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Jitiya festival celebrated in Kathmandu, Nepal
By Xinhua Published: Sep 18, 2022 09:57 PM
A woman in traditional attire offers a prayer during the Jitiya festival in Kathmandu, Nepal, Sept. 18, 2022. The Jitiya festival is mostly celebrated by married women from the Tharu community for the well-being of their husbands and sons by observing a fast without water. (Photo by Sulav Shrestha/Xinhua)

A woman in traditional attire offers a prayer during the Jitiya festival in Kathmandu, Nepal, Sept. 18, 2022. The Jitiya festival is mostly celebrated by married women from the Tharu community for the well-being of their husbands and sons by observing a fast without water. (Photo by Sulav Shrestha/Xinhua)


 
A woman in traditional attire offers a prayer during the Jitiya festival in Kathmandu, Nepal, Sept. 18, 2022. The Jitiya festival is mostly celebrated by married women from the Tharu community for the well-being of their husbands and sons by observing a fast without water. (Photo by Sulav Shrestha/Xinhua)

A woman in traditional attire offers a prayer during the Jitiya festival in Kathmandu, Nepal, Sept. 18, 2022. The Jitiya festival is mostly celebrated by married women from the Tharu community for the well-being of their husbands and sons by observing a fast without water. (Photo by Sulav Shrestha/Xinhua)


 
A woman in traditional attire offers a prayer during the Jitiya festival in Kathmandu, Nepal, Sept. 18, 2022. The Jitiya festival is mostly celebrated by married women from the Tharu community for the well-being of their husbands and sons by observing a fast without water. (Photo by Sulav Shrestha/Xinhua)

A woman in traditional attire offers a prayer during the Jitiya festival in Kathmandu, Nepal, Sept. 18, 2022. The Jitiya festival is mostly celebrated by married women from the Tharu community for the well-being of their husbands and sons by observing a fast without water. (Photo by Sulav Shrestha/Xinhua)


 
Women in traditional attire offer prayers during the Jitiya festival in Kathmandu, Nepal, Sept. 18, 2022. The Jitiya festival is mostly celebrated by married women from the Tharu community for the well-being of their husbands and sons by observing a fast without water. (Photo by Sulav Shrestha/Xinhua)

Women in traditional attire offer prayers during the Jitiya festival in Kathmandu, Nepal, Sept. 18, 2022. The Jitiya festival is mostly celebrated by married women from the Tharu community for the well-being of their husbands and sons by observing a fast without water. (Photo by Sulav Shrestha/Xinhua)