A masked monk stands behind a curtain, assisting a dancer in preparing for a traditional performance during Gyalpo Losar, the Sherpa community's New Year celebration, at Shechen Monastery in Kathmandu, Nepal, on Tuesday, February 25, 2025. (Photo by Niranjan Shrestha/AP Photo)





A Buddhist monk performs a traditional dance as part of the rituals during Gyalpo Losar, the Sherpa community's New Year celebration, at Shechen Monastery in Kathmandu, Nepal, on Tuesday, February 25, 2025. (Photo by Niranjan Shrestha/AP Photo)





A young monk holds a traditional instrument played by fellow monks during Gyalpo Losar, the Sherpa community's New Year celebration, at Shechen Monastery in Kathmandu, Nepal, on Tuesday, February 25, 2025. (Photo by Niranjan Shrestha/AP Photo)





A holy man smokes marijuana at the Pashupatinath Hindu temple during Shivaratri festival in Kathmandu, Nepal, Wednesday, February 26, 2025. (Photo by Niranjan Shrestha/AP Photo)





A holy man smokes marijuana at the Pashupatinath Hindu temple during Shivaratri festival in Kathmandu, Nepal, Wednesday, February 26, 2025. (Photo by Niranjan Shrestha/AP Photo)





A Sadhu or Hindu holy man blows a couch shell at the Pashupatinath temple during the “Maha Shivaratri”, an annual festival dedicated to the Hindu god Shiva, in Kathmandu on February 26, 2025. (Photo by Prakash Mathema/AFP Photo)





An elderly Tibetan woman cooks tea before a function to mark Losar, or Tibetan New Year, in Kathmandu, Nepal, 28 February 2025. A small number of exiled Tibetans gathered to celebrate New Year in the Nepali capital. (Photo by Narendra Shrestha/EPA/EFE)





Tourist revelers with vermillion colors on their face as they celebrates Fagu Purnima also known as “Holi” or the carnival of colors in Kathmandu, Nepal on March 13, 2025. (Photo by Sujal Bajracharya/ZUMA Press Wire/Alamy Live News)





Nepalese people throw colors on each other as they celebrate Holi, the Hindu festival of colors at Basantapur Durbar Square in Kathmandu, Nepal, Thursday, March 13, 2025. (Photo by Niranjan Shrestha/AP Photo)





Revellers play with coloured powders as they celebrate Holi, the Hindu spring festival of colours, in Kathmandu on March 13, 2025. (Photo by Prakash Mathema/AFP Photo)





A monkey jumps as the sun rises over the Kathmandu, Nepal, 20 March 2025. (Photo by Narendra Shrestha/EPA)





A Nepalese bodybuilder looks on a mirror while flexing backstage during the qualifying round of the 17th Dharmashree Nationwide Bodybuilding Championship, held in Kathmandu, Nepal, on Friday, March 21, 2025, where hundreds of athletes from across the country took part. The event also featured the first Women's Bodybuilding Open Championship and the 50+ Open Masters Bodybuilding Championship. (Photo by Skanda Gautam/ZUMA Press Wire/Rex Features/Shutterstock)





Hindu devotees take part in the “Pahchare Chariot festival” in Kathmandu on March 30, 2025. (Photo by Prakash Mathema/AFP Photo)





Nepalese devotees offer prayers to a 28-foot-high (8.5 metre) giant chariot of Seto (white) Machindranath, the god of protection, at Hanuman Dhoka Durbar Square in Kathmandu, Nepal, 07 April 2025. The Kathmandu Valley-based ethnic Newari people believe venerating Seto Machindranaath will result in a favorable monsoon season. (Photo by Narendra Shrestha/EPA)





Devotees pull the chariot of God Bhairab through the city center during the Biska festival in Bhaktapur, Nepal on April 10, 2025. (Photo by Navesh Chitrakar/Reuters)





Hindu devotees attend “Bisket Jatra” festival to mark the Nepali New Year, in Bhaktapur, on the outskirts of Kathmandu, on April 10, 2025. (Photo by Prakash Mathema/AFP Photo)





Devotees pull the chariot of God Bhairab through the city center during the Biska festival in Bhaktapur, Nepal on April 10, 2025. (Photo by Navesh Chitrakar/Reuters)





Devotees pull a wooden chariot carrying an idol of the Hindu deity Bhairav during 'Bisket Jatra' festival to mark the Nepali New Year, in Bhaktapur, on the outskirts of Kathmandu, on April 10, 2025. (Photo by Prakash Mathema/AFP Photo)





Devotees carrying flaming torches fill the streets during the vibrant celebration of Chanesiya Jatra (Sindoor Jatra), a highlight of the nine-day-long Biska Jatra festival in Bhaktapur, Nepal on April 14, 2025. This annual event marks the Nepali New Year and is observed with traditional processions, music, and cultural rituals. The fiery spectacle not only honors local deities but also symbolizes the community's collective spirit and the ushering in of a new beginning. (Photo by Sujal Bajracharya/ZUMA Press Wire/Rex Features/Shutterstock)