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    The week in eight photos

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    The second iteration of the Daain Mahotsav organised by the Pokhara Tourism Council in Churunga, Kaski, on Saturday. The aim of the event is to promote tourism while also preserving the tradition of threshing grains by driving oxen over the harvest amid growing farm mechanisation. Deepak Pariyar/TKP

    Members of the Newa community take out a procession through the streets of old Kathmandu on Thursday to mark Yamari Punhi. On this full-moon day, yamari, a sweet made from newly harvested rice flour, is offered to the gods and then eaten. Across the country, various communities celebrated Dhanya Purnima, Udhauli, and Dewali,which involves worship of clan gods.

    Leaders of the Rastriya Swatantra Party and the Bibeksheel Sajha Party pose for pictures during the two parties’ merger announcement in Kathmandu on Sunday. 

    The Langtang mountain range forms the backdrop for the Godamchaur settlement pictured in Godawari Municipality, Lalitpur, last week.

    Kathmandu Gorkhas players celebrate a wicket of Pokhara Avengers during their Nepal Premier League match at the TU International Cricket Stadium in Kirtipur on Thursday. Kathmandu won by 13 runs to advance to the play-offs.

     

    Members of the Kirat community observe the Udhauli Parva at Jagadol Park, on the outskirts of Kathmandu Valley, on Thursday.

     

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