Villagers showcase Indian rural arts and craft traditions at a Delhi festival
Villagers of Mubarakpur of Azamgarh District show the handmade sarees at the Festival of Rural Art and Craft of Azamgarh in New Delhi, capital of India, April 4, 2013. The 3-day festival in New Delhi will showcase the arts and craft traditions of three villages in Azamgarh District – Hariharpur which has a heritage of […]
Folk artists perform traditional Chinese fire conferring ritual in Kaifeng
Folk artists take part in a performance of the traditional fire conferring ritual in Kaifeng City, central China’s Henan Province, April 3, 2013. It was an ancient local tradition to build new fire and confer the kindlings on the occasion of Qingming Festival, or Tomb-Sweeping Day, which falls on April 4 this year. <Xinhua/Wang Song>
Five tons of ice cream, the largest in the world, displayed in Tehran
5-tons of ice-cream made by Iranian Choopan dairy is displayed during a ceremony at the Tochal mountainous area of northern Tehran, Iran, Monday, April 1, 2013. Choopan dairy unveiled 5-tons of chocolate ice-cream, the largest in the world, according to the factory officials. <AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi>
Pakistanis celebrate the 424th birth anniversary of Madhu Lal Hussain in Lahore
Pakistani devotees gather at the shrine of Sufi saint Hazrat Shah Hussain, popularly known as Madhu Lal Hussain, in eastern Pakistan’s Lahore on April 1, 2013. The annual festival for his 424th birth anniversary was concluded at Madhu Lal’s shrine. <Xinhua/Jamil Ahmed>
Tourists smear their faces with colored powder to celebrate Hindu festival of Holi
Tourists, faces smeared with colored powder, pose for a photo during a religious spring festival Holi in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Sunday, March 31, 2013. Holi, the Hindu festival of colors, is celebrated by people throwing colored powder and water at each other. Teenagers, faces smeared with colored powder, take a photo with a mobile phone […]
“Car Free Day” event held in Ulan Bator, Mongolia
People ride bicycles to participate in the “Car Free Day” event in Ulan Bator, capital of Mongolia, March 31, 2013. <Xinhua/NEWSis/Shi Yongchun>
Filipino devotees make the Stations of Cross as a religious rite during Holy Week
Filipino devotees make the Stations of the Cross as they carry wooden crosses at the Philippine Center of Saint Pio of Pietrelcina on Thursday, March 28, 2013 in suburban Quezon city, east of Manila, Philippines. Devotees practice different religious rites during the Holy Week in this predominantly Roman Catholic country. <AP Photo/NEWSis/Aaron Favila> Cristina from […]
Catholic clergy take part at Washing of Feet ceremony at church in Jerusalem
Members of the Catholic clergy hold candles as they take part in a procession at the Catholic Washing of the Feet ceremony in the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem’s Old City during Holy Week on March 28, 2013. Holy Week is celebrated in many Christian traditions during the week before Easter. <Xinhua/NEWSis/Muammar Awad>
Hindu devotees stage Huranga game between men and women at a temple near Mathura, India
Devotees play “Huranga” at Dauji temple near Mathura, India, March 28, 2013. Huranga is a game between men and women a day after Holi festival (the festival of colors). <Xinhua/NEWSis/Stringer>
A boy sells flowers at a pagoda in Mandalay, Myanmar
A boy sells fresh flowers to Buddhist devotees at Mahamyatmuni pagoda in Mandalay, Myanmar, Thursday, March 28, 2013. <AP Photo/NEWSis/Gemunu Amarasinghe>
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