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Kathmandu, Sep 3 (EFE/EPA).- Nepalese hindu devotees clashed with riot police Thursday in Kathmandu while celebrating the Rato Machindranath chariot festival procession amid lockdown due to the coronavirus pandemic. The Rato Machhindranath festival, which pays homage to the rain diety of the same name, features a procession with a 32-foot high wooden chariot, was suspended more than a month ago due to the coronavirus pandemic. (Camera: NARENDRA SHRESTHA)FOOTAGE SHOWS CONFRONTATIONS BETWEEN POLICE AND RELIGIOUS DEVOTEES IN KATHMANDU, NEPAL.
Patan (Nepal), May 15 (EFE / EPA) .- (Camera: Narendra Shresta) The Nepalese city of Patan has celebrated this Saturday the procession of Rato Machindranath, Red Chariot, amid restriction measures to avoid contagion of coronavirus in the country.The festival has taken place when Nepal is still battling a record number of covid-19 infections and deaths. FOOTAGE OF THE RATO MACHINDRANATH PROCESSION, RED CHARIOT, IN PATAN, NEPAL.
Cologne (Germany), Feb 11 (EFE / EPA) .- (Camera: Friedemann Vogel) Germany suspended the traditional festival of "Women's Carnival", although some people were seen dressed up in front of the Cologne Cathedral to celebrate the carnival in an atypical way. FOOTAGE OF PEOPLE NEAR THE CATHEDRAL OF COLOGNE.
Manila, Jan 9 (EFE/EPA).- The COVID-19 pandemic has forced the cancellation of the annual procession of the feast of Black Nazarene, which gathers thousands of Catholic devotees in Manila. Despite the cancellation, various masses will be held in different churches and the image of the Black Nazarene will be displayed for devotees to view at the Quiapo Church in Manila. Carved in Mexico, the statue of the Black Nazarene arrived in Manila on May 31, 1606 in a galleon from Acapulco that, according to a legend, caught fire near the archipelago.According to another popular Philippine belief, the heat of the flames gave the Christ its distinctive dark color, although another version attributed this color to the maker, a Mexican craftsman, who used a dark wood to give it its particular hue. (Camera: MARK CRISTINO). SHOT LIST: CARS ENTERING CHINATOWN IN MANILA, PHILIPPINES, DESPITE THE CANCELLATION OF THE ANNUAL PROCESSION OF THE BLACK NAZARENE.
Jakarta, Oct 15 (EFE/EPA).- Indonesia continues to loosen measures imposed by the coronavirus pandemic on Friday and in the capital, Jakarta, and mass gatherings were already allowed in mosques for Friday prayers.According to the government, Indonesia recorded as the country with the best COVID-19 recovery index among the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) members as COVID-19 restrictions has been eased in most part of the country. (Camera: MAST IRHAM). SHOT LIST: MUSLIMS PRAY SPACE APART TO MAINTAIN IN PHYSICAL DISTANCING DURING A FRIDAY PRAYER AMID THE EASE OF COVID-19 RESTRICTIONS AT ISTINGLAL GRAND MOSQUE IN JAKARTA, INDONESIA.
La Paz, Oct 14 (EFE).- Municipal budgets for investments in gender equality and equity in Bolivia were reduced in 2020 as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic, with a decrease of 22.5 percent compared to the previous year, according to a study presented Thursday in the Bolivian capital.The data is reflected in the Investment Ranking for Gender Equality and Equity (IIEG) collected by the Gregoria Apaza Women's Promotion Center, the Colectivo Rebeldía, the Women's Coordinator, the Integral Women's Training Institute and Oxfam with funding of the Government of Canada. (Camera: GINA BALDIVIESO).B-ROLL OF THE PRESENTATION OF THE INVESTMENT RANKING FOR GENDER EQUALITY AND EQUITY (IIEG) DATA IN LA PAZ, BOLIVIA.
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