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Nepalese Hindu devotees gather to bathe on the first day of month-long Swasthani festival in the Shali River on the outskirts of Kathmandu on January 5, 2015. Hundreds of married and unmarried women in the Himalayan nation have started a month-long fast in the hope of a prosperous life and conjugal happiness. AFP PHOTO/Prakash MATHEMA