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Kolkata, Aug 20 (EFE/EPA).- Shiite Muslims in Kolkata marked Friday the sacred month of Muharram, the first month of the Islamic Calendar.The climax of Muharram is the Ashura festival which is believed to be the day that Moses - considered an important prophet in Islam - led the Jews to safety by parting the Red Sea; importantly, Ashura is also the same day the Prophet Muhammad's grandson, Hussein, was killed in battle in AD 680, making the day a solemn occasion for Shia worldwide, who deeply revere Hussein.Ashura is the peak of ten days of mourning when Shiite Muslims mourn the killing of Imam Hussein whose shrine is located in Karbala in southern Iraq. (Camera: PIYAL ADHIKARY).SHOT LIST: SHIITE MUSLIMS MARK ASHURA DAY IN KOLKATAA, INDIA.
Medan / Depok, Jul 20 (EFE/EPA).- Thousands of Indonesian Muslims gathered at mosques across the country on Tuesday for a mass morning prayers to mark Eid al-Adha.The festival commemorates the Prophet Ibrahim's willingness to sacrifice his son Ishmael as a sign of submission to Allah and also marks the Hajj, the yearly Muslim pilgrimage to Mecca, the holiest place in Islam. Cattle and goats are slaughtered as part of the celebration and the meat split into three parts, one for the family, one for friends and relatives, and one for the poor. (Camera: DEDEI SINUHAJI / BAGUS INDAHONO).SHOT LIST: INDONESIAN MUSLIMS HOLD AN EID AL-ADHA PRAYING AMID THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC AT AL-MASHUN GRAND MOSQUE, IN MEDAN, NORTH SUMATRA, INDONESIA, AND INDONESIANS ARRANGE PIECES OF MEAT BEFORE BEING DISTRIBUTED DURING EID AL-ADHA CELEBRATIONS IN DEPOK, WEST JAVA, INDONESIA.
Amritsar, Apr 13 (EFE/EPA).- Sikh devotees celebrated Tuesday the Vaisakhi festival which marks the beginning of the Sikh New Year by visiting the Golden Temple with a lot of them disregarding measures such as the use of a mask to curb the coronavirus pandemic.(Camera: RAMINDER PAL SINGH)SHOT LIST: DEVOTEES VISITING THE GOLDEN TEMPLE DURING VAISAKHI FESTIVAL RELIGIOUS CELEBRATIONS IN AMRITSAR, INDIA.
Tunisia, Mar 25 (EFE) .- (Camera: Natalia Román Morte) A year after confirming its first case of Covid-19, Tunisia is facing a severe economic, political and social crisis that has pushed its precarious health system to the limit and weakened the most disadvantaged classes, forced to choose "between dying of hunger or dying of coronavirus" in the second country in Africa in the percentage of deaths associated with the pandemic.FOOTAGE OF THE PASTEUR INSTITUTE OF TUNISIA.SOUNDBITES IN FRENCH OF HECHMI LOUZIR GENERAL DIRECTOR OF THE PASTEUR INSTITUTE AND MEMBER OF THE TUNISIAN SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE.TRANSLATION:- "There has been a lack of respect for preventive measures and lack of means because our system, already in normal conditions, the resuscitation and oxygen beds, were at the limit, we can say".- "We've never heard of this. Pharmaceutical companies ask and demand, even before distributing the vaccines, that there be specific legislation in the countries that are going to receive them that says that in case of side effects the Government takes over. For this it has been necessary to pass laws, we have approved two".- "Many have been invited (to be vaccinated) and have not shown up, let's hope they show up. We know that first-line doctors play a very important role as intermediaries and if they are convinced of the benefits of the vaccine and are better informed of the risks and advantages, etc. the message is more easily transmitted to the population".
As Britain marks the anniversary of its first coronavirus lockdown, Londoners light up candles in tribute to the more than 126,000 people who have died -- one of the world's worst tolls. IMAGES
Jammu, Jan 18 (EFE/EPA).- Hundreds of Indian Sikh devotees on Monday participated in a religious procession ahead of the birth anniversary of the tenth Sikh Guru, Gobind Singh, in northeastern India, amid pandemic.Guru Gobind Singh became leader of the Sikhs at the age of nine and founded the Sikh warrior community called Khalsa. Sikhs celebrate the Guru's birthday on Jan. 20 annually. (Camera: JAIPAL SINGH). SHOT LIST: INDIAN SIKH DEVOTEES JOIN THE ANNUAL RELIGIOUS PROCESSION AHEAD OF THE BIRTH ANNIVERSARY OF THE TENTH SIKH GURU, GOBIND SINGH, IN JAMMU, INDIA.
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