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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.
Kathmandu/Bhopal/Himachal Pradesh/Kolkata/Mumbai , Mar 11 (EFE/EPA).- Hindus in South Asia, particularly India and Nepal, which have a majority population of people of this faith, celebrated Thursday the auspicious festival of Mahashivratri, or the Great Night of Lord Shiva, one of the most important and powerful deities in Hinduism.The faithful mark this day by chanting prayers, fasting and contemplation, and keeping all-night vigils, while holy men and householders alike make pilgrimages to important temples in honor of their beloved God. (Camera: NARENDRA SHRESTHA/SANJEEV GUPTA / SANJAY BAID / PIYAL ADHIKARY / DIVYAKANT SOLANKI). SHOT LIST: HINDU DEVOTEES CELEBRATE THE MAHASHIVRATRI FESTIVAL IN KATHMANDU, NEPAL; AND BHOPAL, HIMACHAL PRADESH, KOLKATA, MUMBAI, INDIA,.
Shiheung, Feb 26 (EFE / EPA) .- South Korea celebrated Friday "Daeboreum", a festival that concludes two weeks of celebrations after the arrival of the lunar New Year and that coincides with the first full moon of the new year.(Camera: JEON HEON-KYUN)SHOT LIST: THE "DAEBOREUM" FESTIVAL IN SHIHEUNG, SOUTH KOREA.
Paju, Oct 1 (EFE/EPA).- Families Split by Korean War on Thursday marked the the annual Chuseok autumn harvest holiday with memorial service to the ancestors. South Korean separated families and their descendants visited Imjingak Park near the Demilitarized zone in Paju, where they prayed and presented offerings to their ancestors.Chuseok means "autumn eve" and runs from Sep. 30 to Oct. 2 this year. During this period, many South Koreans return to their family homes to share traditional food and pay homage to their ancestors.People also participate in festivities including dancing and traditional folk games to celebrate the change of seasons and a rich harvest. (Camera: JEON HEON-KYUN).SHOT LIST: SOUTH KOREAN SEPARATED FAMILIES AND THEIR DESCENDANTS HAVE AN ANCESTOR-MEMORIAL SERVICE IN IMJINGAK PARK DURING CHUSEOK HOLIDAYS NEAR THE DEMILITARIZED ZONE IN PAJU, GYEONGGI-DO PROVINCE, SOUTH KOREA.
Managua, Dec 7 (EFE) .- Nicaraguans held on Saturday the annual traditional 'hue and cry' (Griteria) during the Marian festivities in Managua, this year with the altars adorned in white and blue in reference to the protests against President Daniel Ortega.On Dec 7 each year, Nicaragua celebrate the traditional 'Griteria' in honor of the Immaculate Conception of the Virgin Mary.However, this year's celebration saw various Virgen Mary´s altars in Managua adorned in blue and white, the colors that the opposition used in protests against President Daniel Ortega, with many bottles of water put in front.The bottles are a symbol for the Nov. 15 detention of 16 people, two of them from the Blue and White National Unity which joins the Opposition to President Daniel Ortega, when they were taking water to a group of mothers on hunger strike at Saint Michael Church in Masaya town.According to the Opposition, at least 161 people have been imprisoned for 'thinking in a different way and trying to exercise their right to protest, their right of freedom of speech and even their freedom of religion'.(Camera: RENÉE LUÇIA RAMOS).FOOTAGE SHOWING A RELIGIOUS CEREMONY HELD AS PART OF THE LA GRITERIA FESTIVAL IN MANAGUA, NICARAGUA.
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