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Nepal - days of goddess Durga (7/24)

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Selling coconut for offerings during dashein festival time in Bhaktapur, Nepal. October 2011.The coconut as part of the offerings stands for a human head, in earlier times not only animals but sometimes humans also were sacrificed for goddess Durga, the last time in early 19th century.
Selling coconut for offerings during dashein festival time in Bhaktapur, Nepal. October 2011.The coconut as part of the offerings stands for a human head, in earlier times not only animals but sometimes humans also were sacrificed for goddess Durga, the last time in early 19th century.

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