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File under Entertainment
Author: Mike Werner
Location: Normandy, France
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| Thousands of Newar riders take part in a motorcycle rally to celebrate Nepal Sambat New Year 1125 in Kathmandu November 13, 2004. Newars are inhabitants of Kathmandu and have ruled the valley for centuries and their calendar is regarded as the original Nepalese date. Thousands of Newars and other Nepalese took part in a motorcycle rally to celebrate the New Year. REUTERS/Gopal Chitrakar |
Lucky for them their New Year is now, and not in the freezing cold of January 1st... No, ... not yet for a large part of the world, but in Kathmandu it's that time of the year already (how times flies). The Kathmandians (for the lack of a better word) celebrated this event (the year 1125) in style:
Via: Yahoo News & Reuters News
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