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Water Buffalo intestines hang above the door of this Temple in Patan. 108 of them are sacrificed here on a single day during the Festival of Dashain every October..
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Water Buffalo intestines hang above the door of this temple in Patan. 108 of these animals are sacrificed there in a single day annually.
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The Mahabaudha Temple in Patan in Patan has the images of over 1.000 Buddhas. It is in such a tiny courtyard you have to shoot straight up for a photo
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Mahabauda and Golden Temple showing damage from the buffalo attack in Pokhara. Funny how the camera started fracturing and combining random images.
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The man with the wooden ladder on the left was taking down all of the electrical lines that crossed the street.
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We came across a "chariot festival", Rato Machhindranath. Emily, Melinda and I were the only Westerners there. These are the wheels of the larger chariot.
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People watched from windows and rooftops. A man came by with a ladder and took down vulnerable electrical lines.
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On the final day of the festival, I have read that a priest rides the "crows nest" into the Patan Dubar Square throwing coconuts into the crowds.
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This guy stands at the end of a long yoke on the front of the chariot and chants something to energize the runners
