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| | Subject: Re: Rites Around the World Thu Jan 31, 2013 9:39 am | |
|  Hindu devotees wait to get off a boat after visiting a temple on a small island in the River Yamuna during Karthik Purnima in New Delhi, India, Wednesday, Nov. 28, 2012. | |
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| | Subject: Re: Rites Around the World Thu Jan 31, 2013 9:48 am | |
|  Hindu devotees gather on the banks of the River Ganges to take holy dips during Karthik Purnima in Haridwar, India, Wednesday, Nov. 28, 2012. | |
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| | Subject: Re: Rites Around the World Thu Jan 31, 2013 9:50 am | |
|  Hindu devotees offer prayers after taking holy dips in the River Ganges at Sonepur, in the eastern Indian state of Bihar, Wednesday, Nov. 28, 2012. | |
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| | Subject: Re: Rites Around the World Thu Jan 31, 2013 9:53 am | |
|  Hindu devotees apply oil on their bodies after taking a holy dip in river Ganges ahead of "Kumbh Mela" (Pitcher Festival) in the northern Indian city of Allahabad January 12, 2013. During the festival, Hindus take part in a religious gathering on the banks of the river Ganges. "Kumbh Mela" will return to Allahabad in 12 years. | |
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| | Subject: Re: Rites Around the World Thu Jan 31, 2013 9:57 am | |
|  Hindu devotees take a dip during the first "Shahi Snan" (grand bath) at the ongoing "Kumbh Mela", or Pitcher Festival, in the northern Indian city of Allahabad January 14, 2013. Upwards of a million elated Hindu holy men and pilgrims took a bracing plunge in India's sacred Ganges river to wash away lifetimes of sins on Monday, in a raucous start to an ever-growing religious gathering that is already the world's largest. | |
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| | Subject: Re: Rites Around the World Thu Jan 31, 2013 10:02 am | |
|  INDIA. Uttar Pradesh. Allahabad. 2001. Sadhus walking towards the Ganges to take a bath at the Kumbha Mela Festival. photo Steve McCurry | |
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| | Subject: Re: Rites Around the World Thu Jan 31, 2013 10:02 am | |
|  INDIA. Uttar Pradesh. Allahabad. 2001. Drying off after holy dip in the Ganges, Kumbha Mela Festival. photo Steve McCurry | |
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| | Subject: Re: Rites Around the World Thu Jan 31, 2013 10:03 am | |
|  Naga Sadhu, Kumbh Mela Festival. photo Steve McCurry | |
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| | Subject: Re: Rites Around the World Thu Jan 31, 2013 10:19 am | |
|  An Indian Hindu holy man, or Naga Sadhu, swings his head as he bathes at Sangam, the confluence of the rivers Ganges, Yamuna and mythical Saraswati, during the royal bath on Makar Sankranti at the start of the Maha Kumbh Mela in Allahabad, India, Monday, Jan. 14, 2013. Millions of Hindu pilgrims are expected to take part in the large religious congregation that lasts more than 50 days on the banks of Sangam during the Maha Kumbh Mela in January 2013, which falls every 12th year. | |
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| | Subject: Re: Rites Around the World Thu Jan 31, 2013 10:24 am | |
|  A Sadhu or a Hindu holy man applies ashes on his body after taking a dip during the first 'Shahi Snan' (grand bath) at the ongoing "Kumbh Mela", or Pitcher Festival, in the northern Indian city of Allahabad January 14, 2013. | |
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| | Subject: Re: Rites Around the World Thu Jan 31, 2013 10:35 am | |
|  Hindu devotees take a holy dip during the first "Shahi Snan" (grand bath) at the ongoing "Kumbh Mela", or Pitcher Festival, in the northern Indian city of Allahabad January 14, 2013. | |
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| | Subject: Re: Rites Around the World Thu Jan 31, 2013 10:38 am | |
|  Hindu devotees take dip during the first "Shahi Snan" (grand bath) at the ongoing "Kumbh Mela", or Pitcher Festival, in the northern Indian city of Allahabad January 14, 2013. | |
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| | Subject: Re: Rites Around the World Thu Jan 31, 2013 10:39 am | |
|  Hindu devotees gather to attend the first 'Shahi Snan' (grand bath) at the ongoing "Kumbh Mela", or Pitcher Festival, in the northern Indian city of Allahabad January 14, 2013. | |
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| | Subject: Re: Rites Around the World Thu Jan 31, 2013 10:43 am | |
|  A Sadhu, or a Hindu holy man, performs morning prayers on the banks of the river Ganges ahead of the "Kumbh Mela" (Pitcher Festival) in the northern Indian city of Allahabad January 13, 2013. | |
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| | Subject: Re: Rites Around the World Thu Jan 31, 2013 10:48 am | |
|  Hindu devotees get dressed after taking dip during the first "Shahi Snan" (grand bath) at the ongoing "Kumbh Mela", or Pitcher Festival, in the northern Indian city of Allahabad January 14, 2013. | |
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| | Subject: Re: Rites Around the World Thu Jan 31, 2013 10:49 am | |
|  Hindu devotees pray as they attend the first "Shahi Snan" (grand bath) at the ongoing "Kumbh Mela", or Pitcher Festival, in the northern Indian city of Allahabad January 14, 2013. | |
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| | Subject: Re: Rites Around the World Thu Jan 31, 2013 11:47 am | |
|  A Saudi woman attends the traditional Arda dance, or War dance, during the Janadriyah Festival of Heritage and Culture, on the outskirts of the Saudi capital Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Thursday, April 1, 2010. | |
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| | Subject: Re: Rites Around the World Thu Jan 31, 2013 11:53 am | |
|  A Sadhu, or Hindu holy man, prays after taking a holy dip in the River Ganges during the Kumbh Mela in Haridwar, India, Thursday, April 1, 2010. Devout Hindus bathe in the Ganges during the months-long festival, expected to attract more than 10 million people, with the belief that it will cleanse them of their sins and free them from the cycle of life and rebirth. | |
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| | Subject: Re: Rites Around the World Thu Jan 31, 2013 12:12 pm | |
|  A naked Holy Hindi man takes a dip in the Ganges River during the main Royal Bath at the Kumbh Mela festival in Haridwar, India, Wednesday, April 14, 2010. Nearly 8 million people converged on the banks of the river Wednesday for one of the most auspicious bathing days of the festival that ends April 28. | |
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| | Subject: Re: Rites Around the World Thu Jan 31, 2013 1:07 pm | |
|  Orthodox Christians immerse themselves in the Jordan River at a baptism ceremony, during Holy Week, at Qasr el Yahud near the West Bank town of Jericho, Wednesday, March 31, 2010. The site is traditionally believed by many to be the place where Jesus was baptized. | |
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| | Subject: Re: Rites Around the World Sun Feb 03, 2013 9:34 am | |
|  Participants dressed as Vikings prepare to participate in the annual Up Helly Aa festival in Lerwick, Shetland Islands on Jan. 29, 2013. Up Helly Aa celebrates the influence of the Scandinavian Vikings in the Shetland Islands and culminates with up to 1,000 men in costume throwing flaming torches into their Viking longboat and setting it on fire later in the evening. | |
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| | Subject: Re: Rites Around the World Sun Feb 03, 2013 9:35 am | |
|  Participants dressed as Vikings pose on their longboat during the annual Up Helly Aa festival in Lerwick, Shetland Islands on Jan. 29, 2013. | |
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| | Subject: Re: Rites Around the World Sun Feb 03, 2013 9:40 am | |
|  Participants dressed as Vikings pose beside their longboat during the annual Up Helly Aa festival in Lerwick, Shetland Islands on Jan. 29, 2013. | |
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| | Subject: Re: Rites Around the World Sun Feb 03, 2013 9:41 am | |
|  Participants dressed as Vikings march past during the annual Up Helly Aa festival in Lerwick, Shetland Islands on Jan. 29, 2013. | |
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| | Subject: Re: Rites Around the World Sun Feb 03, 2013 9:46 am | |
|  Participants dressed as Vikings march past during the annual Up Helly Aa festival in Lerwick, Shetland Islands on Jan. 29, 2013. | |
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