The Asian Reporter Pacific Northwest News q Volume 29 Number 18 q September 16, 2019 q www.asianreporter.com Nepal Indra Jatra festival season starts with goddess, dance EIGHT-DAY FESTIVAL. Masked dancers perform a traditional dance during the Indra Jatra festival, an eight-day festival that honors Indra, the Hindu god of rain, in Kathmandu, Nepal, on Friday, September 13, 2019. Dur- ing the festival, families gather for feasts and at shrines to light incense for the dead, and men and boys in colorful masks and gowns representing Hindu deities dance to the beat of traditional music and devotees’ drums, drawing tens of thousands of spectators to the city’s old streets. The masked dancers, one of the highlights of the ceremony, can be fearsome, entertaining, and awe-inspiring, depending on the performers’ movements. See story on page 5. (AP Photo/Niranjan Shrestha) Go paperless! Read The Asian Reporter – exactly as it’s printed here – online! Visit and click the “Online Paper (PDF)” link to download our last two issues. The Asian Reporter 922 N. Killingsworth St. Portland, OR 97217 USA SPiLt ink Gallery Acrylic Colour Pencil Graphite Oil Pen & Ink Watercolour Pets w Holidays w Special Occasions w Just for Fun www.spiltinkgallery.com (503) 442-6427 SEASIDE BEACH CLEANUP SATURDAY A Y , SEPTEMBER 21 In partnership with SIGN UP AT: SOLVEOREGON.ORG