Gaijatra: Nepali version of halloween

Gaijatra: Nepali version of halloween

Nepali Hindu revelers dressed in various costumes take part in a religious rally organized in Kirtipur of Kathmanu on the occassion of Gaijatra Festival. Marked every year, relatives and families that have recorded deaths of near one within a year take part in this procession where a living person is impersonated as cow who is believed to take the departed soul to heaven.

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                  Nepali Hindu revelers dressed in various costumes take part in a religious rally organized in Kirtipur of Kathmanu on the occassion of Gaijatra Festival. Marked every year, relatives and families that have recorded deaths of near one within a year take part in this procession where a living person is impersonated as cow who is believed to take the departed soul to heaven.
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