Nepal: rytualna kąpiel w rzece Hanumante [GALERIA]

Nepalczycy kąpią się w rzece Hanumante, podczas święta Madhav Narayan. Tysiące mężatek i żonatych mężczyzn zakończyło miesiąc postu i umartwień, kończąc go podczas rytualnych obmyć w tej szczególnej dla Nepalczyków rzece. 

epa07379751 A Nepalese Hindu devotee rolls on the ground before taking a holy bath in the Hanumante River during the last day of month long Madhav Narayan festival in Bhaktapur, Nepal, 19 February 2019. The Madhav Narayan festival occurs for a full month and is devoted to religious fasting, holy bathing and the study of the Swasthani book, a chapter or story of which is read each evening by priests or heads of households to the gathered family. Thousands of married women and dozens of male devotees concluded their month-long fast for a better life and peace in the country at various temples. According the Swasthani book, whoever takes the month long Swasthani fast, all their sins will be forgiven and they will not experience bad days during their life. The festival is dedicated to Lord Shiva, the god of creation and destruction. EPA/NARENDRA SHRESTHA Dostawca: PAP/EPA.

epa07379750 Nepalese Hindu devotees take a mass holy bath in the Hanumante River during the last day of month long Madhav Narayan festival in Bhaktapur, Nepal, 19 February 2019. The Madhav Narayan festival occurs for a full month and is devoted to religious fasting, holy bathing and the study of the Swasthani book, a chapter or story of which is read each evening by priests or heads of households to the gathered family. Thousands of married women and dozens of male devotees concluded their month-long fast for a better life and peace in the country at various temples. According the Swasthani book, whoever takes the month long Swasthani fast, all their sins will be forgiven and they will not experience bad days during their life. The festival is dedicated to Lord Shiva, the god of creation and destruction. EPA/NARENDRA SHRESTHA Dostawca: PAP/EPA.

epa07379748 Nepalese Hindu devotees take a mass holy bath in the Hanumante River during the last day of month long Madhav Narayan festival in Bhaktapur, Nepal, 19 February 2019. The Madhav Narayan festival occurs for a full month and is devoted to religious fasting, holy bathing and the study of the Swasthani book, a chapter or story of which is read each evening by priests or heads of households to the gathered family. Thousands of married women and dozens of male devotees concluded their month-long fast for a better life and peace in the country at various temples. According the Swasthani book, whoever takes the month long Swasthani fast, all their sins will be forgiven and they will not experience bad days during their life. The festival is dedicated to Lord Shiva, the god of creation and destruction. EPA/NARENDRA SHRESTHA Dostawca: PAP/EPA.

epa07379747 An elderly Nepalese Hindu devotee takes a holy bath in the Hanumante River during the last day of month long Madhav Narayan festival in Bhaktapur, Nepal, 19 February 2019. The Madhav Narayan festival occurs for a full month and is devoted to religious fasting, holy bathing and the study of the Swasthani book, a chapter or story of which is read each evening by priests or heads of households to the gathered family. Thousands of married women and dozens of male devotees concluded their month-long fast for a better life and peace in the country at various temples. According the Swasthani book, whoever takes the month long Swasthani fast, all their sins will be forgiven and they will not experience bad days during their life. The festival is dedicated to Lord Shiva, the god of creation and destruction. EPA/NARENDRA SHRESTHA Dostawca: PAP/EPA.

epa07379746 Nepalese Hindu devotees take a mass holy bath in the Hanumante River during the last day of month long Madhav Narayan festival in Bhaktapur, Nepal, 19 February 2019. The Madhav Narayan festival occurs for a full month and is devoted to religious fasting, holy bathing and the study of the Swasthani book, a chapter or story of which is read each evening by priests or heads of households to the gathered family. Thousands of married women and dozens of male devotees concluded their month-long fast for a better life and peace in the country at various temples. According the Swasthani book, whoever takes the month long Swasthani fast, all their sins will be forgiven and they will not experience bad days during their life. The festival is dedicated to Lord Shiva, the god of creation and destruction. EPA/NARENDRA SHRESTHA Dostawca: PAP/EPA.

epaselect epa07379745 Nepalese Hindu devotees take a mass holy bath in the Hanumante River during the last day of month long Madhav Narayan festival in Bhaktapur, Nepal, 19 February 2019. The Madhav Narayan festival occurs for a full month and is devoted to religious fasting, holy bathing and the study of the Swasthani book, a chapter or story of which is read each evening by priests or heads of households to the gathered family. Thousands of married women and dozens of male devotees concluded their month-long fast for a better life and peace in the country at various temples. According the Swasthani book, whoever takes the month long Swasthani fast, all their sins will be forgiven and they will not experience bad days during their life. The festival is dedicated to Lord Shiva, the god of creation and destruction. EPA/NARENDRA SHRESTHA Dostawca: PAP/EPA.

epa07379744 Nepalese Hindu devotees roll on the ground before taking a holy bath in the Hanumante River during the last day of month long Madhav Narayan festival in Bhaktapur, Nepal, 19 February 2019. The Madhav Narayan festival occurs for a full month and is devoted to religious fasting, holy bathing and the study of the Swasthani book, a chapter or story of which is read each evening by priests or heads of households to the gathered family. Thousands of married women and dozens of male devotees concluded their month-long fast for a better life and peace in the country at various temples. According the Swasthani book, whoever takes the month long Swasthani fast, all their sins will be forgiven and they will not experience bad days during their life. The festival is dedicated to Lord Shiva, the god of creation and destruction. EPA/NARENDRA SHRESTHA Dostawca: PAP/EPA.

epa07379742 Nepalese Hindu devotees roll on the ground before taking a holy bath in the Hanumante River during the last day of month long Madhav Narayan festival in Bhaktapur, Nepal, 19 February 2019. The Madhav Narayan festival occurs for a full month and is devoted to religious fasting, holy bathing and the study of the Swasthani book, a chapter or story of which is read each evening by priests or heads of households to the gathered family. Thousands of married women and dozens of male devotees concluded their month-long fast for a better life and peace in the country at various temples. According the Swasthani book, whoever takes the month long Swasthani fast, all their sins will be forgiven and they will not experience bad days during their life. The festival is dedicated to Lord Shiva, the god of creation and destruction. EPA/NARENDRA SHRESTHA Dostawca: PAP/EPA.

epa07379741 Nepalese Hindu devotees roll on the ground before taking a holy bath in the Hanumante River during the last day of month long Madhav Narayan festival in Bhaktapur, Nepal, 19 February 2019. The Madhav Narayan festival occurs for a full month and is devoted to religious fasting, holy bathing and the study of the Swasthani book, a chapter or story of which is read each evening by priests or heads of households to the gathered family. Thousands of married women and dozens of male devotees concluded their month-long fast for a better life and peace in the country at various temples. According the Swasthani book, whoever takes the month long Swasthani fast, all their sins will be forgiven and they will not experience bad days during their life. The festival is dedicated to Lord Shiva, the god of creation and destruction. EPA/NARENDRA SHRESTHA Dostawca: PAP/EPA.

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epa07379739 The bare foot of a Nepalese Hindu woman is visible while she takes a holy bath in the Hanumante River during the last day of month-long Madhav Narayan festival in Bhaktapur, Nepal, 19 February 2019. The Madhav Narayan festival occurs for a full month and is devoted to religious fasting, holy bathing and the study of the Swasthani book, a chapter or story of which is read each evening by priests or heads of households to the gathered family. Thousands of married women and dozens of male devotees concluded their month-long fast for a better life and peace in the country at various temples. According the Swasthani book, whoever takes the month long Swasthani fast, all their sins will be forgiven and they will not experience bad days during their life. The festival is dedicated to Lord Shiva, the god of creation and destruction. EPA/NARENDRA SHRESTHA Dostawca: PAP/EPA.