Celebrate Jitiya Festival in Kathmandu |Photo Gallery

KATHMANDU, Ladies in Tharu in traditional attires prepare for a performance to celebrate Jitiya festival in Kathmandu, Nepal, Oct. 5, 2015. Jitiya festival is mostly celebrated by married women of western Nepal and Tharu women of all castes for the well-being and long life of their sons by observing fasting without water on that day.