大象传媒

There's a legend in Nepal's capital Kathmandu that the city is protected by a flesh-eating demon called the Lakhe, who wears gold, and has coloured wings, and a huge red face with streaming red hair and ferocious teeth. Once a year, during the Indra Jatra festival, he dances through the streets chasing away evil spirits and the bad luck that they bring. That job falls to dancer Laxman Ranjit - who's now in his thirties and has been performing the demon dance for the best part of twenty years. But this year, it was a chance for him to chase away his own personal demons. He's been telling Jo Fidgen about the tragedy that befell him... But first, about his impressions on seeing the Lakhe dance when he was a boy. (Picture credit: Prakash Mathema/AFP/Getty Images.)