Festival goers cover themselves in red powder to welcome spring and the new year in Nepal’s wonderful celebration
- The festival takes place over nine days in the Bhaktapur district of central Nepal
- The event started on Monday and will end on April 18th
Bisket Jatra in Nepal is underway with crowds covered in red powder as they celebrate in the streets.
The annual festival takes place over nine days in the Bhaktapur district of central Nepal.
The event started on Monday and will end on April 18th.
The festival, which takes place in mid-April, welcomes the Nepali New Year and marks the arrival of spring.
Thousands of people from different parts of the country gather in the city of Bhaktapur to take part in the colorful festivities.
The chariot of Lord Bhairavnath was pulled to Thimi in Bhaktapur district on the fifth day of Biska Jatra on Friday.
Local youths would drive the cart early in the morning, lighting traditional lamps and playing musical instruments.
During the festival, residents of the Thane (upper) and Kuani (lower) districts of Bhaktapur Durbar Square, a palace complex, pull a chariot in the style of a three-storey pagoda, in which statues of Bhairvnath and Petal are installed.
Tug of war decides which half of the city the trolley will go to first.
The side that pulls the cart to its quarter is considered the winner.
On the fourth day of the festival, a tall pillar of Liu Sin Duo is erected to mark the end of the year.
Revelers covered in red powder celebrate the Bisket Jatra festival at Themi in Bhaktapur district on the outskirts of Kathmandu on April 15, 2023.
Crowds gather for the Bisket Jatra festival in Themi in Bhaktapur district on the outskirts of Kathmandu on April 15, 2023.
People make their own in the streets at the Bisket Jatra festival in Thimi in Bhaktapur district on the outskirts of Kathmandu on April 15, 2023.
An aerial shot of the Bisket Jatra festival in Themi in Bhaktapur district on the outskirts of Kathmandu on April 15, 2023.
Drums are played at the Bisket Jatra festival in Themi in Bhaktapur district on the outskirts of Kathmandu on April 15, 2023.
A procession to celebrate the Bisket Jatra festival on the outskirts of Kathmandu on April 15, 2023
Devotees carry an idol of Hindu deity Bhairav during the Bisket Jatra festival held to celebrate the Nepalese New Year in Bhaktapur on April 10, 2023.
Hindu devotees pull a long ceremonial pole called a Lingo during the Bisket Jatra festival held to celebrate the Nepalese New Year in Bhaktapur on April 13, 2023.
Devotees pull a wooden chariot carrying an idol of Hindu deity Bhairav during the Bisket Jatra festival held to celebrate the Nepalese New Year in Bhaktapur on April 13, 2023.
Hindu devotees carrying burning torches take part in a procession commemorating Bisket Jatra, a festival held to celebrate the Nepalese New Year, in Themi on April 14, 2023.
A Hindu devotee who has his tongue pierced with a metal needle takes part in a procession celebrating the Bisket Jatra festival to celebrate the Nepalese New Year, on the outskirts of Kathmandu on April 15, 2023. Every year, on the second day of the Nepali New Year, the tongue piercing ceremony is witnessed by Bodh
Thousands celebrate the Bisket Jatra festival at Themi in Bhaktapur district on the outskirts of Kathmandu on April 15, 2023.
Devotees pull a wooden chariot carrying an idol of Hindu deity Bhairav during the Bisket Jatra festival held to celebrate the Nepalese New Year in Bhaktapur on April 10, 2023.
Hindu devotees carry burning torches as they take part in a procession commemorating Bisket Jatra, a festival held to celebrate the Nepalese New Year, in Themi, minutes after midnight April 15, 2023
