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Hindu women holding plates decorated with religious items wait to tie “rakhi” or traditional Indian sacred thread, to Hindu saints during a function organised by non-governmental organisation Sulabh International to celebrate Raksha Bandhan festival in New Delhi, India, August 28, 2015. Dozens of the women, who used to clear human waste for a living, a practice which is now banned in India, on Friday participated in the celebrations for the first time this year, according to the organisers. Rakhi is also the name of the Hindu festival, also known as Raksha Bandhan, during which a sister ties one or more of the sacred threads onto her brother's wrist to ask him for protection. The festival will be celebrated across the country on August 29 this year. (Photo by Anindito Mukherjee/Reuters)
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