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Added on the 01/01/2023 07:32:21 - Copyright : AFPTV - First images
Tokyo, Jan 1 (EFFE/EPA).- Visitors on Friday prayed for their health, prosperity and good future during their first visit of the new year at Meiji Shrine in Tokyo.Annually, more than three million people visit Meiji Shrine during the first three days of the New Year. (Camera: KIMIMASA MAYAMA).SHOT LIST: PEOPLE VISIT MEIJI SHRINE DURING THE NEW YEAR IN TOKYO, JAPAN.
Some Japanese traditions hold that dolls actually do have souls, and, as such, should never be simply thrown away after they are no longer needed. Doll owners flocked to the Meiji Jingu Shrine in Tokyo, on Sunday, to participate in the annual Ninyo Kashasai doll-burying ceremony, which allows them to ritually bury their former playthings in order not to upset the spirit living inside the doll.
Worshippers at a Tokyo shrine welcome the new year with an ice-cold bath in an annual tradition that dates back about 70 years Participants warm up through stretches and chants before plunging into a pool filled with huge ice blocks. IMAGES
Kathmandu, Apr 15 (EFE/EPA).- Thousands of Nepalese gathered Thursday to celebrate the Bisket Jatra festival despite the government's request of no gatherings of more than 25 persons due to the second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic. The Bisket festival is celebrated to mark the Nepali New Year 2076, especially among the Newar communities in Bhaktapur. During the festival, devotees will carry a chariot of Hindu gods and goddesses and smear vermilion-color powder on each other's faces. (Camera: NARENDRA SHRESTHA).SHOT LIST: NEPALESE PEOPLE SING AND DANCE TO TRADITIONAL MUSIC WHILE SMEARING VERMILION COLOUR POWDER DURING THE 'SINDOOR JATRA' FESTIVAL AS PART OF THE BISKET JATRA FESTIVAL IN THIMI, ON THE OUTSKIRTS OF KATHMANDU, NEPAL.
Amritsar, Jan 1 (EFE/EPA).- Scores of Indian devotees gathered Friday at the Golden Temple, the most sacred place of the Sikh religion, from the early morning hours in order to offer prayers for the new year. (Camera: RAMINDER PAL SINGH).SHOT LIST: DEVOTEES PRAY AT THE GOLDEN TEMPLE IN AMRITSAR, INDIA.
U.S. President Barack Obama attends an outdoor arrival ceremony in heavy rain, as the first sitting U.S. president to visit Laos. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).
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