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Kolkata, Oct 11 (EFE/EPA).- The Indian city of Kolkata began Monday to celebrate the Durga Puja festival, an annual Hindu festival honoring the Hindu goddess Durga. The festival also represents the victory of good over evil and the celebration of female power. (Camera: PIYAL ADHIKARY). SHOT LIST: PEOPLE VISIT A MAKESHIFT PANDAL MADE WITH WOOD, METAL AND BAMBOO UNDER A THEME 'BANGLA JATRA PALA' OR BENGAL THEATRE BY ARTIST PRADIP DAS DURING DURGA PUJA FESTIVAL CELEBRATIONS IN KOLKATA, INDIA.
Mumbai, Sep 11 (EFE/EPA).- India celebrated Saturday the Ganesha Chaturthi festival, one of the biggest Hindu festivals which is celebrated as the birthday of Lord Ganesha. The festival is a ten-day long event which is celebrated all over India. The idols of the Hindu deity are worshipped at hundreds of pandals or makeshift tents as well as at home before they are immersed into water bodies. (Camera: DIVYAKANT SOLANKI).SHOT LIST: DEVOTEES PRAY AND CARRY AN IDOL OF THE ELEPHANT-HEADED HINDU GOD LORD GANESHA FOR IMMERSION INTO AN ARTIFICIAL POND AS PART OF A RITUAL IN MUMBAI, INDIA.
New Delhi, Aug 22 (EFE / EPA).- (Camera: Harish Tyagi) Millions of Indians today wear the threads of Raksha Bandhan on their wrists, a Hindu festival that coincides with the full moon of the season of the monsoons and in which sisters and brothers renew their brotherly love.FOOTAGE OF THE RAKSHA BANDHAN FESTIVAL IN NEW DELHI.
Marbella, Aug 8 (EFE).- The Starlite Charity Gala was held on Sunday at the Nagüeles quarry in Marbella, with the participation of several celebrities such as Antonio Banderas, Argentinean model Valeria Mazza, and French matador Sebastian Castella, among others. The Starlite Gala is held annually, with the aim of raising funds for different projects and foundations, on the first Saturday in August in Marbella. (Camera: EFE).SHOT LIST: THE STARLITE CHARITY GALA IN MARBELLA, SOUTHERN SPAIN.
Sittwe (Myanmar), Apr 14 (EFE / EPA) .- (Camera: Stringer). Immersed in a violent repression by the security forces against the demonstrations, Myanmar commemorates the Thingyan, its traditional New Year. FOOTAGE OF THE CELEBRATIONS FOR THINGYAN, THE TRADITIONAL NEW YEAR IN MYANMAR
New Delhi/Mumbai/Bangalore (India),Mar 29 (EFE/EPA).- (Camera: Rajat Gupta/Divyakant Solanki/ Jagadeesh NV) Hindu revelers across India threw colored powder and water at each other in massive Holi celebrations Monday to welcome the onset of the spring season as the second wave tightened its grip on the country.FOOTAGE OF THE HOLI FESTIVAL IN NEW DELHI, MUMBAI, BANGALORE.