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In Pictures: Ropai Festival

By Skanda Gautam

Published: 12:19 pm Aug 12, 2025

Men mimic planting rice saplings during a parade at the Ropai festival, a day when participants choose who they want to be to honor the departed, at Boudhanath Stupa in Kathmandu, Nepal, on August 11, 2025.

KATHMANDU, AUGUST 12

People watch as participants in various costumes parade during the Ropai festival to honor the departed at Boudhanath Stupa in Kathmandu, Nepal, on August 11, 2025.

Photos by Skanda Gautam for The Himalayan Times

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