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Pathum Thani, May 10 (EFE/EPA).- Buddha statues at a temple in Pathum Thani, about 40 kilometers north of Bangkok, have been decorated with face masks as part of the temple's campaign to remind the public to wear protective masks amid the coronavirus pandemic (Camera: NARONG SANGNAK).FOOTAGE SHOWS BUDDHA STATUES WEARING MASKS AT WAT NITHET RAT PRADIT IN PATHUM THANI PROVINCE, ON THE OUTSKIRTS OF BANGKOK, THAILAND.
Buenos Aires, Apr 13 (EFE).- A statue of Mafalda, Argentina's favorite cartoon character, have donned a face mask as part of a campaign by Buenos Aires City Hall to raise awareness of its use to prevent the spread of the novel coronavirus. (Camera: RODRIGO GARCÍA). SHOT LIST: THE MAFALDA CHARACTER STATUE IN BUENOS AIRES, ARGENTINA, WEARS A HOMEMADE FACE MASK AS PART OF A CAMPAIGN BY THE CITY TO RAISE AWARENESS OF ITS USE TO PREVENT THE SPREAD OF THE CORONAVIRUS.
A mammoth 240 foot tall pure copper Buddha statue weighing nearly 600 tons is in the final stages of construction after nearly a decade of building atop the Xiantang Mountain in China. The massive Buddha will not be finished until 2018, despite work starting on the immense idol back in 2009. In its entirety, the giant is around 22 storeys tall and has a base which covers around 54,000 square fee. $59 million has been invested into the statue which depicts Buddha, upon whose teachings Buddhism was founded.
Thousands of Buddhist monks and devotees participated in a breathtaking lantern-lit ceremony at the Wat Phra Dhammakaya temple in Pathum Thani province, north of Bangkok on Saturday, to mark Makha Bucha Day, a special holiday celebrated on the full moon of the third lunar month of the calendar. Participants sat in prepared positions and meditated according to instructions given by the head priest via microphone. Makha Bucha Day, also known as Lord Buddha Day, is a public holiday observed in Thailand, Cambodia, Laos, and Sri Lanka. It is an important religious festival held in honour of the Buddha and comes from a special story in Buddhist history. The legend goes that 1,250 monks enlightened monks came to see the Buddha on the day of the full moon without being summoned so that they could be ordained by the Buddha himself. Each temple in Thailand holds a candlelight procession called a wian thian. Monks and congregation members circle three times around the ordination hall clockwise holding flowers, incense and a lighted candle.
Thai King Maha Vajiralongkorn's second son visits a Bangkok temple during his surprise first trip back to the kingdom in more than two decades. Vacharaesorn Vivacharawongse, 42, has spent most of his life abroad following his parent's divorce in the 1990s. IMAGES
Bilbao (Spain), Sep 22 (EFE) .- A sculpture of the giant head of a girl has appeared submerged on Wednesday in the Bilbao estuary, as a prelude to a campaign by the BBK foundation that will bet on participation and social reflection, and that will be presented tomorrow.FOOTAGE OF THE GIANT HEAD IN BILBAO, SPAIN
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