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Blessed!

Blessed!

By Diwakar

People are offered blessings by a girl during her Bel Bibaha ceremony at the Basantapur Durbar Square, Kathmandu, Nepal on Saturday, December 5, 2015. Bel Bibaha is a ceremony in Newari community of Nepal, in which pre-adolescent girls are married to the bel fruit, Aegle marmelos, before they begin menstruation. Photo: Skanda Gautam

People are offered blessings by a girl during her Bel Bibaha ceremony at the Basantapur Durbar Square, Kathmandu, Nepal on Saturday, December 5, 2015. Bel Bibaha is a ceremony in Newari community of Nepal, in which pre-adolescent girls are married to the bel fruit, Aegle marmelos, before they begin menstruation. Photo: Skanda Gautam