A Nepalese girl swings in a traditional Dashain Swing during the Dashain festival in Kathmandu, Nepal, Oct. 7, 2013. (Xinhua/Sunil Sharma) A Nepalese girl takes photos of an idol of Goddess Durga ...

These tens of thousands of goats — along with sheep and big-horned mountain goats — are a sign of the most important holiday of the year in Nepal: the 15-day festival of Dashain. And because ...

Dashain seems to evoke that sentiment ... "While we were kids, we used to sit in the lap of the elders on a large swing as we were scared," said one. "But now we can clearly see the change.