Jitiya festival celebrated in Kathmandu, Nepal-Xinhua

Jitiya festival celebrated in Kathmandu, Nepal

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2022-09-18 21:07:26

A woman in traditional attire offers a prayer during the Jitiya festival in Kathmandu, Nepal, Sept. 18, 2022. The Jitiya festival is mostly celebrated by married women from the Tharu community for the well-being of their husbands and sons by observing a fast without water. (Photo by Sulav Shrestha/Xinhua)

A woman in traditional attire offers a prayer during the Jitiya festival in Kathmandu, Nepal, Sept. 18, 2022. The Jitiya festival is mostly celebrated by married women from the Tharu community for the well-being of their husbands and sons by observing a fast without water. (Photo by Sulav Shrestha/Xinhua)

A woman in traditional attire offers a prayer during the Jitiya festival in Kathmandu, Nepal, Sept. 18, 2022. The Jitiya festival is mostly celebrated by married women from the Tharu community for the well-being of their husbands and sons by observing a fast without water. (Photo by Sulav Shrestha/Xinhua)

Women in traditional attire offer prayers during the Jitiya festival in Kathmandu, Nepal, Sept. 18, 2022. The Jitiya festival is mostly celebrated by married women from the Tharu community for the well-being of their husbands and sons by observing a fast without water. (Photo by Sulav Shrestha/Xinhua)

A woman in traditional attire offers a prayer during the Jitiya festival in Kathmandu, Nepal, Sept. 18, 2022. The Jitiya festival is mostly celebrated by married women from the Tharu community for the well-being of their husbands and sons by observing a fast without water. (Photo by Sulav Shrestha/Xinhua)

Women in traditional attire offer prayers during the Jitiya festival in Kathmandu, Nepal, Sept. 18, 2022. The Jitiya festival is mostly celebrated by married women from the Tharu community for the well-being of their husbands and sons by observing a fast without water. (Photo by Sulav Shrestha/Xinhua)