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Newar community celebrates Sithi Nakha festival in Nepal
By Xinhua Published: Jun 13, 2024 10:51 AM
A Newar Woman is about to offer traditional pancakes to the god on the occasion of the Sithi Nakha Festival in Lalitpur, Nepal, June 12, 2024. The Newar community celebrates the Sithi Nakha festival to mark the beginning of monsoon season by cleaning water sources such as ponds, wells and stone spouts. People also prepare traditional pancakes such as Bara and Chatamari as a tribute to their ancestral god.(Photo: Xinhua)

A Newar Woman is about to offer traditional pancakes to the god on the occasion of the Sithi Nakha Festival in Lalitpur, Nepal, June 12, 2024. The Newar community celebrates the Sithi Nakha festival to mark the beginning of monsoon season by cleaning water sources such as ponds, wells and stone spouts. People also prepare traditional pancakes such as Bara and Chatamari as a tribute to their ancestral god.(Photo: Xinhua)


 
A man cleans a stone waterspout on the occasion of the Sithi Nakha Festival in Lalitpur, Nepal, June 12, 2024. The Newar community celebrates the Sithi Nakha festival to mark the beginning of monsoon season by cleaning water sources such as ponds, wells and stone spouts. People also prepare traditional pancakes such as Bara and Chatamari as a tribute to their ancestral god.(Photo: Xinhua)

A man cleans a stone waterspout on the occasion of the Sithi Nakha Festival in Lalitpur, Nepal, June 12, 2024. The Newar community celebrates the Sithi Nakha festival to mark the beginning of monsoon season by cleaning water sources such as ponds, wells and stone spouts. People also prepare traditional pancakes such as Bara and Chatamari as a tribute to their ancestral god.(Photo: Xinhua)


 
People clean stone waterspouts on the occasion of the Sithi Nakha Festival in Lalitpur, Nepal, June 12, 2024. The Newar community celebrates the Sithi Nakha festival to mark the beginning of monsoon season by cleaning water sources such as ponds, wells and stone spouts. People also prepare traditional pancakes such as Bara and Chatamari as a tribute to their ancestral god.(Photo: Xinhua)

People clean stone waterspouts on the occasion of the Sithi Nakha Festival in Lalitpur, Nepal, June 12, 2024. The Newar community celebrates the Sithi Nakha festival to mark the beginning of monsoon season by cleaning water sources such as ponds, wells and stone spouts. People also prepare traditional pancakes such as Bara and Chatamari as a tribute to their ancestral god.(Photo: Xinhua)