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East Asia
Japanese Youths Walk In The Snow After Attending Coming Of Age Ceremony At A Park In Tokyo
Dressed in Japanese kimonos, Japanese youths who have turned or will turn 20-year-old this year, the traditional age of adulthood in Japan, walk in the snow following a Coming of Age ceremony at an amusement park in Tokyo Monday, Jan. 14, 2013. <AP Photo/Shizuo Kambayashi> Young girls dressed in traditional…
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East Asia
Rare photos of past Korean society to be shown in Japan
Two old men, dressed in traditional Korean garb, face the camera, one performing what seems like a traditional dance move, are seen against the sea off Jindo, South Jeolla Province. Japanese photographer Takumi Fujimoto captured during the 1970s and ’80s what he saw as exotic and rare scenes that revealed…
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South Asia
People Pray At Ganges River In Varanasi On The Occasion Of Makar Sankranti, A Hindu Holy Day
People worship on the bank of the River Ganges on the eve of Makar Sankranti in the temple town of Varanasi, Jan. 13, 2013. A large number of Hindu pilgrims converged for the Gangasagar Fair on the occasion of Makar Sankranti, a holy day of the Hindu calendar during which…
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South Asia
Naked Hindu Holy Men Talk Ahead Of Maha Kumbh Festival In Allahabad, India
Naked Hindu holy men, or a Naga Sadhus, talk in their camp after arriving at Sangam, the confluence of the rivers Ganges, Yamuna and mythical Saraswati, ahead of the Maha Kumbh festival in Allahabad, India, Sunday Jan. 13, 2013. Millions of Hindu pilgrims are expected to take part in the…
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South Asia
Ashraf’s novels studied in way of fictional narration at University Of Calicut, India
“The Poetic Discourse of the fictional narration in Ashraf Aboul-Yazid’s Novels” is the title approved by University of Calicut for Mrs. Sabeena K. to study to works of the Egyptian poet and novelist Ashraf Aboul-Yazid. The topic was approved in April 26th. 2012, under the supervising of Dr. Moideenkutty A.B.…
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West Asia
Zina, a young cartoonist, depicts her comics with a “revolutionary” sense
Born in Cairo of Greek-Lebanese parents, taught in Canada, and arrived back to Lebanon, the country of her parents, those aspects made the cosmopolitan profile of the young artist Ms. Pert Zina Mufarrij, the artist who makes Zina Comics, to express herself, and her love, which is not a blind…
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South East Asia
Scenery In Bagan, Myanmar, Amazing Enough To Be Said Picturesque
This December 2012 photo shows agriculture and a few of the over 2200 Pagodas found in Bagan, Myanmar. In this December 2012 photo monks pray before eating at the Buddhist Kaleywatawye Monastery in Yangon, Myanmar. This December 2012 photo shows a woman sifting plum seeds used in the manufacture of…
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South East Asia
Gulls Fly To Bang Pu Seaside Resort Near Bangkok To Avoid Cold Weather
People watch gulls in Bang Pu Seaside Resort of Bang Pu district in Samut Prakarn province near Bangkok, Thailand, Jan. 10, 2013. The gulls fly to the resort to avoid cold weather. Gulls are seen in Bang Pu Seaside Resort of Bang Pu district in Samut Prakarn province near Bangkok,…
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East Asia
New Year Decorations Put Up In Street Of Suzhou City, East China
Citizens walk past the New Year decorations in Suzhou City, east China’s Jiangsu Province, Jan. 10, 2013. Tourists pose for photos in front of the New Year decorations in shape of snake in Suzhou City, east China’s Jiangsu Province, Jan. 10, 2013. The lunar year 2013 is the “Year of…
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Central Asia
Archbishops Get Together In Tbilisi To Mark 80th Anniversary Of Georgian Orthodox Church
Archbishop of Constantinople, Patriarch Bartholomew I, left, and Georgian Orthodox Patriarch Ilia II, right, talk during their meeting in Tbilisi, Georgia, Thursday, Jan. 10, 2013. Bartholomew I arrived in Georgia to mark the 80-year anniversary of the Georgian Orthodox Church. <AP/NEWSis>
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