Photo Essay: Nepal Celebrates Its New Constitution

A motorcycle rally is part of the welcome festivities in Pokhara, Nepal, for the new national constitution. (Nischal Kharel/YJI)

These people in Pokhara were protesting the new constitution. While most people support it, some believe it doesn’t do enough to protect minority rights. (Nischal Kharel/YJI)

Candles outline a map of Nepal as part of a ceremony in the Ratna Chowk section of Pokhara. celebrating Nepal’s new constitution. (Nischal Kharel/YJI)

At the lighting ceremony, people hurried to light candles, cheered and sang the national anthem. (Nischal Kharel/YJI)

At the candle lighting ceremony. (Nischal Kharel/YJI)

The Nepal Rastra Bank building in Pokhara is covered in lights to symbolize the national victory in getting a new constitution. (Nischal Kharel/YJI)

A boy lights a candle at the Pokhara ceremony. (Nischal Kharel/YJI)

A Nepali flag and map, lit by candles, celebrates the country’s new constitution. (Nirajan Kathayat/YJI)

Members of the Nepalese army dressed for the ceremony. (Nirajan Kathayat/YJI)

Some of the crowd at the rally in Kathmandu. (Nirajan Kathayat/YJI)

People in traditional cultural dress for the festivities celebrating Nepal’s new constitution. (Nirajan Kathayat/YJI)

Subham, a young boy, has a Nepalese flag painted on his cheek and a flag in his hand at the festivities celebrating the country’s new constitution. (Nirajan Kathayat/YJI)

Candles are lit as part of the celebration of a new national constitution in Nepal. The parliament passed the document last week and these photos show celebrations that took place on Sunday. (Nirajan Kathayat/YJI)

People light candles as part of the ceremony celebrating the new constitution. (Nirajan Kathayat/YJI)

People took to the street in Pokhara in excitement and happiness over the new Nepalese constitution, which most citizens welcome. Some people, including members of the cultural minority group Madhesi, object to the constitution because they are not convinced it will protect all citizens and have been demonstrating against it in protests that have at times turned violent. (Nirajan Kathayat/YJI)

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