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Aceh, Jul 22 (EFE/EPA).- The Indonesian government continues to relax measures imposed to contain the coronavirus pandemic in an attempt to revive the country's economy.The workshops of traditional fishing boats reopened and started daily activities after three months of confinement. Indonesia has so far registered more than 89,800 cases of coronavirus and 4,320 deaths due to COVID-19.(Camera: HOTLI SIMANJUNTAK)FOOTAGE SHOWS TRADITIONAL BOAT MAKING IN ACEH, INDONESIA.
Sanaa, Dec 17 (EFE / EPA) .- Silver jewelery and adorned daggers as well as other traditional crafts were displayed Thursday in a market in the old city of Sanaa .In the bazaar, Yemeni artisans check the precious stones mined from the mountains before polishing them.Yemen is known for its traditional crafts, including curved daggers for men, silver jewelry for women, and onyx stones for both. (Camera: YAHYA ARHAB)SHOT LIST: THE TRADITIONAL CRAFTSMANSHIP MARKET IN SANAA, YEMEN.
Syrian refugees currently living in Jordan picked up hammers and chisels, took to blocks of limestone, and began the painstaking task of recreating the ancient masonry savaged by seven years of war, as seen in footage filmed in Mafraq.
Thousands of invaluable ancient manuscripts were under threat from the so-called Islamic State Iraq's largest Christian city, Qaraqosh, after the city came under attack from the terrorist militant group in August 2014. Luckily, one daring Dominican priest managed to save countless historical documents. Father Najeeb Michael fled with the manuscripts alongside thousands of other Christians. However, after taking the books to relative safety in the nearby city of Mosul, Father Michaeel was forced to flee once more, this time to Erbil, just days before the arrival of IS fighters to Mosul.
With traditional war paint and outfits worn by the ancient sportsmen of Central America, two teams stepped foot onto sacred ground to compete in one of the oldest known sports on record. Teams from Mexico and Belize gathered in the pre-Hispanic city of Teotihuacan last weekend, to play a modern variation of a pre-historic Mesoamerican ballgame called Ulama, a sport played by the ancient Maya and Aztecs where the ultimate prize was on the line - the lives of the competitors. The game is played with a rubber ball weighing around four and a half pounds, while the teams consist of four players each who are only allowed to move the ball using their hips. The object of the game is to keep the ball in play and in the limits of the field. Players drop down onto the ground and swing their hips toward the ball to keep it moving. The ancient game was known as Ullamaliztli by the Aztecs and called Ulama in colloquial Spanish after the conquistadors emerged victorious over the Aztecs. It is thought to have been invented in between 2500-100 BC and was an important part of daily Mayan and Aztec life. It was played across Central America before being forbidden by the Spanish conquistadors, after which the exact rules of Ulama were forgotten. However, this ancient sport hides a dark past. The ballgame was associated with a ritual to certain Mayan gods. After the game was over, the captain of the losing team, or even the entire losing team, were sometimes sacrificed to the gods, often by decapitation. However, the revival of this ancient sport is a proud moment for the descendants of the ancient Mesoamerican cultures.
Russian defense ministry footage shows Tupolev bombers conducting strikes in Syria, near the ancient city of Palmyra, in what the Kremlin calls an "intensification" in operations. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).
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