to heaven more comfortably. Back then, coal and milk were mixed with plants to produce colors for the ink used to design the tattoos. Now, inks are widely used, poured into a machine, and then run over the sketched areas of the body.


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Tattoo artists and enthusiasts get tattooed during the ''Nepal Tattoo Convention'' organized in Lalitpur, Nepal, on April 12, 2025. Tattoo c...

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Nepal Hosts Tattoo Convention

12 April 2025

Tattoo artists and enthusiasts get tattooed during the ''Nepal Tattoo Convention'' organized in Lalitpur, Nepal, on April 12, 2025. Tattoo c...

#12256419

12 April 2025

Tattoo artists and enthusiasts get tattooed during the ''Nepal Tattoo Convention'' organized in Lalitpur, Nepal, on April 12, 2025. Tattoo culture in Nepal is one of the oldest traditions practiced widely by the Newa:, Tharu, Gurungs, and Magar, the aboriginals of the Himalayan nation. According to the younger generation, traditional tattoos lack precise details, linking them more to the communities and spiritual beliefs, but modern tattoo designs focus more on aesthetics. Driven by aesthetic values, younger generations now fuse traditional beliefs with modern designs to ink various parts of their bodies. In Kathmandu Valley, tattoos in the past were mostly done during the Jatras (festivals) and Melas (carnivals) like Rato Machindra Jatra and Indra Jatra. Kathmandu's Tebahal and Bhaktapur's Thimi are famous for tattoo art, which is called ''Lha: Chyogu'' in the Nepali Bhasha or the Newa: language. 'Lha' in Newa: means 'flesh' and 'chyogu' means 'writing'; the tattoo on the legs of Newari women symbolizes their strength, and a belief follows that a person takes nothing but the tattoos on their body after death. On the way to heaven, if one finds hardships, they can sell the tattoos and therefore make the way to heaven more comfortably. Back then, coal and milk were mixed with plants to produce colors for the ink used to design the tattoos. Now, inks are widely used, poured into a machine, and then run over the sketched areas of the body.


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Tattoo artists and enthusiasts get tattooed during the ''Nepal Tattoo Convention'' organized in Lalitpur, Nepal, on April 12, 2025. Tattoo c...

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Nepal Hosts Tattoo Convention

12 April 2025

Tattoo artists and enthusiasts get tattooed during the ''Nepal Tattoo Convention'' organized in Lalitpur, Nepal, on April 12, 2025. Tattoo c...

#12256420

12 April 2025

Tattoo artists and enthusiasts get tattooed during the ''Nepal Tattoo Convention'' organized in Lalitpur, Nepal, on April 12, 2025. Tattoo culture in Nepal is one of the oldest traditions practiced widely by the Newa:, Tharu, Gurungs, and Magar, the aboriginals of the Himalayan nation. According to the younger generation, traditional tattoos lack precise details, linking them more to the communities and spiritual beliefs, but modern tattoo designs focus more on aesthetics. Driven by aesthetic values, younger generations now fuse traditional beliefs with modern designs to ink various parts of their bodies. In Kathmandu Valley, tattoos in the past were mostly done during the Jatras (festivals) and Melas (carnivals) like Rato Machindra Jatra and Indra Jatra. Kathmandu's Tebahal and Bhaktapur's Thimi are famous for tattoo art, which is called ''Lha: Chyogu'' in the Nepali Bhasha or the Newa: language. 'Lha' in Newa: means 'flesh' and 'chyogu' means 'writing'; the tattoo on the legs of Newari women symbolizes their strength, and a belief follows that a person takes nothing but the tattoos on their body after death. On the way to heaven, if one finds hardships, they can sell the tattoos and therefore make the way to heaven more comfortably. Back then, coal and milk were mixed with plants to produce colors for the ink used to design the tattoos. Now, inks are widely used, poured into a machine, and then run over the sketched areas of the body.


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Tattoo artists and enthusiasts get tattooed during the ''Nepal Tattoo Convention'' organized in Lalitpur, Nepal, on April 12, 2025. Tattoo c...

#12256421

Nepal Hosts Tattoo Convention

12 April 2025

Tattoo artists and enthusiasts get tattooed during the ''Nepal Tattoo Convention'' organized in Lalitpur, Nepal, on April 12, 2025. Tattoo c...

#12256421

12 April 2025

Tattoo artists and enthusiasts get tattooed during the ''Nepal Tattoo Convention'' organized in Lalitpur, Nepal, on April 12, 2025. Tattoo culture in Nepal is one of the oldest traditions practiced widely by the Newa:, Tharu, Gurungs, and Magar, the aboriginals of the Himalayan nation. According to the younger generation, traditional tattoos lack precise details, linking them more to the communities and spiritual beliefs, but modern tattoo designs focus more on aesthetics. Driven by aesthetic values, younger generations now fuse traditional beliefs with modern designs to ink various parts of their bodies. In Kathmandu Valley, tattoos in the past were mostly done during the Jatras (festivals) and Melas (carnivals) like Rato Machindra Jatra and Indra Jatra. Kathmandu's Tebahal and Bhaktapur's Thimi are famous for tattoo art, which is called ''Lha: Chyogu'' in the Nepali Bhasha or the Newa: language. 'Lha' in Newa: means 'flesh' and 'chyogu' means 'writing'; the tattoo on the legs of Newari women symbolizes their strength, and a belief follows that a person takes nothing but the tattoos on their body after death. On the way to heaven, if one finds hardships, they can sell the tattoos and therefore make the way to heaven more comfortably. Back then, coal and milk were mixed with plants to produce colors for the ink used to design the tattoos. Now, inks are widely used, poured into a machine, and then run over the sketched areas of the body.


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Tattoo artists and enthusiasts get tattooed during the ''Nepal Tattoo Convention'' organized in Lalitpur, Nepal, on April 12, 2025. Tattoo c...

#12256422

Nepal Hosts Tattoo Convention

12 April 2025

Tattoo artists and enthusiasts get tattooed during the ''Nepal Tattoo Convention'' organized in Lalitpur, Nepal, on April 12, 2025. Tattoo c...

#12256422

12 April 2025

Tattoo artists and enthusiasts get tattooed during the ''Nepal Tattoo Convention'' organized in Lalitpur, Nepal, on April 12, 2025. Tattoo culture in Nepal is one of the oldest traditions practiced widely by the Newa:, Tharu, Gurungs, and Magar, the aboriginals of the Himalayan nation. According to the younger generation, traditional tattoos lack precise details, linking them more to the communities and spiritual beliefs, but modern tattoo designs focus more on aesthetics. Driven by aesthetic values, younger generations now fuse traditional beliefs with modern designs to ink various parts of their bodies. In Kathmandu Valley, tattoos in the past were mostly done during the Jatras (festivals) and Melas (carnivals) like Rato Machindra Jatra and Indra Jatra. Kathmandu's Tebahal and Bhaktapur's Thimi are famous for tattoo art, which is called ''Lha: Chyogu'' in the Nepali Bhasha or the Newa: language. 'Lha' in Newa: means 'flesh' and 'chyogu' means 'writing'; the tattoo on the legs of Newari women symbolizes their strength, and a belief follows that a person takes nothing but the tattoos on their body after death. On the way to heaven, if one finds hardships, they can sell the tattoos and therefore make the way to heaven more comfortably. Back then, coal and milk were mixed with plants to produce colors for the ink used to design the tattoos. Now, inks are widely used, poured into a machine, and then run over the sketched areas of the body.


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Tattoo artists and enthusiasts get tattooed during the ''Nepal Tattoo Convention'' organized in Lalitpur, Nepal, on April 12, 2025. Tattoo c...

#12256423

Nepal Hosts Tattoo Convention

12 April 2025

Tattoo artists and enthusiasts get tattooed during the ''Nepal Tattoo Convention'' organized in Lalitpur, Nepal, on April 12, 2025. Tattoo c...

#12256423

12 April 2025

Tattoo artists and enthusiasts get tattooed during the ''Nepal Tattoo Convention'' organized in Lalitpur, Nepal, on April 12, 2025. Tattoo culture in Nepal is one of the oldest traditions practiced widely by the Newa:, Tharu, Gurungs, and Magar, the aboriginals of the Himalayan nation. According to the younger generation, traditional tattoos lack precise details, linking them more to the communities and spiritual beliefs, but modern tattoo designs focus more on aesthetics. Driven by aesthetic values, younger generations now fuse traditional beliefs with modern designs to ink various parts of their bodies. In Kathmandu Valley, tattoos in the past were mostly done during the Jatras (festivals) and Melas (carnivals) like Rato Machindra Jatra and Indra Jatra. Kathmandu's Tebahal and Bhaktapur's Thimi are famous for tattoo art, which is called ''Lha: Chyogu'' in the Nepali Bhasha or the Newa: language. 'Lha' in Newa: means 'flesh' and 'chyogu' means 'writing'; the tattoo on the legs of Newari women symbolizes their strength, and a belief follows that a person takes nothing but the tattoos on their body after death. On the way to heaven, if one finds hardships, they can sell the tattoos and therefore make the way to heaven more comfortably. Back then, coal and milk were mixed with plants to produce colors for the ink used to design the tattoos. Now, inks are widely used, poured into a machine, and then run over the sketched areas of the body.


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Tattoo artists and enthusiasts get tattooed during the ''Nepal Tattoo Convention'' organized in Lalitpur, Nepal, on April 12, 2025. Tattoo c...

#12256424

Nepal Hosts Tattoo Convention

12 April 2025

Tattoo artists and enthusiasts get tattooed during the ''Nepal Tattoo Convention'' organized in Lalitpur, Nepal, on April 12, 2025. Tattoo c...

#12256424

12 April 2025

Tattoo artists and enthusiasts get tattooed during the ''Nepal Tattoo Convention'' organized in Lalitpur, Nepal, on April 12, 2025. Tattoo culture in Nepal is one of the oldest traditions practiced widely by the Newa:, Tharu, Gurungs, and Magar, the aboriginals of the Himalayan nation. According to the younger generation, traditional tattoos lack precise details, linking them more to the communities and spiritual beliefs, but modern tattoo designs focus more on aesthetics. Driven by aesthetic values, younger generations now fuse traditional beliefs with modern designs to ink various parts of their bodies. In Kathmandu Valley, tattoos in the past were mostly done during the Jatras (festivals) and Melas (carnivals) like Rato Machindra Jatra and Indra Jatra. Kathmandu's Tebahal and Bhaktapur's Thimi are famous for tattoo art, which is called ''Lha: Chyogu'' in the Nepali Bhasha or the Newa: language. 'Lha' in Newa: means 'flesh' and 'chyogu' means 'writing'; the tattoo on the legs of Newari women symbolizes their strength, and a belief follows that a person takes nothing but the tattoos on their body after death. On the way to heaven, if one finds hardships, they can sell the tattoos and therefore make the way to heaven more comfortably. Back then, coal and milk were mixed with plants to produce colors for the ink used to design the tattoos. Now, inks are widely used, poured into a machine, and then run over the sketched areas of the body.


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Tattoo artists and enthusiasts get tattooed during the ''Nepal Tattoo Convention'' organized in Lalitpur, Nepal, on April 12, 2025. Tattoo c...

#12256425

Nepal Hosts Tattoo Convention

12 April 2025

Tattoo artists and enthusiasts get tattooed during the ''Nepal Tattoo Convention'' organized in Lalitpur, Nepal, on April 12, 2025. Tattoo c...

#12256425

12 April 2025

Tattoo artists and enthusiasts get tattooed during the ''Nepal Tattoo Convention'' organized in Lalitpur, Nepal, on April 12, 2025. Tattoo culture in Nepal is one of the oldest traditions practiced widely by the Newa:, Tharu, Gurungs, and Magar, the aboriginals of the Himalayan nation. According to the younger generation, traditional tattoos lack precise details, linking them more to the communities and spiritual beliefs, but modern tattoo designs focus more on aesthetics. Driven by aesthetic values, younger generations now fuse traditional beliefs with modern designs to ink various parts of their bodies. In Kathmandu Valley, tattoos in the past were mostly done during the Jatras (festivals) and Melas (carnivals) like Rato Machindra Jatra and Indra Jatra. Kathmandu's Tebahal and Bhaktapur's Thimi are famous for tattoo art, which is called ''Lha: Chyogu'' in the Nepali Bhasha or the Newa: language. 'Lha' in Newa: means 'flesh' and 'chyogu' means 'writing'; the tattoo on the legs of Newari women symbolizes their strength, and a belief follows that a person takes nothing but the tattoos on their body after death. On the way to heaven, if one finds hardships, they can sell the tattoos and therefore make the way to heaven more comfortably. Back then, coal and milk were mixed with plants to produce colors for the ink used to design the tattoos. Now, inks are widely used, poured into a machine, and then run over the sketched areas of the body.


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Tattoo artists and enthusiasts get tattooed during the ''Nepal Tattoo Convention'' organized in Lalitpur, Nepal, on April 12, 2025. Tattoo c...

#12256426

Nepal Hosts Tattoo Convention

12 April 2025

Tattoo artists and enthusiasts get tattooed during the ''Nepal Tattoo Convention'' organized in Lalitpur, Nepal, on April 12, 2025. Tattoo c...

#12256426

12 April 2025

Tattoo artists and enthusiasts get tattooed during the ''Nepal Tattoo Convention'' organized in Lalitpur, Nepal, on April 12, 2025. Tattoo culture in Nepal is one of the oldest traditions practiced widely by the Newa:, Tharu, Gurungs, and Magar, the aboriginals of the Himalayan nation. According to the younger generation, traditional tattoos lack precise details, linking them more to the communities and spiritual beliefs, but modern tattoo designs focus more on aesthetics. Driven by aesthetic values, younger generations now fuse traditional beliefs with modern designs to ink various parts of their bodies. In Kathmandu Valley, tattoos in the past were mostly done during the Jatras (festivals) and Melas (carnivals) like Rato Machindra Jatra and Indra Jatra. Kathmandu's Tebahal and Bhaktapur's Thimi are famous for tattoo art, which is called ''Lha: Chyogu'' in the Nepali Bhasha or the Newa: language. 'Lha' in Newa: means 'flesh' and 'chyogu' means 'writing'; the tattoo on the legs of Newari women symbolizes their strength, and a belief follows that a person takes nothing but the tattoos on their body after death. On the way to heaven, if one finds hardships, they can sell the tattoos and therefore make the way to heaven more comfortably. Back then, coal and milk were mixed with plants to produce colors for the ink used to design the tattoos. Now, inks are widely used, poured into a machine, and then run over the sketched areas of the body.


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Tattoo artists and enthusiasts get tattooed during the ''Nepal Tattoo Convention'' organized in Lalitpur, Nepal, on April 12, 2025. Tattoo c...

#12256427

Nepal Hosts Tattoo Convention

12 April 2025

Tattoo artists and enthusiasts get tattooed during the ''Nepal Tattoo Convention'' organized in Lalitpur, Nepal, on April 12, 2025. Tattoo c...

#12256427

12 April 2025

Tattoo artists and enthusiasts get tattooed during the ''Nepal Tattoo Convention'' organized in Lalitpur, Nepal, on April 12, 2025. Tattoo culture in Nepal is one of the oldest traditions practiced widely by the Newa:, Tharu, Gurungs, and Magar, the aboriginals of the Himalayan nation. According to the younger generation, traditional tattoos lack precise details, linking them more to the communities and spiritual beliefs, but modern tattoo designs focus more on aesthetics. Driven by aesthetic values, younger generations now fuse traditional beliefs with modern designs to ink various parts of their bodies. In Kathmandu Valley, tattoos in the past were mostly done during the Jatras (festivals) and Melas (carnivals) like Rato Machindra Jatra and Indra Jatra. Kathmandu's Tebahal and Bhaktapur's Thimi are famous for tattoo art, which is called ''Lha: Chyogu'' in the Nepali Bhasha or the Newa: language. 'Lha' in Newa: means 'flesh' and 'chyogu' means 'writing'; the tattoo on the legs of Newari women symbolizes their strength, and a belief follows that a person takes nothing but the tattoos on their body after death. On the way to heaven, if one finds hardships, they can sell the tattoos and therefore make the way to heaven more comfortably. Back then, coal and milk were mixed with plants to produce colors for the ink used to design the tattoos. Now, inks are widely used, poured into a machine, and then run over the sketched areas of the body.


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