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Art & Culture 6 years ago

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‘Mitoni’: Javanese baby shower teeming with symbolism

There is a good reason on why the number seven keeps reappearing in the centuries-old mitoni.ritual of the Javanese baby shower.

Art & Culture 6 years ago

Blitar coffee factory welcomes harvest with 'manten kopi' ritual

Held on Saturday, the procession was carried out by dozens of Karanganjar Coffee Factory employees as they traveled from a pavilion at the heart of the factory’s complex to the best coffee tree in the plantation.

Art & Culture 6 years ago

Tengger tribe conducts holy water ritual in Wendit Spring

The annual Grebek Tengger Tirto Aji ceremony was conducted on Sunday by the people of the Tengger tribe who live in Malang's villages of Ngadas, Poncokusumo and Gubuk Klakah.

World 6 years ago

End of an era: Japan's emperor kicks off abdication rites

Akihito is handing over the Chrysanthemum Throne to his eldest son, 59-year-old Crown Prince Naruhito, in a series of solemn rituals that also usher in the new imperial era named "Reiwa" -- meaning beautiful harmony -- that will last throughout the new monarch's reign.