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Chile, Dec 3 (EFE).- The first exhibition in Latin America of Fesiluz, known internationally as the Sichuan Chinese Lantern Festival, has kicked off in Santiago, offering the Chilean capital some peace and transquility amid the social unrest that has gripped that country for more than a month. (Camera: JOSÉ CAVIEDES).FOOTAGE SHOWING THE 'FESILUZ' CHINESE LANTERN FESTIVAL IN SANTIAGO'S QUINTA NORMAL MUNICIPALITY, CHILE.
Shanghai, Feb 15 (EFE/EPA).- Tourist attractions, sports venues, movies, and other attractions in Shanghai are flooded with people who could not go back home to celebrate the Spring Festival due to the new outbreak of COVID-19 in China, government regulations, and travel restrictions. Spring Festival usually lasts 16 days, starting from Chinese New Year's eve to the Lantern Festival which runs from February 11 to 26. (Camera: ALEX PLAVEVSKI).SHOT LIST: SPRING FESTIVAL CELEBRATIONS IN SHANGHAI, CHINA.
Kolkata, Jan 13 (EFE/EPA).- Thousands of Hindu pilgrims on Wednesday gather for an annual holy dip in the icy cold waters of an island in eastern India to mark the end of winter solstice, amid the coronavirus pandemic. Hindu devotees every year during this time bathe in what they believe sacred waters of the Ganga Sagar island that marks the point where the Ganges river, considered holy by Hindus, meets the sea.The pilgrims now gather for the Ganga Sagar festival that begins on Jan. 13 at the island, located some 130 kilometers (81 miles) south of Kolkata, in the Ganges delta. Ganga Sagar is one of India's most coveted pilgrimages and every year millions of devout Hindus travel to the Gangasagar fair - the largest annual gathering of devotees in India and the second largest overall among Hindus, after the Kumbh Mela - on the Sagar Island, in the eastern Indian state of West Bengal. (Camera: PIYAL ADHIKARY). SHOT LIST: GOVERNMENT HEALTH STAFF COLLECT SWAB OF A HINDU PILGRIMS FOR A COVID-19 RAPID TEST AT A TEMPORARY HOSPITAL NEAR THE BAY OF BENGAL AT SAGAR ISLAND, AND PILGRIMS ARRIVING FOR THE SECOND DAY OF GANGA SAGAR FAIR ON SAGAR ISLAND, SOUTH OF KOLKATA, INDIA.
Santiago, Oct 19 (EFE).- Chilean President Sebastian Piñera said Monday that the majority of his country's citizens wans to live "in democracy and in peace," after a night of extreme violence during which one person was shot dead and police arrested more than 640 people.Statements from Chilean President Sebastian Piñera
Santiago, Oct 9 (EFE).- Hundreds protested Friday at the central Plaza Italia in Santiago de Chile ahead of the first anniversary of the wave of mass demonstrations in 2019 and amid serious questions about the national police and its reform. (Camera: RODRIGO SAEZ). SHOT LIST: PROTESTS AT THE CENTRAL PLAZA ITALIA IN SANTIAGO, CHILE.
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