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Nepal's Newar community celebrates Sithi Nakha festival to mark beginning of monsoon season
By Xinhua Published: Jun 02, 2025 09:59 AM
A man cleans a well on the occasion of the Sithi Nakha festival in Bhaktapur, Nepal, June 1, 2025. 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. (Photo by Sulav Shrestha/Xinhua)

A man cleans a well on the occasion of the Sithi Nakha festival in Bhaktapur, Nepal, June 1, 2025. 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. (Photo by Sulav Shrestha/Xinhua)


 
People clean stone spouts on the occasion of the Sithi Nakha festival in Bhaktapur, Nepal, June 1, 2025. 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. (Photo by Sulav Shrestha/Xinhua)

People clean stone spouts on the occasion of the Sithi Nakha festival in Bhaktapur, Nepal, June 1, 2025. 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. (Photo by Sulav Shrestha/Xinhua)


 
A man cleans a stone spout on the occasion of the Sithi Nakha festival in Bhaktapur, Nepal, June 1, 2025. 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. (Photo by Sulav Shrestha/Xinhua)

A man cleans a stone spout on the occasion of the Sithi Nakha festival in Bhaktapur, Nepal, June 1, 2025. 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. (Photo by Sulav Shrestha/Xinhua)