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Getting down and dirty for the start of rice planting season in Nepal
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A boy enjoys the waterfall as he cleans himself after celebrating Asar Pandhra festival in Pokhara valley, west of Nepal's capital Kathmandu on June 29. Farmers in Nepal celebrate the festival to mark the commencement of rice crop planting in paddy fields.Navesh Chitrakar / Reuters
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Nepalese farmers dance as they celebrateNiranjan Shrestha / AP
A boy enjoys the waterfall as he cleans himself after celebrating Asar Pandhra festival in Pokhara valley, west of Nepal's capital Kathmandu on June 29. Farmers in Nepal celebrate the festival to mark the commencement of rice crop planting in paddy fields.Navesh Chitrakar / Reuters
A tourist dances as she celebrates Asar Pandhra festival in Pokhara valley, west of Nepal's capital Kathmandu on June 29. Farmers in Nepal celebrate the festival to mark the commencement of rice crop planting in paddy fields.Navesh Chitrakar / Reuters
Nepalese youth play in the mud as they plant rice in a field in Pokhara, west of Kathmandu on June 29. The farmers are celebrating National Paddy Day on 'Asar 15' of the Nepali calendar as the annual rice planting season begins.Prakash Mathema / AFP - Getty Images
A Nepalese woman kisses a tourist while celebrating Asar Pandhra festival in Pokhara valley, west of Nepal's capital Kathmandu on June 29. Farmers in Nepal celebrate the festival to mark the commencement of rice crop planting in paddy fields.Navesh Chitrakar / Reuters