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Owlet
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| | Subject: Re: Rites Around the World Sat Dec 22, 2012 4:02 pm | |
|  Peruvian shamans perform a ritual at a beach to prevent the end of the world, in Lima December 20, 2012. Shamans performed several rituals to calm believers and ward off the end of the world predictions. At sunrise on Friday, an era closes in the Maya Long Count calendar, an event that has been likened by different groups to the end of days, the start of a new, more spiritual age. | |
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Owlet
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| | Subject: Re: Rites Around the World Sat Dec 22, 2012 4:05 pm | |
|  A participant holds up a sky lantern to be launched in Zagreb December 20, 2012. The event "Kapulica & Lanterns", organized by contemporary artist Kresimir Tadija Kapulica as part of the ArtOmat Fair ahead of Christmas, involves people releasing about a thousand lanterns to symbolize sending own wishes to the universe. | |
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Owlet
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| | Subject: Re: Rites Around the World Sat Dec 22, 2012 4:38 pm | |
|  Cuban spiritualist, fortune teller and witch Mayra performs a Santeria ritual in her home in Havana, November 28, 2012. Mayra is a practitioner of Santeria, a fusion of religions of West African origin and Roman Catholic Christianity. It was not allowed after the 1959 revolution but was eventually tolerated and thrives even up to today. Apart from being widely popular in Cuba, Santeria has also spread to the United States and other nearby countries. | |
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Owlet
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| | Subject: Re: Rites Around the World Tue Dec 25, 2012 9:10 am | |
|  A Christian worshipper prays inside the Grotto at the Church of Nativity, traditionally believed by Christians to be the birthplace of Jesus Christ, in the West Bank town of Bethlehem, Monday, Dec. 24, 2012. Thousands of Christian worshippers and tourists arrived in Bethlehem on Monday to mark Christmas at the site many believe Jesus Christ was born. | |
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Owlet
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| | Subject: Re: Rites Around the World Tue Dec 25, 2012 9:12 am | |
|  A Christian worshiper walks out of the Church of Nativity, traditionally believed by Christians to be the birthplace of Jesus Christ, in the West Bank town of Bethlehem, Monday, Dec. 24, 2012. | |
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Owlet
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| | Subject: Re: Rites Around the World Tue Dec 25, 2012 9:16 am | |
|  Musicians perform on stage in Manger Square, outside the Church of the Nativity, the site revered as the birthplace of Jesus, on Christmas eve in the West Bank town of Bethlehem December 24, 2012. | |
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Owlet
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| | Subject: Re: Rites Around the World Tue Dec 25, 2012 9:38 am | |
|  Christian boys from Nigeria walk outside the Church of Nativity, traditionally believed by Christians to be the birthplace of Jesus Christ, in the West Bank town of Bethlehem, Monday, Dec. 24, 2012. | |
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Owlet
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| | Subject: Re: Rites Around the World Tue Dec 25, 2012 9:52 am | |
|  A member of the clergy holds a cross as he waits for the arrival of the Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem Fouad Twal outside the Church of the Nativity, the site revered as the birthplace of Jesus, in the West Bank city of Bethlehem December 24, 2012. | |
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Owlet
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| | Subject: Re: Rites Around the World Tue Dec 25, 2012 9:54 am | |
|  Christian worshippers from Nigeria pray in the Grotto of the Church of Nativity, traditionally believed by Christians to be the birthplace of Jesus Christ, in the West Bank town of Bethlehem, Monday, Dec. 24, 2012. | |
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Owlet
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| | Subject: Re: Rites Around the World Tue Dec 25, 2012 9:58 am | |
|  A Catholic pilgrim prays at the Church of Nativity, traditionally believed by Christians to be the birthplace of Jesus Christ, in the West Bank town of Bethlehem, Monday, Dec. 24, 2012. | |
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Owlet
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| | Subject: Re: Rites Around the World Tue Dec 25, 2012 10:01 am | |
|  A Catholic pilgrim looks at lit candles outside of the Grotto at the Church of Nativity, traditionally believed by Christians to be the birthplace of Jesus Christ, in the West Bank town of Bethlehem, Monday, Dec. 24, 2012. | |
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Owlet
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| | Subject: Re: Rites Around the World Tue Dec 25, 2012 10:21 am | |
|  Nigerian pilgrims visit the Church of Nativity, the site revered by Christians as Jesus' birthplace, in the West Bank town of Bethlehem December 24, 2012. | |
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Owlet
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| | Subject: Re: Rites Around the World Tue Dec 25, 2012 10:36 am | |
|  Orthodox Christian priests wait for the arrival of the Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem Fouad Twal at the entrance of the Church of the Nativity, the site revered as the birthplace of Jesus, in the West Bank city of Bethlehem December 24, 2012. | |
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Owlet
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| | Subject: Re: Rites Around the World Tue Dec 25, 2012 10:40 am | |
|  Members of the clergy wait for the arrival of the Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem Fouad Twal outside the Church of the Nativity, the site revered as the birthplace of Jesus, in the West Bank city of Bethlehem December 24, 2012. | |
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| | Subject: Re: Rites Around the World Tue Dec 25, 2012 10:44 am | |
|  The Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem Fouad Twal prepares to bless the crowd outside the Church of the Nativity, the site revered as the birthplace of Jesus, in the West Bank city of Bethlehem December 24, 2012. | |
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Owlet
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| | Subject: Re: Rites Around the World Tue Dec 25, 2012 10:46 am | |
|  Nigerian pilgrims sit inside the Church of Nativity, the site revered by Christians as Jesus' birthplace, in the West Bank town of Bethlehem December 24, 2012. | |
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| | Subject: Re: Rites Around the World Tue Dec 25, 2012 12:17 pm | |
|  A visitor leans on a column inside the Church of Nativity, the site revered by Christians as Jesus' birthplace, ahead of Christmas in the West Bank town of Bethlehem December 24, 2012. | |
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Owlet
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| | Subject: Re: Rites Around the World Tue Dec 25, 2012 12:38 pm | |
|  Nigerian pilgrims pray in the Church of Nativity, the site revered by Christians as Jesus' birthplace, in the West Bank town of Bethlehem December 24, 2012. | |
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Owlet
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| | Subject: Re: Rites Around the World Tue Dec 25, 2012 12:46 pm | |
|  Nigerian pilgrims pray in the grotto of the Church of Nativity in the West Bank town of Bethlehem December 24, 2012. The church is built over the grotto where Christians believe the Virgin Mary gave birth to Jesus. | |
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Owlet
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| | Subject: Re: Rites Around the World Tue Dec 25, 2012 12:49 pm | |
|  A visitor stands inside the Church of Nativity, the site revered by Christians as Jesus' birthplace, ahead of Christmas in the West Bank town of Bethlehem December 23, 2012. | |
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Owlet
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| | Subject: Re: Rites Around the World Tue Dec 25, 2012 12:53 pm | |
|  A nun walks through the Church of Nativity, the site revered by Christians as Jesus' birthplace, ahead of Christmas in the West Bank town of Bethlehem December 23, 2012. | |
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Owlet
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| | Subject: Re: Rites Around the World Tue Dec 25, 2012 1:03 pm | |
|  People walk through the Church of Nativity, the site revered by Christians as Jesus' birthplace, ahead of Christmas in the West Bank town of Bethlehem December 23, 2012. | |
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Owlet
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| | Subject: Re: Rites Around the World Tue Dec 25, 2012 1:05 pm | |
|  A visitor lights a candle inside the Church of Nativity, the site revered by Christians as Jesus' birthplace, in the West Bank town of Bethlehem December 23, 2012. | |
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Owlet
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| | Subject: Re: Rites Around the World Tue Dec 25, 2012 1:08 pm | |
|  A man cleans a chandelier inside the Church of the Nativity, the site revered as the birthplace of Jesus, ahead of Christmas in the West Bank town of Bethlehem December 22, 2012. | |
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Owlet
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| | Subject: Re: Rites Around the World Tue Dec 25, 2012 1:11 pm | |
|  A man sits inside the Church of the Nativity, the site revered as the birthplace of Jesus, ahead of Christmas in the West Bank town of Bethlehem December 22, 2012. | |
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