Nepalese people gesture while playing muddy water during a mud fun event held on the eve of National Paddy Day festival in Lalitpur, Nepal, June 29, 2019. The festival, which falls on "Asar 15" of the Nepalese calendar, is marked with rice plantation, dance and playing with muddy water. (Photos: Xinhua)

Nepalese people splash muddy water during a mud fun event held on the eve of National Paddy Day festival in Lalitpur, Nepal, June 29, 2019. The festival, which falls on "Asar 15" of the Nepalese calendar, is marked with rice plantation, dance and playing with muddy water.

A man kicks football during a mud fun event held on the eve of National Paddy Day festival in Lalitpur, Nepal, June 29, 2019. The festival, which falls on "Asar 15" of the Nepalese calendar, is marked with rice plantation, dance and playing with muddy water.

Participants pose as they play in a mud during an event celebrating National Paddy Day, also called Asar Pandra, that marks the commencement of rice crop planting in paddy fields as monsoon season arrives, Nepal, June 29, 2018. (File photo: VCG)