A group of the Newari community performs a traditional musical dance at the Nyatapole temple premises in Bhaktapur, Nepal, 08 April 2024, ahead of the Biska Jatra, the Nepali New Year festival. The “Biska Jatra” is celebrated in the hope of protection from all natural calamities and support for a good harvest for the coming year, which marks 2081 in the Nepali calendar, especially by the ethnic Newar communities in Bhaktapur. (Photo by Narendra Shrestha/EPA/EFE)
