On 28 November the eyes of the world will once more turn to Nepal for all the wrong reasons. A temple enclosure in a small, obscure village in the Tarai will once more make headlines with gruesome ...

KATHMANDU, Nepal, November 22, 2009 (ENS) – Emotional appeals to Nepalese officials by animal advocates from around the world have not persuaded them to call a halt to the sacrifice of hundreds of ...

In a large enclosed yard in a small town in southern Nepal, a man stands over a young water buffalo, a heavy sword held high in both hands. With a quick motion he brings the sword down on the ...

Dasain is here again, a festival of shopping, family reunions, feasting – and controversies. Fierce debates again rage online and offline about whether Dasain is indigenous or not, if there should be ...

(CNN) — Animal rights activists have urged the Nepali government to stop what they’ve called “an appalling bloodbath” after they claimed thousands of animals were killed as part of a festival held ...

BARIYAPUR, Nepal (AP) - The ceremony began with prayers in a temple by tens of thousands of Hindus before dawn Tuesday. Then it shifted to a nearby corral, where in the cold morning mist, scores of ...

People bring a goat to the sacrificial ceremony of Gadhimai festival near a temple in Bariyapur, Bara, Nepal, Dec. 3, 2019. Hindu devotees celebrate the Gadhimai festival, which takes place once in ...