Gai Jatra

Gai Jatra is a Nepalese festival celebrated mainly in the Kathmandu valley by the Newar people to honour immediate relatives who have died during the previous year. Over the course of several days, Durbar Squares around Kathmandu are filled with revellers, dancers, and musicians. Families create plinths which are carried along the streets adorned with decorations and photographs of those they have lost. Shot for Getty Images