NEPAL-HINDU-FESTIVAL-DASHAIN

Nepalese bystanders watch as other devotees splash water on a buffalo to be sacrificed during the ninth day of the Hindu Dashain Festival in Bhaktapur on the outskirts of Kathmandu on October 13, 2013.Dashain is the longest and the most auspicious festival in the Nepalese calendar and celebrates the triumph of good over evil. AFP PHOTO/Prakash MATHEMA