A Nepalese devotee prepares for a religious mask performance during the Seekaali Festival in Khokna village, near Kathmandu, Nepal, 07 October 2016. During the 300-year-old Seekali festival, elderly ethnic Newari devotees wear masks of 14 various goddesses including Lord Ganesha, Lord Shiva, Lord Laxmi, Lord Brahma and Lord Bishnu. The Khokna people celebrate the Seekaali festival as an alternative of the Dashain festival which is biggest festival of Nepalese Hindus that celebrates the victory of the gods over demons. (Photo by Narendra Shrestha/EPA)





Priests take part during a deity's procession as part of the Shikali festival at Khokana village in Lalitpur, Nepal October 7, 2016. (Photo by Navesh Chitrakar/Reuters)





A priest in traditional attire takes part during a deity's procession as part of the Shikali festival at Khokana village in Lalitpur, Nepal October 7, 2016. (Photo by Navesh Chitrakar/Reuters)





A priest in traditional attire takes part during of the Shikali festival at Khokana village in Lalitpur, Nepal October 7, 2016. (Photo by Navesh Chitrakar/Reuters)





A stick made of bamboo is pictured as a devotee plays a drum with it while celebrating Shikali festival at Khokana village in Lalitpur, Nepal October 7, 2016. (Photo by Navesh Chitrakar/Reuters)





A priest in traditional attire takes part during of the Shikali festival at Khokana village in Lalitpur, Nepal October 7, 2016. (Photo by Navesh Chitrakar/Reuters)





A sacrificed goat is carried away during of the Shikali festival at Khokana village in Lalitpur, Nepal October 7, 2016. (Photo by Navesh Chitrakar/Reuters)





A medium prepares for a deity's procession during the Shikali festival at Khokana village in Lalitpur, Nepal October 7, 2016. (Photo by Navesh Chitrakar/Reuters)





A medium prepares for a deity's procession during the Shikali festival at Khokana village in Lalitpur, Nepal October 7, 2016. (Photo by Navesh Chitrakar/Reuters)





Oil lamps are offered during the Shikali festival at Khokana village in Lalitpur, Nepal October 7, 2016. (Photo by Navesh Chitrakar/Reuters)





Buffalo intestine offered on the portrait of God Bhairav covered in blood stains is pictured during the Shikali festival at Khokana village in Lalitpur, Nepal October 7, 2016. (Photo by Navesh Chitrakar/Reuters)





A medium dressed as a deity jumps during a trance while celebrating Shikali festival at Khokana village in Lalitpur, Nepal October 7, 2016. (Photo by Navesh Chitrakar/Reuters)





Boys hold a medium (C) dressed as a deity during a trance while celebrating Shikali festival at Khokana village in Lalitpur, Nepal October 7, 2016. (Photo by Navesh Chitrakar/Reuters)





A medium dressed as a deity jumps during a trance while celebrating Shikali festival at Khokana village in Lalitpur, Nepal October 7, 2016. (Photo by Navesh Chitrakar/Reuters)





Devotees holding sugarcane sticks take part while celebrating Shikali festival at Khokana village in Lalitpur, Nepal October 7, 2016. (Photo by Navesh Chitrakar/Reuters)