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buffalo head as sacrifice for godd ess Durga in temple during dashain festival time in Bhaktapur, Nepal. October 2011.Newar culture is famous for blending Hindu and tantric buddhist tradtions in Nepal, also rooted in earlier animistic tradtions, as both Hindu and Buddhist culture do in parts - as can be seen in archaic rituals of Dashain sacrifices for goddess Durga and her nine incarnations.
buffalo head as sacrifice for godd ess Durga in temple during dashain festival time in Bhaktapur, Nepal. October 2011.Newar culture is famous for blending Hindu and tantric buddhist tradtions in Nepal, also rooted in earlier animistic tradtions, as both Hindu and Buddhist culture do in parts - as can be seen in archaic rituals of Dashain sacrifices for goddess Durga and her nine incarnations.

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