Pashupatinath: the river of the dead
Kneeling, head down, man waits patiently for his head shaved, a rite de duelo Hindu. His late father is now a handful of ashes, in the waning fire, about to join the current holy Bagmati River. A few tourists aim their telephoto lenses from a nearby bridge. Can you imagine a group of Japanese poachers shooting his family during the funeral of a loved?