The Gai Jatra festival is being celebrated today in memory of people who died this year. The eight-day-long festival is celebrated in Kathmandu Valley and few other places in the country. In Bhaktapur, relatives of the deceased continued the tradition by dressing as a cow. Like every year, a colourful parade of masked dancers and women dressed in traditional Newar garb circled the town. An offering of milk, fruits, beaten rice, curd, bread along with other grains was made in honour of the deceased during the festival. It is believed that the offering puts the departed at peace.
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