World

Celebrations

23 Feb 2022

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Donggang King Boat Ceremony - October 2022

31 Oct 2021

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The triennial Donggang King Boat Ceremony, a week-long event, features a vessel built for Wang Ye, a tutelary deity, parade through the town to expel and prevent the spread of plagues before taken to a local beach at midnight to set the boat on fire and send Wang Ye off back to heaven in Pingtung, Taiwan.

History

18 Feb 2022

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Kumbh Mela

By Vicki Couchman

8 May 2016

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The Kumbh Mela is the biggest spiritual gathering in the World and attracts up to 10 million Hindu pilgrims a day from all corners of India, who believe bathing in the the holy waters during the month long festival will cleanse them of their sins. These holy men gather together on this auspicious morning in a private ritual which has great spiritual significance.~Shot By Vicki Couchman

Kumbh Mela - May 2016

8 May 2016

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The Kumbh Mela is the biggest spiritual gathering in the World and attracts up to 10 million Hindu pilgrims a day from all corners of India, who believe bathing in the the holy waters during the month long festival will cleanse them of their sins. These holy men gather together on this auspicious morning in a private ritual which has great spiritual significance.~Shot By Vicki Couchman

London/Global Movement for Peace in Afghanistan - August 2021

28 Aug 2021

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Activists from the Global Movement for Peace in Afghanistan gather in 41 cities across 17 countries to stand up for Afghanistan, demanding the expansion of the airlift effort for the evacuation of people threatened by the Taliban and a stop to deportations to Afghanistan. Shot By Chiara Fabbro. London, UK. 28th August 2021