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Kashmiri villagers celebrate torch light festival ahead of new agricultural season
By Xinhua Published: Apr 13, 2025 10:09 AM
Villagers hold torches made of pinewood during a torch light festival (locally called Frov) outside a shrine in Aishmuqam village of Anantnag district, about 70 km south of Srinagar city, the summer capital of Indian-controlled Kashmir, April 12, 2025. Kashmiri villagers celebrated torch light festival ahead of the new agricultural season, when they begin ploughing their fields after winter. (Xinhua/Javed Dar)

Villagers hold torches made of pinewood during a torch light festival (locally called Frov) outside a shrine in Aishmuqam village of Anantnag district, about 70 km south of Srinagar city, the summer capital of Indian-controlled Kashmir, April 12, 2025. Kashmiri villagers celebrated torch light festival ahead of the new agricultural season, when they begin ploughing their fields after winter. (Xinhua/Javed Dar)


 
Villagers hold torches made of pinewood during a torch light festival (locally called Frov) outside a shrine in Aishmuqam village of Anantnag district, about 70 km south of Srinagar city, the summer capital of Indian-controlled Kashmir, April 12, 2025. Kashmiri villagers celebrated torch light festival ahead of the new agricultural season, when they begin ploughing their fields after winter. (Xinhua/Javed Dar)

Villagers hold torches made of pinewood during a torch light festival (locally called Frov) outside a shrine in Aishmuqam village of Anantnag district, about 70 km south of Srinagar city, the summer capital of Indian-controlled Kashmir, April 12, 2025. Kashmiri villagers celebrated torch light festival ahead of the new agricultural season, when they begin ploughing their fields after winter. (Xinhua/Javed Dar)


 
Villagers hold torches made of pinewood during a torch light festival (locally called Frov) outside a shrine in Aishmuqam village of Anantnag district, about 70 km south of Srinagar city, the summer capital of Indian-controlled Kashmir, April 12, 2025. Kashmiri villagers celebrated torch light festival ahead of the new agricultural season, when they begin ploughing their fields after winter. (Xinhua/Javed Dar)

Villagers hold torches made of pinewood during a torch light festival (locally called Frov) outside a shrine in Aishmuqam village of Anantnag district, about 70 km south of Srinagar city, the summer capital of Indian-controlled Kashmir, April 12, 2025. Kashmiri villagers celebrated torch light festival ahead of the new agricultural season, when they begin ploughing their fields after winter. (Xinhua/Javed Dar)


 
Villagers hold torches made of pinewood during a torch light festival (locally called Frov) outside a shrine in Aishmuqam village of Anantnag district, about 70 km south of Srinagar city, the summer capital of Indian-controlled Kashmir, April 12, 2025. Kashmiri villagers celebrated torch light festival ahead of the new agricultural season, when they begin ploughing their fields after winter. (Xinhua/Javed Dar)

Villagers hold torches made of pinewood during a torch light festival (locally called Frov) outside a shrine in Aishmuqam village of Anantnag district, about 70 km south of Srinagar city, the summer capital of Indian-controlled Kashmir, April 12, 2025. Kashmiri villagers celebrated torch light festival ahead of the new agricultural season, when they begin ploughing their fields after winter. (Xinhua/Javed Dar)