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Visitors light candles in the Church of the Nativity, the site revered as the birthplace of Jesus, ahead of Christmas in the West Bank
town of Bethlehem December 23, 2013.
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Dancers from Romania's northeastern region of Moldova perform the "bear" dance, a ritual for good luck in the New Year, during a
traditional parade in Comanesti, 300 km northeast of Bucharest December 30, 2013.
In pre-Christian rural traditions dancers used to tour from house to house in villages while singing and dancing to ward off evil.
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Men dressed as Vikings take part in the torchlight procession as it makes its way through Edinburgh for the start of the Hogmanay
celebrations on December 30, 2013 in Edinburgh, Scotland.
Around 80,000 people are expected in the city for the traditional New Year celebrations, which run over three days. Tickets have been bought for the event by people from over sixty different countries.
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A Nepalese Gurung community woman in traditional attire smiles as she dances during Tamu Loshar in Katmandu, Nepal,
Monday, Dec. 30, 2013.
Tamu Loshar is the New Year of the Gurung community, an indigenous community who also call themselves "Tamu."
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Shinto priests take part in a ritual to bid farewell to 2013 and prepare for the arrival of the new year at the Meiji Shrine in Tokyo
December 31, 2013.
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Buddhist monks hold candle lights during New Year's Eve celebrations at Bongeun Buddhist temple in Seoul, South Korea, Jan. 1, 2014.
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Shinto priests walk past lanterns after a ritual to usher in the New Year at the Meiji Shrine in Tokyo December 31, 2013.
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A Buddhist woman attaches her name card on a lantern ahead of the new year at Chogye Buddhist temple in Seoul, South Korea,
Tuesday, Dec. 31, 2013.
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Balinese children wearing traditional costumes dance during a parade for this year's last sundown in Bali island, Indonesia on New
Year's Eve, Tuesday, Dec. 31, 2013.
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A wooden cross is on the air as swimmers jump to retrieve it during a ceremony to bless the water in Greece's Flisvos beach, at Paleo
Faliro near Athens on Monday, Jan. 6, 2014.
Similar ceremonies to mark Epiphany were held across Greece on river banks, seafronts and lakes. An Orthodox priest throws a cross into the water and swimmers race to be the first to retrieve it.
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Believers sing and dance in the icy water of the river Tundzha as they celebrate Epiphany day, a Christian festival, in the town of
Kalofer, Bulgaria, Monday, Jan. 6, 2014.
Traditionally, an Eastern Orthodox priest throws a cross in the river and it is believed that the one who retrieves it will be healthy through the year.
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Pope Francis holds the pastoral staff as he leaves after celebrating a Mass in St. Peter's Basilica, at the Vatican, to mark Epiphany,
Monday, Jan. 6, 2014.
The Epiphany day, is a joyous day for Catholics in which they recall the journey of the Three Kings, or Magi, to pay homage to Baby Jesus.
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Men jump into the waters of a lake in an attempt to grab a wooden cross on Epiphany Day in Sofia January 6, 2014.
Orthodox priests throughout the country bless the waters by throwing a cross into it as worshippers try to retrieve the cross. It is strongly believed that catching the cross brings health and prosperity to the person who catches it.
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Mohamed El Senosy, 55, decorates traditional horse shape sugar candy in preparation for the celebration Prophet Muhammad's
birthday, at a small factory at Bab El Baher in old Cairo January 7, 2014.
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Participants march on the street during "Alilo", a religious procession, to celebrate the Orthodox Christmas in Tbilisi,
January 7, 2014.
Most Orthodox Christians celebrate Christmas according to the Julian calendar on January 7, two weeks after most western Christian churches that abide by the Gregorian calendar.
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A devotee offers prayer by crawling on the ground during the first day of Swasthani Brata Katha festival in Kathmandu January 16, 2014.
The month-long festival, dedicated to God Madhavnarayan and Goddess Swasthani, involves the recitation of folk tales about miraculous feats performed by them in many Hindu households.
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A Hindu devotee takes a ritual shower before he starts his pilgrimage to the sacred Batu Caves Temple during Thaipusam festival
outside Kuala Lumpur January 16, 2014.
Thousands of Hindus, who comprise over eight percent of the 29 million Malaysia's population, participate in the annual Hindu thanksgiving festival in which devotees subject themselves to painful rituals in a demonstration of faith and penance held in honour of Lord Subramaniam. Thaipusam will be held on January 17.
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Pope Francis watches as children release doves during the Angelus prayer in Saint Peter's square at the Vatican January 26, 2014.
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The Guizer Jarl, Ivor Cluness and his Jarl Squad march through the streets of Lerwick on January 28, 2014, in the Shetland Islands, Scotland.
The traditional festival of fire is known as 'Up Helly Aa'. The spectacular event takes place annually on the last Tuesday of January. The climax of the day comes with participants in full costume hauling a Viking longboat through the streets of Lerwick to the edge of town where up to 1000 people parade and throw their flaming torches into the galley.
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Nepalese Hindu women fill vessels with water from the Bagmati River, holy to them, to offer prayers during Madhav Narayan festival
in Katmandu, Nepal, Thursday, Jan. 30, 2014.
During this month long festival, devotees recite Holy Scriptures dedicated to Hindu goddess Swasthani and Hindu god Lord Shiva. Unmarried women pray to get a good husband while those married pray for the longevity of their husbands by observing a month long fast during the festival.
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Devotees offer prayers before taking a holy bath in the Bagmati River at Pashupatinath Temple during the Swasthani Bratakatha
festival in Kathmandu January 30, 2014.
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Devotees fill their vessels with water, which is considered to be holy, from the Bagmati River at Pashupatinath Temple during the
Swasthani Bratakatha festival in Kathmandu January 30, 2014.
The month-long festival, dedicated to God Madhavnarayan and Goddess Swasthani, involves the recitation of folk tales about miraculous feats performed by them in many Hindu households.
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Folk dancers hold horse models as they prepare to take part in a traditional horse dance on the first day of the Chinese Lunar New
Year, which welcomes the Year of the Horse, at the Longtan park in Beijing January 31, 2014.
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A monk rubs his eye as temple goers pray on the first day of the Chinese Lunar New Year at Yonghegong Lama Temple in Beijing
Friday, Jan. 31, 2014.
Millions across China are celebrating the arrival of the Lunar New Year, the year of the horse.
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Cai Sen Ye (God of Fortune) gives Ang Pao to worshipers at the Hong San Ko Tee Temple during Chinese New year Celebrations
on January 31, 2014 in Surabaya, Indonesia.
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