Birds are flying in the morning sun near the Himalayas. Residents of a beautiful village at the foot of a mountain are doing cleanup activities on June 5, World Environment Day. They are cleaning up on trails and at chautara rest spots, public water taps, and temples. The trash that they gather goes into trash bins. Some people are watering plants.

Everyone in our family helps clean up the area around our house on Saturdays. Some of us clean the water tap, some of us the chautara rest spot beneath a tree, and some of us the toilet. Work is fun when we do it together.

Tihar, Nepalese New Year's, is the second most important festival for Hindus. It continues for five days. On the first day, we pay our respects to the crow. My mother and I are giving sweets to a crow. This sight makes me happy. Hindus honor the crow as the bearer of good news.

My big sisters, Jina and Anu, and I are swimming in a stream. A big waterfall is there. We always go to the stream on holidays.

I am studying in the garden with my friends Ipsha and Shrila. I love the garden. I like the plants and the flowers. That's why I like to read and play with my friends in the garden.

I used to go cut grass when I was in my village. My friend Devi used to go with me. We use sickles to cut the grass. We use the grass to feed cows, buffaloes, and goats. We carry the grass in bamboo baskets.

My little brother is sick and my mother has taken him to a healer. The healer is chants holy words while tapping a dhangro drum. Offerings of rice and eggs sit on a banana leaf. I stand at the back holding a chicken.

My friends and I are washing at the tap. One of my friends has tripped.

People are dancing to the music of chyabrung drums at a wedding celebration of the Limbt people in eastern Nepal. Children and old people are dancing in a circle while playing chyabhrung. The girls are wearing gunyu-choli ethnic costumes and jewelry. The boys are wearing daura-suruwal ethnic costumes with vests and hats. I have seen this dance.

A sick boy is sleeping. A shaman isbeating a drum. The shaman's helper is holding some leaves. The tapari bowls ofleaves hold rice and flower offering to the shaman. People are watching. Thelight in the room is from a diyo butter oil lamp.

This is Teej (a festival celebrating women). It is held in August. Women wear saris (an Indian female garment) and barta (fast) at Pashupati (the most famous Hindu temple) for the longevity of their husbands. During the festival, women play musical instruments, sing and dance.

This elephant is called Pulukishi. He comes during the Indrajatra (a festival to worship the gods). People are inside the elephant.

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