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Turks Celebrate ‘Nevruz’ Festival

Nevruz, a traditional feast, which has been accepting the beginning the first day of the spring since thousands of year celebrated across Turkey, Middle East and Central Asian countries. As the people was celebrating the Nevruz also they jumped over from the fires which lit by them. <Photo: Gihan> news@theasian.asia

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The AsiaN on 23 March 2012

AsiaN Top on 23 March 2012. news@theasian.asia

South Asia

Indian Boy Dances to Mark ‘Gudi Padwa’

A young Indian boy dressed in traditional attire performs during a procession to mark “Gudi Padwa,” or Maharashtrian New Year, in Mumbai, India, Friday, March 23, 2012. <Photo: AP/Newsis> news@theasian.asia

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Lakes dry up in eastern Nepal

This is the Tal Pokhari Maimugha Lake being dried up. ILAM, Nepal – Beautiful lakes of Ilam district in eastern Nepal, important in terms of bio-diversity and cultural significance, are drying up in absence of much needed conservation measures. Out of a total of 42 lakes and ponds located at different…

Culture

Living Goddess ‘Kumari’ in Nepal

KATMANDU — A Kumari, or living Goddess, sits on a palanquin carried by devotees towards the Ghode Jatra festival, an annual horse-racing festival, in Katmandu, Nepal, Wednesday, March, 22, 2012. According to legend, the festival is held to celebrate the victory over a demon named Tundi who lived in the…

East Asia