In flaming red - Teej Festival
Celebrating Women’s Festival Haretalika Teej In Kathmandu, Nepal . . . In flaming red and green saris expressing their happiness, Hindu women of local Nepalese celebrated the Teej Festival of purification and marital bliss Tuesday in Pashupatinath Temple. . . . Through prayer, devotional songs, dance, feasting and other celebratory rituals — following days of fasting — married women sought happiness with their husbands. Single women petitioned for good husbands. . . Dance - Love - Pray - Long will my husband live.
Taken by i_am_four-eyes with a Lomo LC-A loaded with Lomography X-Pro Chrome 100 (35mm) film in Kathmandu, Nepal. These tags describe this photo: teej, festival, celebrating, women’s, haretalika, in, nepal, at, the, pashupatinath, temple, and kathmandu. This photo can also be found in the album In flaming red.
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robotto_dawad
very sharp! nice