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Little girl watching an open-air funeral in Katmandu

Open-air funerals in Nepal, particularly Hindu cremations at the Pashupatinath Temple in Kathmandu, are public, traditional rites conducted on burning ghats along the holy Bagmati River. The ceremonies involve preparing a wooden pyre, wrapping the body in white cloths, and cremation led by family, lasting roughly 3 hours before ashes are immersed in the river.