Farmers pluck spinach at a farmland for the upcoming Maghe Sankranti festival in Lalitpur, Nepal, Jan. 13, 2024. (Photo by Hari Maharjan/Xinhua)
LALITPUR, Nepal, Jan. 14 (Xinhua) -- Spinach are collected around the time each year for celebrating the Maghe Sankranti festival in Lalitpur, Nepal.
Maghe Sankranti festival is observed in the South Asian country at the beginning of the Magh month of the Yele Sambat calendar beginning mid-January each year, during which people would consume special foods like spinach, molasses and ghee to wish for good fortune.
Farmers pluck spinach at a farmland for the upcoming Maghe Sankranti festival in Lalitpur, Nepal, Jan. 13, 2024. (Photo by Hari Maharjan/Xinhua)
A farmer prepares spinach at a farmland for sale ahead of the Maghe Sankranti festival in Lalitpur, Nepal, Jan. 13, 2024. (Photo by Hari Maharjan/Xinhua)
Farmers pluck spinach at a farmland for the upcoming Maghe Sankranti festival in Lalitpur, Nepal, Jan. 13, 2024. (Photo by Hari Maharjan/Xinhua)
Farmers pluck spinach at a farmland for the upcoming Maghe Sankranti festival in Lalitpur, Nepal, Jan. 13, 2024.(Photo by Hari Maharjan/Xinhua)
Farmers pluck spinach at a farmland for the upcoming Maghe Sankranti festival in Lalitpur, Nepal, Jan. 13, 2024. (Photo by Hari Maharjan/Xinhua)
A farmer carries spinach for sale ahead of the Maghe Sankranti festival in Lalitpur, Nepal, Jan. 13, 2024. (Photo by Hari Maharjan/Xinhua)
A farmer prepares spinach at a farmland for sale ahead of the Maghe Sankranti festival in Lalitpur, Nepal, Jan. 13, 2024. (Photo by Hari Maharjan/Xinhua) ■
