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A young Newari girl is wearing a traditional black and red dress (haku patasi) with golden embroidery, as she attends a Bratabandha ceremony of a family member in Bhaktapur. Bratabandha, known in Newari as Ketapuja, is a ritual coming of age ceremony for boys before they become teenagers.