Not Quite The Mikvah But, Nevertheless...

Nepalese Hindu woman bathed in the holy Shali River on the outskirts of Kathmandu on January 11, 2009. Seems both married and unmarried women have started a month long fast in the hope of a prosperous life and conjugal happiness.













AFP PHOTO/Prakash MATHEMA (Photo credit should read PRAKASH MATHEMA/AFP/Getty Images)