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|  (Reuters) - An army personnel rides to the target to show his skill during the Horse Race Festival, which is organised by the Nepali Army, in Kathmandu March 15, 2010. According to local mythology, trampling and racing horses on the 'Tundhikel' field would stop the demon Gurumapa, who is believed to be living in the field, from coming out and stealing children from the city. REUTERS/Gopal Chitrakar (NEPAL - Tags: MILITARY SOCIETY ANNIVERSARY RELIGION)
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|  (Reuters) - The "living goddess", or Kumari, is brought to witness the Horse Race Festival, which is organised by the Nepali Army, in Kathmandu March 15, 2010. According to local mythology, trampling and racing horses on the 'Tundhikel' field would stop the demon Gurumapa, who is believed to be living in the field, from coming out and stealing children from the city. REUTERS/Gopal Chitrakar (NEPAL - Tags: MILITARY SOCIETY ANNIVERSARY RELIGION)
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|  (Reuters) - The "living goddess", or Kumari, is brought to witness the Horse Race Festival, which is organised by the Nepali Army, in Kathmandu March 15, 2010. According to local mythology, trampling and racing horses on the 'Tundhikel' field would stop the demon Gurumapa, who is believed to be living in the field, from coming out and stealing children from the city. REUTERS/Gopal Chitrakar (NEPAL - Tags: MILITARY SOCIETY ANNIVERSARY RELIGION)
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|  (Reuters) - Riders from the Nepali army return to their barracks after completing the Horse Race Festival which is organised by the Nepali Army, in Kathmandu March 15, 2010. According to local mythology, trampling and racing horses on the 'Tundhikel' field would stop the demon Gurumapa, who is believed to be living in the field, from coming out and stealing children from the city. REUTERS/Gopal Chitrakar (NEPAL - Tags: MILITARY SOCIETY ANNIVERSARY)
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|  (AP) - Nepal's living goddess Matani Shakya looks on as she is carried on a palanquin escorted by priests and devotees to attend the horse race festival in Katmandu, Nepal, Monday, March 15, 2010. She is worshipped by Hindus and Buddhists as an incarnation of the powerful Hindu deity Taleju. (AP Photo/Binod Joshi)
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|  (AP) - In this photo made Saturday, Feb. 20, 2010, transgender peer educators Gavima Sapkota , right and Pownkali, second right, greet each other during a meeting on the rooftop of a drop-in center for gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender people in Katmandu, Nepal. The conservative Hindu nation wants to host the world's highest same-sex wedding at Everest base camp, to attract the multibillion dollar gay tourist market to help pull it out of its wrenching poverty. (AP Photo/Gemunu Amarasinghe)
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|  (AP) - In this photo taken Saturday, Feb. 20, 2010, a transgender peer educators meeting at a rooftop of a drop-in center for gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender people in Katmandu, Nepal. The conservative Hindu nation wants to host the world's highest same-sex wedding at Everest base camp, to attract the multibillion dollar gay tourist market to help pull it our of its wrenching poverty. (AP Photo/Gemunu Amarasinghe)
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|  (AP) - In this photo taken Tuesday, Feb. 2, 2010, a transgender hair stylist, Sophie, only hands seen, applies make-up to Boby, another transgender person, for a photo shoot in Katmandu, Nepal. The conservative Hindu nation wants to host the world's highest same-sex wedding at Everest base camp, to attract the multibillion dollar gay tourist market to help pull it out of its wrenching poverty. (AP Photo/Gemunu Amarasinghe)
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|  (AP) - In this photo taken Friday, Feb. 19, 2010, Sushila, a Nepalese transgender man, smiles at a women's clothes store in Katmandu, Nepal. The conservative Hindu nation wants to host the world's highest same-sex wedding at Everest base camp, to attract the multibillion dollar gay tourist market to help pull it out of its wrenching poverty. (AP Photo/Gemunu Amarasinghe)
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|  (AP) - In this photo taken Friday, Feb. 19, 2010, Sushila, a Nepalese transgender man, prays at her rented room in Katmandu, Nepal. The conservative Hindu nation wants to host the world's highest same-sex wedding at Everest base camp, to attract the multibillion dollar gay tourist market to help pull it out of its wrenching poverty. (AP Photo/Gemunu Amarasinghe)
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