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South East Asia
People dance in celebration of Chinese Lantern Festival in Malacca, Malaysia
Malaysians perform lion and dragon dances to celebrate the traditional Chinese Lantern Festival in Malacca, Malaysia, on Feb. 24, 2013. Malaysians perform lion dance to celebrate the traditional Chinese Lantern Festival in Malacca, Malaysia, on Feb. 24, 2013. <Xinhua/Chong Voon Chung>
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West Asia
[Novel] The Road to Shamawes ⑤
[7] Near Shamawes, and on the road to Tura, small groups of gypsies live in canvas and tin slums. Nothing shows they are alive except the lean animals grazing near them, some dogs which bark at night and a few she-goats’ bleatings. You see them in the village of Shamawes…
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South Asia
A man competes in Kalavayal race during post-harvest festival in Kakoor, India
A man participates in the “Kakkoor Kalavayal” race during post-harvest festival in Kakkoor, around 30 km from Kochi, India, Feb. 18, 2013. <Xinhua/Stringer>
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East Asia
Tibetan residents celebrate Shangju Festival in Sichuyan Province, China
People of the Tibetan ethnic group perform at the Shangjiu Festival in Baoxing County, southwest China’s Sichuan Province, Feb. 18, 2013. The residents of Tibetan ethnic group in Baoxing on Monday celebrated the annual Shangjiu Festival, which means the 9th day of Chinese Lunar New Year, to express the respect…
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East Asia
A Spanish folk artist poses with a Shehuo perfomer in Luoyang, China
File photo taken on April 27, 2002 shows villagers gathering on a rooftop to watch a Shehuo performance in Wangwu Township of Jiyuan, central China’s Henan Province. The performance of Shehuo can be traced back to ancient rituals held by ancestors of the Chinese people to worship the earth, which…
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East Asia
A love that never dies
‘Phantom’ has an inspirational muse in Noh For Koreans, Andrew Lloyd Webber couldn’t have come up with a better name than “Love Never Dies’’ for the sequel to his world-conquering “The Phantom of the Opera.’’ There is no other way to describe their insatiable appetite for the iconic Broadway musical…
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Culture
Fine Art Ukraine 2013 opens at Kiev Art Center
A visitor takes photos of a painting during Fine Art Ukraine 2013, a contemporary art exhibition, which opens at the Kiev’s art center Mystetskyi Arsenal on Feb. 14, 2013. For the fourth time, Fine Art Ukraine traditionally demonstrates the wide spectrum of contemporary visual arts — painting, graphics, sculpture, and…
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East Asia
Macao attracts some 257,000 tourists during Spring Festival
Tourists choose to buy desserts at a scenic spot during the Spring Festival holidays in Macao, south China, Feb. 14, 2013. According to the statistics, the totoal number of people entering and exiting all ports of Macao reached 257,000 Thursday. Tourists visit a scenic spot during the Spring Festival holidays…
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East Asia
Korean Faces Brought Alive by an Egyptian Brush
Artist Basma Ibrahim: Korean Faces by an Egyptian Brush We can talk a lot about the significant impact of contemporary Korean drama on the Arab audience. You could easily realize how much this drama is watched by a large number of us, including admirers of young men and ladies who are…
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South East Asia
A couple celebrates after winning world’s longest kiss contest in Pattaya
Celebrating their world record longest kiss, are Akechai Tiranarat, left, and Laksana Tiranarat, after winning the World’s Longest Continuous Kiss contest, with a Guinness World Record time of 58 hours, 35 minutes, 58 seconds, in Pattaya, southeastern Thailand, Thursday, Feb. 14, 2013. <AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit>
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