Gai Jatra festival

by yadavop | August 18, 2008 at 04:11 pm | 441 views | add comment | 0 recommendations
Gai Jatra festival by yadavop

I was creating a new photo set on flickr for my published photographs when I noticed that I had never uploaded this photograph.

I shot this during the festival of Gai Jatra on August 10, 2006. This is a festival celebrated in memory of the family members who passed away during the past one year. "Gai' means cow and 'Jatra' means procession in Nepali.

Uploaded by yadavop | August 18, 2008 at 04:11 pm | 441 views | add comment

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NP! ID: 1514983
Title: Gai Jatra festival
Created: Mon, 08/18/2008 - 4:11pm
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