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A monkey moves past devotees watching a chariot procession of Nepal's living goddess during the Indra Jatra festival in Katmandu, Nepal. During the week long festival, which marks the end of the monsoon season and celebrated by both Hindus and Buddhists, Nepal's living goddess is taken around the main parts of Katmandu in a wooden chariot pulled by supporters. AP/Binod Joshi
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Devotees gather to watch a chariot procession of Nepal’s living goddess during the Indra Jatra festival in Katmandu, Nepal. AP/Binod Joshi
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Devotees participate in a chariot procession of Nepal’s living goddess, during the Indra Jatra festival in Katmandu, Nepal. AP/Binod Joshi
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Living Goddess Kumari is pictured as devotees pull the chariot during the Indra Jatra festival in Kathmandu. The annual festival, named after Indra, the god of rain and heaven, is celebrated by worshipping, rejoicing, singing, dancing and feasting in Kathmandu Valley to mark the end of monsoon season. Reuters/Navesh Chitrakar
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A mask dancer performs a traditional mask dance during the Indra Jatra festival in Kathmandu. Reuters/Navesh Chitrakar
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The elephant deity "Pulukishi" is pictured during the Indra Jatra festival in Kathmandu. The festival, during which Indra, the living goddess Kumari and other deities are worshipped, starts after the erecting of a "lingo", a long wooden pole and ends after it is pulled down. Reuters/Navesh Chitrakar
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A mask dancer performs a traditional mask dance during the Indra Jatra festival in Kathmandu. Reuters/Navesh Chitrakar
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Dancers perform an elephant deity dance on the third day of the week-long Indra Jatra festival in Katmandu, Nepal. Indra Jatra festival, which is celebrated by both Hindus and Buddhists, marks the end of the monsoon season and beginning of autumn. AP/Niranjan Shrestha
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