Father swept away in flood, 11-year-old daughter performs funeral rites
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- Eleven-year-old Khusbu Karki in Sindhupalchok, Nepal, is performing funeral rites for her father after he went missing in a flood.
- Khusbu comes from Bahrabise Municipality-3 and began observing Hindu mourning rituals after the disaster.
At 11, Khusbu Karki should be holding her father’s hand on the way to school. Instead, the girl from Bahrabise Municipality-3 in Sindhupalchok has been forced to perform his funeral rites.
Khusbu began observing Hindu mourning rituals after her father, Padam Karki, went missing in a devastating flood.
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