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South Asia
Pakistani Kushti wrestlers warm up before daily training session in Lahore
Pakistani Kushti wrestlers warm up before attending their daily training session, at a wrestling club in Lahore, Pakistan, Tuesday, Feb. 26, 2013. Kushti, an Indo-Pakistani form of wrestling, is several thousand years old and is a national sport in Pakistan. Pakistani Kushti wrestlers warm up in the ring before fighting…
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South Asia
People stage colorful parade to celebrate Buddhist festival in Colombo
A Sri Lankan man dressed in traditional clothes carries a statue of Lord Buddha during the annual Buddhist festival of Gangaramaya Temple in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Sunday, Feb. 24, 2013. The procession is the most elegant religious and cultural pageant to be held in Colombo and has secured an important…
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West Asia
Ultra-Orthodox Jewish men celebrate Purim Festival near Tel Aviv, Israel
An ultra-Orthodox Jewish boy wears a costume while celebrating the Purim festival at a synagogue in the town of Bnei Brak near Tel Aviv, Israel, late Sunday, Feb. 24, 2013. The Jewish holiday of Purim commemorates the Jews’ salvation from genocide in ancient Persia, as recounted in the Book of…
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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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