Kung fu nuns perform martial arts routine as monastery reopens in Nepal

The women, aged 17 to 30, are part of the Druk Amitabha monastery, which was forced to close its doors to the public for five years by the Covid-19 pandemic. They are members of the 1,000-year-old Drukpa lineage of Buddhism which gives nuns equal status as monks. The nunnery opened in 2009 and now has 300 members aged between six and 54