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3 March 2024
Tari Topeng, or Mask Dance, is being performed before a cleansing ceremony called 'Melasti' at Segara Temple in Jakarta, Indonesia, on March 3, 2024. Indonesian Hindus believe that performing the Melasti ritual is essential ahead of Nyepi Day, The Day of Silence, to cleanse the soul and nature, recharge the supernatural power of the temples' sacred objects, and cleanse the temple paraphernalia. Nyepi Day is a national holiday in Indonesia, dedicated to self-reflection and abstaining from distractions such as entertainment. According to the Indonesian Hindu calendar, Nyepi officially falls on Monday, March 11, 2024, following the new moon. The celebration lasts for 24 hours, starting at 6 AM and continuing until 6 AM on March 12.
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3 March 2024
Tari Topeng, or Mask Dance, is being performed before a cleansing ceremony called 'Melasti' at Segara Temple in Jakarta, Indonesia, on March 3, 2024. Indonesian Hindus believe that performing the Melasti ritual is essential ahead of Nyepi Day, The Day of Silence, to cleanse the soul and nature, recharge the supernatural power of the temples' sacred objects, and cleanse the temple paraphernalia. Nyepi Day is a national holiday in Indonesia, dedicated to self-reflection and abstaining from distractions such as entertainment. According to the Indonesian Hindu calendar, Nyepi officially falls on Monday, March 11, 2024, following the new moon. The celebration lasts for 24 hours, starting at 6 AM and continuing until 6 AM on March 12.
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3 March 2024
Indonesian Hindu devotees are parading and bringing offerings during a cleansing ceremony called 'Melasti' in a slum area in Cilincing, Jakarta, Indonesia, on March 3, 2024. They believe that performing the Melasti ritual is essential ahead of Nyepi Day, The Day of Silence, to cleanse the soul and nature, recharge the supernatural power of the temples' sacred objects, and cleanse the temple paraphernalia. Nyepi Day is a national holiday in Indonesia, dedicated to self-reflection and abstaining from distractions such as entertainment. In 2024, according to the Indonesian Hindu calendar, Nyepi officially falls on Monday, March 11, following the new moon. The celebration lasts for 24 hours, starting at 6 AM and continuing until 6 AM on March 12.
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#11045164
3 March 2024
Indonesian Hindu devotees are carrying offerings during a cleansing ceremony called 'Melasti' on a boat at a beach in Cilincing, Jakarta, Indonesia, on March 3, 2024. They believe that performing the Melasti ritual is essential ahead of Nyepi Day, The Day of Silence, to cleanse the soul and nature, recharge the supernatural power of the temples' sacred objects, and cleanse the temple paraphernalia. Nyepi Day is a national holiday in Indonesia, dedicated to self-reflection and abstaining from distractions such as entertainment. In 2024, according to the Indonesian Hindu calendar, Nyepi officially falls on Monday, March 11, after the new moon. The celebration lasts for 24 hours, starting at 6 AM and continuing until 6 AM on March 12.
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3 March 2024
Indonesian Hindu devotees are parading with offerings during a cleansing ceremony called 'Melasti' at a beach in Cilincing, Jakarta, Indonesia, on March 3, 2024. They believe that performing the Melasti ritual is essential ahead of Nyepi Day, The Day of Silence, to cleanse the soul and nature, recharge the supernatural power of the temples' sacred objects, and cleanse the temple paraphernalia. Nyepi Day is a national holiday in Indonesia, dedicated to self-reflection and abstaining from distractions such as entertainment. In 2024, according to the Indonesian Hindu calendar, Nyepi officially falls on Monday, March 11, after the new moon. The celebration lasts for 24 hours, starting at 6 AM and continuing until 6 AM on March 12.
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3 March 2024
Indonesian Hindu devotees are parading and bringing offerings during a cleansing ceremony called 'Melasti' at a beach in Cilincing, Jakarta, Indonesia, on March 3, 2024. They believe that performing the Melasti ritual is essential ahead of Nyepi Day, The Day of Silence, to cleanse the soul and nature, recharge the supernatural power of the temples' sacred objects, and cleanse the temple paraphernalia. Nyepi Day is a national holiday in Indonesia, dedicated to self-reflection and abstaining from distractions such as entertainment. In 2024, according to the Indonesian Hindu calendar, Nyepi officially falls on Monday, March 11, after the new moon. The celebration is lasting for 24 hours, starting at 6 AM and continuing until 6 AM on March 12.
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3 March 2024
Indonesian Hindu devotees are parading and bringing holy water during a cleansing ceremony called 'Melasti' at a beach in Cilincing, Jakarta, Indonesia, on March 3, 2024. They believe that the Melasti ritual is essential to perform ahead of Nyepi Day, The Day of Silence, to cleanse the soul and nature, recharge the supernatural power of the temples' sacred objects, and cleanse the temple paraphernalia. Nyepi Day is a national holiday in Indonesia, dedicated to self-reflection and abstaining from distractions such as entertainment. In 2024, according to the Indonesian Hindu calendar, Nyepi officially falls on Monday, March 11, after the new moon. The celebration lasts for 24 hours, starting at 6 AM and continuing until 6 AM on March 12.
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3 March 2024
Indonesian Hindus are walking through a slum area during a cleansing ceremony called 'Melasti' on a beach in Cilincing, Jakarta, Indonesia, on March 3, 2024. They believe that performing the Melasti ritual is essential ahead of Nyepi Day, The Day of Silence, to purify the soul and nature, recharge the supernatural power of the temples' sacred objects, and cleanse the temple paraphernalia. Nyepi Day is a national holiday in Indonesia, dedicated to self-reflection and abstaining from distractions such as entertainment. In 2024, according to the Indonesian Hindu calendar, Nyepi officially falls on Monday, March 11, following the new moon. The observance lasts for 24 hours, starting at 6 AM and continuing until 6 AM on March 12.
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21 February 2024
Buddhist monks are spinning the ''Mane'' prayer wheels around the Swayambhunath Stupa in Kathmandu, Nepal, on February 21, 2024.
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21 February 2024
Buddhist monks are spinning the ''Mane'' prayer wheels around the Swayambhunath Stupa in Kathmandu, Nepal, on February 21, 2024.
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21 February 2024
Buddhist monks are spinning the ''Mane'' prayer wheels around the Swayambhunath Stupa in Kathmandu, Nepal, on February 21, 2024.
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10 January 2024
His Beatitude Epiphanius, the Metropolitan of Kyiv and All Ukraine and Primate of the Orthodox Church of Ukraine, is using a dikirion and a trikirion during the divine liturgy at St. Michael's Golden-Domed Cathedral in Kyiv, Ukraine, on January 6, 2024.
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10 January 2024
His Beatitude Epiphanius, the Metropolitan of Kyiv and All Ukraine and Primate of the Orthodox Church of Ukraine, is using a dikirion and a trikirion during the divine liturgy at St. Michael's Golden-Domed Cathedral in Kyiv, Ukraine, on January 6, 2024.
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4 January 2023
Jews offering tefillin and Jewish ritual objects at Carmel Market (Shuk Ha'Carmel) in Tel Aviv, Israel on December 30, 2022.
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14 December 2022
Man adds wood to the funeral pyre of a high-caste man of importance who is being cremated along the bank of the Bagmati River at Pashupatinath in Nepal. According to Hindu religion and traditions the dead must be cremated. Bodies are cremated according to custom and the ashes and remains are swept into the holy waters. The Bagmati runs into the Ganges further South and is considered equally holy to Hindus. The complex at Pashupatinath is the holiest Hindu site in Nepal.
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14 December 2022
Nepali police stand guard near the body of a high-caste man of importance along the bank of the Bagmati River as preparations are made for his cremation at Pashupatinath in Nepal. According to Hindu religion and traditions the dead must be cremated. Bodies are cremated according to custom and the ashes and remains are swept into the holy waters. The Bagmati runs into the Ganges further South and is considered equally holy to Hindus. The complex at Pashupatinath is the holiest Hindu site in Nepal.
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