00:08The devastating flash floods that struck Nepal on August 26 have killed over 1,000 people and
00:15left nearly 5,000 missing, including 600 children. A week later, the Buddhist families in the flood
00:24ravaged country who could not find missing relatives or their bodies have started performing symbolic cremations.
00:34The Buddhist monks said the tradition dictates that funeral rites for a missing person can be held
00:40from the 7th day onward and the devotees have started following it.
00:47Kamesh is a Buddhist and the elders of his community advised him to perform the last rites
00:52for the missing family members so that they go with peace on their onward journey.
00:57Since the devastation in his area had completely disrupted things,
01:02he chose to come down to a temple in Dhanshtown, Nuakot district,
01:07located along the same Trishuli river through which the devastation raged.
01:12Kamesh is now bidding adieu to 17 of his family members, missing in the catastrophic flood.
01:21Pemba Lama of Uttarkai village in Raswa district was also among those who performed the last rites.
01:28He was bidding a final goodbye to four of his family members, including brothers and uncles.
01:35While Kamesh, Pemba and a few others took care of the symbolic funeral pyre, many others took refuge
01:41inside the temple to participate in the accompanying rituals and prayers conducted by the Buddhist monks.
01:50The faithful, whose kin went missing in the floods, brought their photographs and handed them over
01:56to the priest to be burnt in a small fire lit inside, amid sacred chains, ringing of bells and the
02:04clang of cymbals.
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