PHOTOS: Horses race to keep devil spirits away at annual festival in Kathmandu.
In this April 4, 2019, photo, Nepalese cavalry soldiers display their skills during the Ghode Jatra festival in Kathmandu, Nepal. The 'Ghode Jatra' is an annual horse festival celebrated on the Nepal Cavalry grounds in Kathmandu, which marks the defeat of a Hindu demon. The president of Nepal, diplomats, top officials and civilians all gather to watch 106 horses and more than 200 soldiers display warfare techniques which are believed to keep the demon away.
Soldiers race the horses and show off warfare techniques believed to keep devil spirits away through the pounding of the horses’ hooves.According to a centuries-old tradition, people raced horses before worshipping gods with offerings of food and flowers under a tree. It has been 169 years since a Nepalese king designated the army to perform the festival rituals.
Capt. Ram Shrestha of the Nepal Cavalry likened horses to children: “If you love them, they will love you back, but if you abuse them, they will hit back like a bad child.”
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