In the medieval town of Bode, Nepal, a 30-year-old man named Sujan Bagh Shrestha pierced his tongue with a 10-inch-long ...

In Bode, Nepal, Sujan Bagh Shrestha pierced his tongue for the third consecutive year, maintaining a centuries-old tradition called 'Jibro Chedne Jatra.' This ritual, held on the Nepali New Year's ...

Raucous fanfare is inevitable. Adorned in traditional dress, the villagers - sometimes it's the men wearing black and white tunics, pants and cloth hats; sometimes it's the women in red and black ...

The town of Thimi in Nepal was painted red, symbolising prosperity and considered sacred in the age-old tradition as it ...