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Center Owned by Assam Tribune GroupA festival beyond lights: How Sikkim's Tihar celebrates people, animals & nature
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Sikkim’s Tihar is portrayed as a “festival beyond lights” that honors people, animals and nature, featuring dedicated days of worship for animals that share the landscape with humans and are traditionally associated with Yama, the Hindu god of death. On the second day of Tihar, known as Kukur Tihar, foreign tourists, locals and Nepal Police worshipped dogs, giving the animals VIP treatment.
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Foreign tourists, along with locals and the Nepal Police, on Sunday worshipped dogs on the second day of Tihar, commonly known as "Kukur Tihar", the festival of dogs, giving them VIP treatment.
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One of the defining features of Tihar is its dedicated days of worship for animals that share the landscape with humans and are traditionally associated with Yama, the Hindu god of death.
