KATHMANDU FESTIVALS- 2023


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Teej Festival at Pashupathinath 2023


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Teej Festival at Pashupathinath 2023


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Teej Festival at Pashupathinath 2023


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Teej Festival at Pashupathinath 2023


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Teej Festival at Pashupathinath 2023


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Teej Festival at Pashupathinath 2023


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Teej Festival at Pashupathinath 2023


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The demon dancer Lakhe claiming the space
Janai Purmina festival - Durbar Square


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Demon dancers threatening the people
Janai Purmina Festival in Durbar Square


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The Demon Lakhe's wild frenetic dance
Bhojpur Lakhe chases devotees in Durbar square


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Demon Lakhe and admirers
Janai Purmina festival - Durbar Square


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A wave of rave sweeps through
Janai Purmina festival Sept 1st 2023


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Demon Lakhe dancer exhausted and docile
Janai Purmina festival Sept 1st 2023


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Janai Purmina Festival 2023 - precious


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Janai Purmina Festival 2023
Pride March


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Janai Purmina festival 2023
Pride March


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Janai Purmina festival 2023
Pride March


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Kumari Festival - families assemble

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Kumari Festival 2023 - along the street
One child for each day of the year


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Local family - Kumari Festival

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Kumari Festival
Children embody the goddess


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Kumari Festival on a main steet in the centre

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Kumari Festival - temple comes alive

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Ecststic drummer - Indra Chatra Festival
September 28th 2023


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Drummers competing for space
Indra Chatra Festival


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Indra Chatra Festival - gay pride
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No room on top of the temple
Indra Chatra Festival


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3 wagons carrying representatives
of the deities Ganesh, Bhairava + Kumari
inch their way through the crowd


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Food from the gods, from the wagon to the crowd


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Cheering the gods
Indra Chatra festival


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Friends in the crowd meet
Indra Chatra festival


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Evening folk songs from the villages
Indra Chatra Festival