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Thousands flocked to a coastal town in western Indonesia to watch a clash between ornate mythical effigies before they are cast into the sea.
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The sun was long overdue on Tuesday but when it finally appeared, faces lit up and arms rose as one to greet the summer...
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Cutely clad in matching white robes and skullcaps, five-year-old twins Salim and Mahamadou Cisse step carefully through blocked traffic and pedestrians in Abidjan’s teeming...
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Animal sacrifices at Hindu temples could be banned in Sri Lanka under new plans announced Wednesday, after growing protests over the rituals from the...
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In Madagascar, ceremonies in which families exhume the remains of dead relatives, rewrap them in fresh cloth and dance with the corpses are a...
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Around 13,000 people gathered at Stonehenge on Wednesday to witness the summer solstice sunrise at Britain’s most famous prehistoric monument. Druids and midsummer revellers...
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Manuel Acuna sprinkles holy water and waves his crucifix, then lays his hand on the sweating, shrieking woman before him. This is not a...
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With an average annual income of around $2,000 most Vietnamese would not consider themselves especially wealthy. But in the afterlife you can be a...
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Muslim pilgrims joining this year’s hajj in Saudi Arabia will have to wear an electronic safety bracelet, newspapers reported Friday, after more than 2,000...