Nepal celebrates Gaijatra festival: A vibrant parade honours departed souls and LGBTQI community

Kathmandu [Nepal], August 21 (ANI): People in Nepal on Tuesday marked festival of Gaijatra, commemorating beloved ones whom they lost within a year converging parades of cow and the sexual minorities.

The Kathmandu Durbar Square, a UNESCO World Heritage site saw the parade of people disguised as cow accepting alms and donations following beliefs that it would give salvation to the departed souls of their loved ones.

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