Tibetan farmers pray for good harvest at Ongkor Festival prayer ceremony
Farmers in holiday array attend an Ongkor Festival prayer ceremony in Gonggar County, southwest China’s Tibet Autonomous Region, July 10, 2013. Farmers of the Tibetan ethnic group pray for good harvests during the annual Ongkor Festival, or Bumper Harvest Festival. In doing so, the farmers walk around crop fields in praying processions led by Buddhist […]
Hindu devotees around chariot of Hindu god during annual Rath Yatra in India
Hindu devotees gather for the annual Rath Yatra or Chariot procession of Lord Jagannath in Puri, 60 kilometers (37 miles) from the eastern Indian city of Bhubaneswar, India, Wednesday, July 10, 2013. The three idols of Hindu god Jagannath, his brother Balabhadra and sister Subhadra are taken out in a grand procession in specially made […]
Cambodian King and PM plant trees on Forest Day in Preah Sihanouk province
Cambodian King Norodom Sihamoni (2nd R) and Prime Minister Hun Sen (L) plant trees in Preah Sihanouk province, Cambodia, July 9, 2013. Cambodia observed the Forest Day on Tuesday, urging people to plant trees in order to ensure the sustainability of forest and environment. <Xinhua/NEWSis/Sovannara> Cambodian King Norodom Sihamoni speaks on a Forest Day event […]
Visitors watch dolls at World Costumes Dolls Exhibition held in Kuala Lumpur
Visitors watch dolls dressed in Spanish traditional costume during the World Costumes Dolls Exhibition in Kuala Lumpur, in Malaysia, on July 9, 2013. <Xinhua/NEWSis/Chong Voon Chung> A visitor takes photos of dolls dressed in Sri Lankan traditional costume during the World Costumes Dolls Exhibition in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, on July 9, 2013. <Xinhua/NEWSis/Chong Voon Chung> […]
Turkish protesters eat food on Ramadan as form of protest on Gezi Park
Thousands of anti-government protesters have broken their fast for the holy month of Ramadan by sitting down for a meal along a main Istanbul pedestrian street. As a police water cannon stood watch, the protesters on Tuesday laid newspapers and table cloths on the ground along Istiklal street for a makeshift Ramadan banquet that stretched […]
Ramadan, holy month for hundreds of millions of Muslims starts on July 9
Indonesian muslim perform first Tarawih pray in the Istiqlal Mosque, Jakarta, Indonesia, July 9, 2013. The first tarawih pray marks the beginning of the holy month of Ramadan for local Muslims to fast during the month ahead. Indonesian government has set the first fasting on Wednesday, July 10, 2013. <Xinhua/NEWSis/Veri Sanovri> Indonesian Muslims perform an […]
Scrutinizing architectural elements of mosques
Editor’s note: On July 9 this year, hundreds of millions of Muslims are celebrating the first day of the holy month of Ramadan. For this occasion, Dr. Khalid Azab, an Egyptian writer who works as a media director at Alexandria Bibliotheca, Egypt tells about the architectural elements of mosques. Teachings of the Prophet (pbuh) and the principles laid […]
A Hong Kong designer presents shoe and apparels made of candies
Lilian Kan, a Hong Kong designer, presents a candy shoe at Citygate Outlets in south China’s Hong Kong, July 8, 2013. Kan showed her self-designed shoes and apparels made of candies here on Monday. <Xinhua/NEWSis/Li Peng> A model presents a headwear made of candies designed by Hong Kong designer Lilian Kan at Citygate Outlets in […]
14630 river lanterns float on Songhua River for Guinness World Record
River lanterns float on the Songhua River in Jilin City, northeast China’s Jilin Province, July 7, 2013. Some 300 local residents floated a total of 14,630 river lanterns on the Songhua River here on Sunday in the hope of hitting the Guinness World Record for the largest number of river lanterns floated at the same […]
Thai buffalo racers compete during buffalo racing in Chonburi Province
A Thai buffalo racer competes during a buffalo racing in Chonburi Province, Thailand, July 7, 2013. The race was held as a celebration for the arrival of ploughing season. <Xinhua/NEWSis>
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