Gaijatra festival 2015, Bhaktapur

Gaijatra festival 2015, Bhaktapur
Local from Bhaktapur celebrating Gai Jatra Festival (Saparu festival) at Dattatreya Square, Bhaktapur, Nepal.

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.