Asia Album: Nepali farmers celebrate National Paddy Day Festival in Kathmandu

Source: Xinhua| 2020-07-01 09:36:33|Editor: huaxia

Farmers celebrate the National Paddy Day Festival in Kathmandu, Nepal, June 29, 2020. (Photo by Sulav Shrestha/Xinhua)

KATHMANDU, July 1 (Xinhua) -- Farmers across Nepal celebrate the National Paddy Day (Dhan Diwas) by organizing various programs. The festival, which falls on the 15th of the Nepali month of Asar, is marked with rice plantation, dance and playing with muddy water.

Farmers celebrate the National Paddy Day Festival in Kathmandu, Nepal, June 29, 2020. (Photo by Sulav Shrestha/Xinhua)

A farmer celebrates the National Paddy Day Festival in Kathmandu, Nepal, June 29, 2020. (Photo by Sulav Shrestha/Xinhua)

Farmers celebrate the National Paddy Day Festival in Kathmandu, Nepal, June 29, 2020. (Photo by Sulav Shrestha/Xinhua)

Farmers celebrate the National Paddy Day Festival in Kathmandu, Nepal, June 29, 2020. (Photo by Sulav Shrestha/Xinhua)

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