Nepal, Dec. 31 -- Pokhara Street Festival, which starts on December 28, has reached its 21st edition. Like last year, there will be food stalls on roadsides, along with dance, music and revelry of all kinds. The street fair will play as an antidote to the biting winter that has the lake city by its clutch.

The influx of tourists-both domestic and international-in the city for the festival has started. The three-day festival has a slogan that goes: "Sadak mai khaoun, sadak mai nachau ra sadak mai ramaoun"-let's eat on the streets, dance on the streets and be merry on the streets. The festival will play out in the three-kilometre area around Lake Side, which has already been decorated for the festival. There will be no traffic on the stree...