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Nepalese celebrate vermillion powder festival

Agencies | Updated: 2013-04-16 09:07
Nepalese celebrate vermillion powder festival

Devotees walk as they hold "Chirags", traditional lamps, while celebrating "Sindoor Jatra" vermillion powder festival at Thimi, near Kathmandu April 15, 2013. The festival is celebrated to mark the Nepalese New Year and the beginning of spring season in Nepal. [Photo/Agencies]

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