Symbolic Fulpati this year

Due to the pandemic only 100 people including army personnel will be in attendance 

KATHMANDU
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Fulpati Badhai, the function held on the seventh day of Dashain festival, will be organised symbolically this year due to global COVID-19 pandemic. The Nepal Army has been organising the event for years at the army pavilion, Tundikhel. 

The ceremony will be observed symbolically this year by adhering to health guidelines to give continuity to religion, culture and tradition of the country, said Santosh Ballav Poudel, Spokesperson for the Nepal Army. Fulpati falls on October 23 this year.  However, the President is scheduled to grace the event this year as a chief guest. 

Unlike in the past, a contingent of only 25 army personnel will be involve in the parade by maintaining social distancing, he said. Previously 1,200 people from various walks of life besides army personnel would be invited to the ceremony. 

This year, only 100 people including army personnel will be invited, said Poudel, adding that those attending have been asked to wear gloves and use sanitizers. 
 

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