Nepal flood victims receive symbolic Hindu funerals as families bid farewell
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- Nepali families have held symbolic Hindu funeral ceremonies for relatives who remain missing after floods and landslides in parts of the Himalayas.
Families in Nepal have performed symbolic Hindu funeral rites for relatives who are still missing after floods and landslides struck parts of the Himalayan mountain range.
The ceremonies aimed to “free the souls” of those whose whereabouts remain unknown. Families carried out the farewell rituals despite not having recovered their relatives.
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