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NEPAL-HINDU-RELIGION
A Newari girl prepares herself before the traditional Ihi ritual in Kathmandu on February 22, 2010. Girls aged odd years before their puberty see their first official marriage ceremony to Bel, a fruit of an wood-apple tree. The two-day ceremony which begins with purification rituals and ends with "Kanyadan" (giving away the virgin) of the girl by her father. In the life of a Newari girl, she gets married thrice: one with the wood-apple tree fruit, second with the sun and finally to a human later in life. AFP PHOTO/Prakash MATHEMA
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Kathmandu, NEPAL |
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AFP / Mediafax Foto |
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PRAKASH MATHEMA |
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22 Februarie 2010 |
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3272 x 2364 (1.06 MB) |
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