People do the cleaning and cook special pancakes in Nepal' Lalitpur during the Sithi Nakha Festival.

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.

People clean the courtyard and stupa on the occasion of Sithi Nakha Festival in Lalitpur, Nepal, June 5, 2022.(Photo: Xinhua)

 

People clean the courtyard and stupa on the occasion of Sithi Nakha Festival in Lalitpur, Nepal, June 5, 2022.(Photo: Xinhua)

 

People clean a well on the occasion of Sithi Nakha Festival in Lalitpur, Nepal, June 5, 2022.(Photo: Xinhua)

 

A Nepalese cooks special pancake with green and black lentils during Sithi Nakha Festival in Lalitpur, Nepal, June 5, 2022.(Photo: Xinhua)