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Yi ethnic group celebrates Torch Festival in southwest China’s Baoshang Village

Yi ethnic group celebrates Torch Festival in southwest China’s Baoshang Village

A man of Yi ethnic group attends an activity celebrating the Torch Festival in Baoshang Village of Longlin Autonomous County of All Nationalities, southwest China’s Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, July 31, 2013. The Torch Festival, which falls around the 24th day of the sixth Chinese lunar month every year, is the traditional holiday of the […]

Bulls fight against each other in torch festival in China’s Yunnan Provance

Bulls fight against each other in torch festival in China’s Yunnan Provance

Two bulls fight with each other in the torch festival of Yi ethnic group in Yi Autonomous County of Shilin, southwest China’s Yunnan Province, July 30, 2013. Working staff pull back a bull which chases after another defeated bull during the torch festival of Yi ethnic group in Yi Autonomous County of Shilin, southwest China’s […]

Indian artists perform in Hindu goddess Kali costume during Bonalu folk festival

Indian artists perform in Hindu goddess Kali costume during Bonalu folk festival

Indian security men watch artists dressed like Hindu goddess Kali perform during Bonalu festival in Hyderabad, India, Monday, July 29, 2013. Bonalu is a Hindu folk festival of the Telangana region in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. <AP Photo/NEWSis/Mahesh Kumar A.> An Indian artist dressed like Hindu goddess Kali performs during Bonalu festival in […]

North Korea celebrates 60th anniversary of armistice ending Korean War

North Korea celebrates 60th anniversary of armistice ending Korean War

Goose-stepping soldiers, columns of tanks and a broad array of ominous-looking missiles poised on mobile launchers paraded through Pyongyang’s main square on Saturday in a painstakingly choreographed military pageant intended to strike fear into North Korea’s adversaries and rally its people behind young ruler Kim Jong Un on the 60th anniversary of the armistice that […]

Tracing history of Buddhism in Sindh

Tracing history of Buddhism in Sindh

I had always found myself very close to Buddhism. May be it was because we Sindhis (natives of Sindh, the land of great Indus civilization, now a province of Pakistan) are by nature Sufis (Mysticism) believing in inter-faith harmony, brotherhood, non-violence and wishing best for progress and prosperity of the universe, as prayed by our […]

Participants march to mark N. Korea’s 60th anniversary of end of Korean War

Participants march to mark N. Korea’s 60th anniversary of end of Korean War

North Korean military band performs during a ceremony prior to an international peace march at the Three Charters for National Reunification Memorial Tower in Pyongyang, North Korea on Wednesday, July 24, 2013. Overseas Koreans and delegations of international organizations are in the city as the country prepares to mark the 60th anniversary of the end […]

[Malaysia Report] Georgetown, a lifeful ‘mirroring art street’

Penang is an island off that northwestern coast of Penisular Malaysia, which has nice beaches though a little lackluster when compared to some other states in Malaysia. Penang is rich with multicultural histories of Malay, Chinese, Indian and European influences as well as known as “food paradise” of Malaysia. Georgetown is the capital city of […]

UK’s Prince William and Kate pose with their new-born baby boy at hospital

UK’s Prince William and Kate pose with their new-born baby boy at hospital

Britain’s Prince William, right, and Kate, Duchess of Cambridge hold the Prince of Cambridge, Tuesday July 23, 2013, as they pose for photographers outside St. Mary’s Hospital exclusive Lindo Wing in London where the Duchess gave birth on Monday July 22. The Royal couple are expected to head to London?s Kensington Palace from the hospital […]

“It’s a boy!” UK’s Duchess of Cambridge finally gives birth to royal baby

“It’s a boy!” UK’s Duchess of Cambridge finally gives birth to royal baby

Champagne bottles popped and shouts of “Hip! Hip! Hooray!” erupted outside Buckingham Palace on Monday as Britain welcomed the birth of Prince William and his wife Kate’s first child, a boy who is now third in line to the British throne. Hundreds of Britons and tourists broke into song and dance outside the palace gates […]

Thai people celebrate arrival of three-month retreat ‘Vassa’ with candles

Thai people celebrate arrival of three-month retreat ‘Vassa’ with candles

Boats decorated with flowers sail on a canal in Ayutthaya province, Thailand, July 22, 2013. People celebrated the arrival of Vassa with candles and flowers on Monday in Thailand. This day is also called “Candle Festival” in English by foreigners. Vassa is the three-month annual retreat observed by monks and Buddhist ascetics. The Vassa 2013 […]

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