A beautiful, awe-inspiring land, Nepal is the birthplace of Buddha and home to the Kumari: the living goddesses who are unique to this country. Aged between 2 and 4 years old, the Kumari (“virgin” in Nepalese) are pre-pubescent girls who are carefully chosen for their beauty in order torepresent an incarnation of the goddess Kali. More @Wikipedia
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