my favorite little girl, Pria

Bloodshed and be merry

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October 10th 2008
Happy Dashain! Yesterday was the ninth day of Dashain festival here which means there was lots of killing with equal amounts of joy. Just in Kathmandu Durbar Square alone, a compacted area of religious temples and hundreds of tourists, there was a public sacrifice showing of about 100 goats, 10 bison, and countless ducks. I chose not to participate in the viewing of bloodshed and am happy wit ... read more

Asia » Nepal » Kathmandu

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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