The quivering beasts wear red tikka powder and orange flower necklaces. Women walk by showering them with more. Each new water buffalo arrives with an entourage of men holding tethers tied to him. Thousands of people from the area dress in their finest clothing. People are playing drums and singing. It is festive and we dance along with them while taking in the grand mountain views, not paying much mind to the centerpiece of the carnival.
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- lawrence
- As a teenager, I subscribed to the notion that one should "retire" (read: celebrate life) in his twenties so he could learn from the world less encumbered by material trappings and only then should he settle in to adulthood. The world may be a more compassionate place. This, I believe, is true luxury. I am now in my forties.
Wednesday, April 26, 2006
Dehimundu
Three to four hundred water buffalo wait, shaking, foaming at the mouth from the exhaustion of their arduous journey. The temple sits along a high reaching ridge in these western Himalayas, the far west corner of Nepal. Dehimandu is the destination. The land is terraced mountainous landscape, steppes dropping away from the Hindu sight’s sacred grounds. 
The quivering beasts wear red tikka powder and orange flower necklaces. Women walk by showering them with more. Each new water buffalo arrives with an entourage of men holding tethers tied to him. Thousands of people from the area dress in their finest clothing. People are playing drums and singing. It is festive and we dance along with them while taking in the grand mountain views, not paying much mind to the centerpiece of the carnival.
The quivering beasts wear red tikka powder and orange flower necklaces. Women walk by showering them with more. Each new water buffalo arrives with an entourage of men holding tethers tied to him. Thousands of people from the area dress in their finest clothing. People are playing drums and singing. It is festive and we dance along with them while taking in the grand mountain views, not paying much mind to the centerpiece of the carnival.
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rare content on net ! Hail Victory to Goddess Niglaseni
I ll be posting more pics and info about this holy land after visiting this festival this year ... but thankx u posed such valuable content ...
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