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Cremation preparation at Pasupatinath  
   

Cremation preparation at Pasupatinath

A little bit story about cremation at Pasupatinath temple. They have 2 different place for cremation, one for the rich people and important people and the other one is for the poor. The death body has been usually cleaned, covered with white fabric and flowers also colorful Tika. Then the family (usually wearing white clothes) will pray and do some rituals like bringing the death around the cremation place a few times. And also speech from family member, then they start putting the fire from the mouth. Well, the cremation will last quite long until finally all the ashes is thrown to the river.
Kathmandu, the exotiq city by Reni Susanti

April 25th 2008
Okay, so I arrived on Friday 25th in Kathmandu around 3.50pm, leaving Bangkok at 13.55pm. Flew with Royal Nepal Airline. Had a long queue to process the visa on arrival... you need to prepare 2 passport photos to do this. Local staffs looked at me and asked me to move to Nepali passport control line (they must have thought I were Nepali now!). This is what happened with my adaptable face ... read more
Asia » Nepal » Kathmandu

Nepalese Flag In 1951, the Nepalese monarch ended the century-old system of rule by hereditary premiers and instituted a cabinet system of government. Reforms in 1990 established a multiparty democracy within the framework of a constitutional monarchy. A Maoist in... ... read more
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