People bring a goat to the sacrificial ceremony of Gadhimai festival near a temple

BARA, Dec. 3 (Xinhua) -- People bring a goat to the sacrificial ceremony of Gadhimai festival near a temple in Bariyapur, Bara, Nepal, Dec. 3, 2019. Hindu devotees celebrate the Gadhimai festival, which takes place once in every five years, with the blood of freshly slain animals as the ritual sacrifice to Gadhimai, the goddess of power. Xinhua/UNI PHOTO-11F

BARA, Dec. 3 (Xinhua) — People bring a goat to the sacrificial ceremony of Gadhimai festival near a temple in Bariyapur, Bara, Nepal, Dec. 3, 2019. Hindu devotees celebrate the Gadhimai festival, which takes place once in every five years, with the blood of freshly slain animals as the ritual sacrifice to Gadhimai, the goddess of power. Xinhua/UNI PHOTO-11F