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Handigaon

Handigaon is the oldest inhabited settlement of the Kathmandu Valley. A jatra is a festival involving music, devotional worship, agricultural rituals, and alcohol. "There are no jatras like those of Handigaon," is a saying that has become synonymous with the excessive celebratory rites and rituals associated with this neighborhood. Throughout the year, I can hear beautiful traditional music being played at night as people go about the festivities, and on a full moon night in autumn this sound can be especially soulful and evocative. Here's one of those, which I shot in my neighborhood with my small digital camera. This photoshow attempts to capture the mixture of mystery and mundaneness of the festivals. With apologies for not including the original music, which I shall do very shortly, as soon as I get hold of some good sound recording equipment...