apsies:

A mahout paints his elephant’s nails to prepare for a beauty contest during the Elephant Race event at Sauraha in Chitwan, south of Kathmandu, Nepal.

(via theanimalblog)

fckyeahbabies:

Nepal

culturalcrosspollination:

In Nepal there are girls revered as a living goddess or Kumari

From Wikipedia: Kumari, or Kumari Devi, is the tradition of worshipping young pre-pubescent girls as manifestations of the divine female energy or devi in Indian subcontinental countries