Vietnamese race at World’s Heritage Hung Kings’ Temple Festival
People race during Hung Kings’ Temple Festival 2013 in Phu Tho province, Vietnam, April 18, 2013. The Hung Kings’ Temple Festival was recognized as the World’s Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) in 2012. <Xinhua/VNA>
The great monk Cho Oh-hyun’s poems published in Arabic
When his poems become our world A good line of verse could bring you amusement for a day. An inspiring poem would then tune your mood for a month. An excellent volume of poetry might set you in heaven for a year. And if you meet a man who lives as a good line in […]
Indian Chaplin fan-club members gesture at celebration of his birthday
Members and supporters of the Charlie Circle, a Charlie Chaplin fan-club, gesture after getting ready for the annual parade to celebrate the birthday of Charlie Chaplin in Adipur, Gujarat state, India, Tuesday, April 16, 2013. Canes in hand and bowler hats firmly in place, dozens of Charlie Chaplin impersonators tramped through the streets of this […]
Sherif Adel: Comics aren’t for kids only
Egyptians are known for their sense of humor, who laughs at almost anything. In many times, this humor is considered a weapon with its own mechanism. That’s what comics and caricature artists do, they put their own ideas and beliefs and ideals into these little dialogue boxes with its unique characters and it’s identical to […]
Hindu devotees throw vermilion powder to celebrate Nepali New Year
Nepalese devotees throw vermilion powder on each other during the Sindur Jatra festival in Thimi, on the outskirts of Kathmandu, Nepal, April 15, 2013. Sindur Jatra, or Vermilion Powder Festival, was held in Thimi, rural area of capital Kathmandu to celebrate the Nepali New Year on Monday. Nepalese devotees carry a palanquin with deities during […]
New Year in Myanmar: people celebrate water festival
Vehicles carrying revelers line up towards a pavilion from where another group of revelers spray water during the traditional Thingyan celebrations in Yangon, Myanmar, Sunday, April 14, 2013. Myanmar celebrated its annual water festival, known as Thingyan, from Saturday, marking the start of the New Year according to the traditional Buddhist calendar. Revelers spray water […]
Indian children lie on the ground as a ritual for Hindu festival
Children are laid on a road as Hindu devotees step over them as part of a ritual during celebration of Shiva Gajan, a Hindu festival in Kolkata, India, Sunday, April 14, 2013. Devotees of Hindu god Shiva believe performing this ritual will ensure fulfillment of their wishes. Children are laid on the ground as Hindu […]
Bangladesh Hindu devotees perform at Charak Puja festival
A Bangladeshi Hindu devotee prepares to hang from a rope with hooks pierced in his back as part of a ritual during the Charak Puja festival in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Sunday, April 14, 2013. A Bangladeshi Hindu devotee carries a child as he hangs in a rope with hooks pierced in his back as part of […]
Paintings exhibition opens in memory of Yushu earthquake
A visitor takes pictures of paintings at an exhibition commemorating the third anniversary of the Yushu earthquake, at the Qinghai Provincial Museum in Xining, capital of northwest China’s Qinghai Province, April 14, 2013. A 7.1-magnitude earthquake hit Yushu on April 14, 2010, leaving 2,698 dead and over 12,000 injured. <Xinhua/Wu Gang>
A young man practices parkour at Taiwan University campus
A young man practices parkour at the campus of Taiwan University in Taipei, southeast China’s Taiwan, April 7, 2013. Parkour is an activity with the aim of moving from one point to another as efficiently and quickly as possible, using principally the abilities of the human body. <Xinhua/Xie Xiudong>
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