Marilyn Silverstone Pokhara, the Ganesh Jatra festival, On New Year's day the 'elephant -headed god of success' is taken around under a palanquin to visit the houses in the town, wherever he stops, a sacrifice is perf
(...) ormed (ie a goat or chicken).
Masina looks over Purna's shoulder at the celebrations.
Masina is a little Nepalese boy of the Gurung tribe,who lives in the village of Ghachok up in West Nepal's Himalayan range,whose ambition is to be a Gurkha soldier and not a farmer like his father. To be a Gurkha he must be educated and go to school.It shows how he learns through having to make a long and difficult journey to reach Pokhara, to discover himself,his world, and his future. © Marilyn Silverstone | Magnum Photos
