Newar community members playing the flute
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Members of the Nepali ethnic Newar community play flutes during celebrations for the Newar New Year or ‘Nepal Sambat’, in Kathmandu on October 29, 2019. – Nepal Sambat falls on the Tihar (Diwali) festival. (Photo by PRAKASH MATHEMA / AFP)