Gai Jatra Festival, Bhaktapur

Local from Bhaktapur celebrating Gai Jatra Festival (Saparu festival) at Bhaktapur Durbar Square, Bhaktapur.

Gai Jatra is a festival celebrated on the full moon of Bhadra month among the Newar Community, where family members of the deceased of the past year dress up as cows to parade on the streets. The festival of Gaijatra is to accept the reality of death. Most tourists love to click pictures of Gai Jatra festival in Nepal.