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Editorial 4 years ago

A silent Ramadan

The Ramadan fasting month is a time of the year when Muslims can splurge, when they can spend excessively to have the best and most extravagant meals to break the fast.

Art & Culture 5 years ago

Tens of thousands of Hindu devotees take holy plunge in Ganges

Hindu ascetics known as Naga sadhus, many naked apart from a coating of ash and carrying swords or tridents, led the bathers at the Kumbh Mela, or pitcher festival, in the northern town of Haridwar.

National 5 years ago

Bali's open-air burials endure despite COVID-19 crisis

For centuries Bali's Trunyanese people have left their dead to decompose in the open, the bodies placed in bamboo cages until only the skeletons remain.

World 5 years ago

With bird sacrifices and chants, Cuba's Santeria seek protection from coronavirus

"Every day when I get up, I stand on the porch, look up to the sky and ask God to ... send the epidemic away."

National 6 years ago

Some Indonesians try to ward off COVID-19 with talismans, rituals

Villagers in Wajak Kidul hamlet, which is located some 10 kilometers from Tulungagung regency, East Java, have placed homemade masks around their homes as they believe the objects can protect them from the COVID-19 pandemic.

SE Asia 6 years ago

Virus-hit Philippines calls off ritual crucifixions

The Philippines' crucifixion reenactments will be cancelled this year as coronavirus cases climb, said authorities in the city where the annual tourist spectacle is held.

Art & Culture 6 years ago

Confucians uphold cleaning ritual at Kediri temple

To welcome Chinese New Year, Confucians in Kediri, East Java, took part in a traditional ritual.

Art & Culture 6 years ago

Thousands of animals sacrificed in Nepal Hindu ritual amid outcry

Tens of thousands of devout Hindus thronged a temple in southern Nepal where thousands of animals and birds were sacrificed this week, amid an outcry from animal rights activists who said the ritual was a cruel and gruesome spectacle.

Art & Culture 6 years ago

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Parade revives East Nusa Tenggara's Ndora cuisine

Deputy NTT Governor Josef Adrianus Nai Soi said that he got goosebumps upon seeing the harmony of the 1,000 women as they paraded the esu kose, the first ever held in the province.

National 6 years ago

Czech couple pray in cleansing ritual after Bali temple antics

Sabina Dolezalova and her boyfriend Zdenek Slouka set off a firestorm of criticism this week over an online video that showed the woman laughing as she hiked up her skirt while Slouka splashed her backside with holy water.

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A silent Ramadan

Tens of thousands of Hindu devotees take holy plunge in Ganges

Bali's open-air burials endure despite COVID-19 crisis

With bird sacrifices and chants, Cuba's Santeria seek protection from coronavirus

Some Indonesians try to ward off COVID-19 with talismans, rituals

Virus-hit Philippines calls off ritual crucifixions

Confucians uphold cleaning ritual at Kediri temple

Thousands of animals sacrificed in Nepal Hindu ritual amid outcry

PREMIUM Parade revives East Nusa Tenggara's Ndora cuisine

Czech couple pray in cleansing ritual after Bali temple antics

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Parade revives East Nusa Tenggara's Ndora cuisine