Their main demand: representation equal to their population and federal redistricting that maintains Madhesh and Tharu provinces -- which would guarantee the groups a bigger representation in parliament.
The main rituals are a representation of the victory of Saint Ignatius and a choreographed procession of participants disguised as masked ancestors and animals.
The main bone of contention is representation for the Protestant Transferors, the clergy who handed over their schools to the state in return for a say in how the sector is run.