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Original dashain festival Song was by Prem Dhoj Pradhan, This song became so popular that this song in new played through out Nepal during Dashain festival.
WN.com - Articles related to Maharashtra urged to scrap permits for grain-based distilleries 2010
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When I lived in Nepal I was privileged to take part in its biggest feast day, Dashain, which celebrates the victory of the gods over demons -- of good over evil.
Mary Anne Mercer: The Zen Of Christmas Mary Anne Mercer 2011
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Diptendu Dutta/Agence France-Presse/Getty Images A marching band played in the Fulpati procession marking the seventh day of the Dashain festival in Siliguri, West Bengal, Monday.
India in Pictures 2011
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Prakash Mathema/Agence France-Presse/Getty Images In Bhaktapur, Nepal, a Hindu devotee lay in a bed covered by 108 oil lamps on the 10th day of Dashain, the longest and the most auspicious festival in the Nepalese calendar, celebrating the triumph of good over evil.
Asia in Pictures 2011
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When I lived in Nepal I was privileged to take part in its biggest feast day, Dashain, which celebrates the victory of the gods over demons -- of good over evil.
Mary Anne Mercer: The Zen Of Christmas Mary Anne Mercer 2011
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After the Nepal government, through yesterday's annual budget speech, declared that the government would no longer allocate money for animal sacrifices during the grand Hindu festival, cultural sources affiliated to the government have revealed that the state will not perform the animal sacrifice rites on the occasion of Dashain.
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No animal sacrifices by state in Dashain by Mohan Nepali
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Nepalis are returning to work after a weeklong annual Dashain festival .
CNN.com 2011
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The Himalayan Times reported the bus was overcrowded with 60 passengers at the time of the crash, most of them returning to the capital after celebrating Dashain, Nepal's 15-day annual religious festival.
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Kathmandu ran out of goats to sacrifice just days before the country's biggest religious festival, the Hindu festival of Dashain to appease the goddess of power, Durga.
Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph Telegraph Staff 2012
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