Location:
Srinagar, , India
Post Date:
Mar 21, 2023 7:47 AM
TAG ID:
sipaphotosfifteen780303
(RM)
Credit:
Idrees Abbas / SOPA Images/Sipa/Newscom
Format:
5848 x 3970 Color JPEG
Photographer:
SOPA Images
Special:
*** World Rights ***
Keywords:
back, bank, bloodletting, cure, dal lake, hazratbal, kashmiri, leech treatment, leeches, leeching, people, residents, therapy, tradition, treatment, India, Srinagar, news
Release Status:
No Model Release, No Property Release
Caption:
Kashmiri residents receive leech treatment on their back on the bank of Dal Lake. Every year on Nowroz 21st March, traditional health workers in Kashmir use leeches to treat people who have itchy, painful lumps on their skin called chilblains that develop during the winter. Thousands of patients with various skin problems receive leech treatment at Hazratbal in Srinagar. (Photo by Idrees Abbas / SOPA Images/Sipa USA)