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Colombo, Aug 29 (EFE/EPA).- Sri Lanka held Saturday at Colombo's historic Kotte Buddhist Temple the annual Buddhist procession, a ceremony believed to have started in 1415 and held in honor of the sacred relic of the Buddha's tooth, once guarded by the kingdom of Kotte. (Camera: CHAMILA KARUNARATHNE).SHOT LIST: A BUDDHIST PROCESSION AT THE HISTOIC KOTTE BUDDHIST TEMPLE IN COLOMBO, SRI LANKA.
Villagers from the Romanian town of Comanesti don bearskin costumes and sway to music once a year in a special ritual dance which helps them prepare for winter by warding off evil spirits and bringing good fortune. The colorful tradition, which originated among the Roma community of gypsies, is usually performed between Christmas and New Year and is certainly a sight to behold
Central Europe certainly has its fair share of strange traditions, but one of the strangest takes place around Christmas time. Dozens of men dress up in demon-like costumes, wearing animal fur, wooden masks, an assortment of horns, and a motley collection of bells, whips, and chains. These monsters are two types of demons from pagan folklore - the Krampus and the Perchten.
A mysterious tradition from ancient China finds it's way into the land of Texas, and it brightens the darkest of winter nights.
Christoph Waltz is enjoying the Cannes Film Festival and being a member of the jury despite a scare from a "crazy" that started shooting a blank gun and holding a fake hand grenade at his press conference.
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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