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Nepalese girls attend Bel Bibaha ceremony in Kathmandu

Source: Xinhua 2017-02-06 07:15:13

NEPAL-KATHMANDU-BEL BIBAHA CEREMONY

A girl from Newar community talks with her father during a Bel Bibaha ceremony in Kathmandu, capital of Nepal, Feb. 5, 2017. Bel Bibaha, or Ihi, is a marriage ceremony in the Newar community of Nepal in which pre-adolescent girls are "married" to the bael fruit (wood apple). Normally Newar girls marry thrice in their life as first marriage with Bael fruit, second with sun and third with human. (Xinhua/Sunil Sharma)

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Nepalese girls attend Bel Bibaha ceremony in Kathmandu
                     Source: Xinhua | 2017-02-06 07:15:13 | Editor: xuxin

NEPAL-KATHMANDU-BEL BIBAHA CEREMONY

A girl from Newar community talks with her father during a Bel Bibaha ceremony in Kathmandu, capital of Nepal, Feb. 5, 2017. Bel Bibaha, or Ihi, is a marriage ceremony in the Newar community of Nepal in which pre-adolescent girls are "married" to the bael fruit (wood apple). Normally Newar girls marry thrice in their life as first marriage with Bael fruit, second with sun and third with human. (Xinhua/Sunil Sharma)

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