Stock Photo: Children Dressed As Hindu Gods In Gai Jatra (The Festival Of Cows)
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Children dressed as Hindu Gods participate in Gai Jatra Festival in Kathmandu, Nepal. Gai Jatra is a festival celebrated by the Newar community of Kathmandu valley every year since the Malla period. Every family who lost their member participate in this festival. They bring children or sometimes adult as well with resemblance of Radha Krishna or give them funny looks or resemblance of cow, yogi and other Hindu idol. Gai Jatra is a healthy festival which enables the people to accept the reality of death and to prepare oneself for the life after death.
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