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26 December 2024

In Orlivka, Ukraine, on December 24, 2024, two groups of young men dressed in military uniforms hold men wearing belts with bells and masks while greeting each other during the all-male Christmas ritual called the Moshu in Orlivka village, Odesa region, southern Ukraine. NO USE RUSSIA. NO USE BELARUS.

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#11897672

26 December 2024

In Orlivka, Ukraine, on December 25, 2024, two groups of young men dressed in military uniforms hold men wearing belts with bells and masks who wrestle during the all-male Christmas ritual called the Moshu in Orlivka village, Odesa region, southern Ukraine. NO USE RUSSIA. NO USE BELARUS.

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#11897673

26 December 2024

In Orlivka, Ukraine, on December 24, 2024, a group of young men dressed in military uniforms hold their fellow performer wearing a belt with bells and a mask during the all-male Christmas ritual called the Moshu in Orlivka village, Odesa region, southern Ukraine. NO USE RUSSIA. NO USE BELARUS.

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26 December 2024

In Orlivka, Ukraine, on December 24, 2024, a group of young men dressed in military uniforms hold their fellow performer wearing a belt with bells and a mask during the all-male Christmas ritual called the Moshu in Orlivka village, Odesa region, southern Ukraine. NO USE RUSSIA. NO USE BELARUS.

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26 December 2024

In Orlivka, Ukraine, on December 24, 2024, a group of young men dressed in military uniforms pound the ground with sticks made of tightly tied bulrush, known as machuks, to drive away evil spirits during the all-male Christmas ritual called the Moshu in Orlivka village, Odesa region, southern Ukraine. NO USE RUSSIA. NO USE BELARUS.

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#7629788

13 January 2022

Offerings in front of clay pots to be used for cooking pongala during the Attukal Pongala Mahotsavam Festival in the city of Thiruvananthapuram (Trivandrum), Kerala, India, on February 19, 2019. The Attukal Pongala Mahotsavam Festival is celebrated by millions Hindu women each year. During this festival women prepare Pongala (rice cooked with jaggery, ghee, coconut as well as other ingredients) in the open in small pots to please the Goddess Kannaki. Pongala (which literally means to boil over) is a ritualistic offering of a sweet dish, consisting of rice porridge, sweet brown molasses, coconut gratings, nuts and raisins. It is done as an offering to Goddess Attukal Devi (popularly known as Attukal Amma) who is believed to fulfill the wishes of her devotees and provide prosperity.

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#7629790

13 January 2022

Offerings in front of pots to be used for cooking pongala during the Attukal Pongala Mahotsavam Festival in the city of Thiruvananthapuram (Trivandrum), Kerala, India, on February 19, 2019. The Attukal Pongala Mahotsavam Festival is celebrated by millions Hindu women each year. During this festival women prepare Pongala (rice cooked with jaggery, ghee, coconut as well as other ingredients) in the open in small pots to please the Goddess Kannaki. Pongala (which literally means to boil over) is a ritualistic offering of a sweet dish, consisting of rice porridge, sweet brown molasses, coconut gratings, nuts and raisins. It is done as an offering to Goddess Attukal Devi (popularly known as Attukal Amma) who is believed to fulfill the wishes of her devotees and provide prosperity.

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13 January 2022

Offerings in front of clay pots to be used for cooking pongala during the Attukal Pongala Mahotsavam Festival in the city of Thiruvananthapuram (Trivandrum), Kerala, India, on February 19, 2019. The Attukal Pongala Mahotsavam Festival is celebrated by millions Hindu women each year. During this festival women prepare Pongala (rice cooked with jaggery, ghee, coconut as well as other ingredients) in the open in small pots to please the Goddess Kannaki. Pongala (which literally means to boil over) is a ritualistic offering of a sweet dish, consisting of rice porridge, sweet brown molasses, coconut gratings, nuts and raisins. It is done as an offering to Goddess Attukal Devi (popularly known as Attukal Amma) who is believed to fulfill the wishes of her devotees and provide prosperity.

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3 July 2021

Hindu women carrying items to be used to cook pongala during the Attukal Pongala Mahotsavam Festival in the city of Thiruvananthapuram (Trivandrum), Kerala, India, on February 19, 2019. The Attukal Pongala Mahotsavam Festival is celebrated by millions Hindu women each year. During this festival women prepare Pongala (rice cooked with jaggery, ghee, coconut as well as other ingredients) in the open in small pots to please the Goddess Attukal Devi (popularly known as Attukal Amma). Pongala (which literally means to boil over) is a ritualistic offering of a sweet dish, consisting of rice porridge, sweet brown molasses, coconut gratings, nuts and raisins. It is done as an offering to the goddess who is believed to fulfill the wishes of her devotees and provide prosperity.

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9 June 2021

Woman on a bike carries a bundle of dried coconut flower sheaths (kothumbu) to be used as fuel for a fire when cooking pongala during the Attukal Pongala Mahotsavam Festival in the city of Thiruvananthapuram (Trivandrum), Kerala, India, on February 19, 2019. The Attukal Pongala Mahotsavam Festival is celebrated by millions Hindu women each year. During this festival women prepare Pongala (rice cooked with jaggery, ghee, coconut as well as other ingredients) in the open in small pots to please the Goddess Kannaki. Pongala (which literally means to boil over) is a ritualistic offering of a sweet dish, consisting of rice porridge, sweet brown molasses, coconut gratings, nuts and raisins. It is done as an offering to Goddess Attukal Devi (popularly known as Attukal Amma) who is believed to fulfill the wishes of her devotees and provide prosperity.

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31 March 2020

Refectory table where monks used to eat inside the Monastery of the Cross, an Eastern Orthodox monastery near the Nayot neighborhood of Jerusalem. On Wednesday, March 11, 2020, in Jerusalem, Israel.

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14 April 2018

Rupashree Mohapatra (Traditional Shree Jagannath temple culture dancer) performing Mahari dance in front of the ditties of Shree Jagannath temple in a cultural programme in the eastern Indian state Odisha’s capital city Bhubaneswar on 14 April 2018. Mahari is a ritualistic dance form from the eastern Indian state of Odisha that used to be performed at the temple of Lord Jagannath at Puri by devadasi dancers called Maharis. Following the abolition of the devadasi system, the dance has been discontinued inside the Jagannath Temple but it is now performed on stage at many places to spread out the culture of Lord Jagannath.

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#2614255

14 April 2018

Rupashree Mohapatra (Traditional Shree Jagannath temple culture dancer) performing Mahari dance in front of the ditties of Shree Jagannath temple in a cultural programme in the eastern Indian state Odisha’s capital city Bhubaneswar on 14 April 2018. Mahari is a ritualistic dance form from the eastern Indian state of Odisha that used to be performed at the temple of Lord Jagannath at Puri by devadasi dancers called Maharis. Following the abolition of the devadasi system, the dance has been discontinued inside the Jagannath Temple but it is now performed on stage at many places to spread out the culture of Lord Jagannath.

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#2614263

14 April 2018

Rupashree Mohapatra (Traditional Shree Jagannath temple culture dancer) performing Mahari dance in front of the ditties of Shree Jagannath temple in a cultural programme in the eastern Indian state Odisha’s capital city Bhubaneswar on 14 April 2018. Mahari is a ritualistic dance form from the eastern Indian state of Odisha that used to be performed at the temple of Lord Jagannath at Puri by devadasi dancers called Maharis. Following the abolition of the devadasi system, the dance has been discontinued inside the Jagannath Temple but it is now performed on stage at many places to spread out the culture of Lord Jagannath.

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#2614265

14 April 2018

Rupashree Mohapatra (Traditional Shree Jagannath temple culture dancer) performing Mahari dance in front of the ditties of Shree Jagannath temple in a cultural programme in the eastern Indian state Odisha’s capital city Bhubaneswar on 14 April 2018. Mahari is a ritualistic dance form from the eastern Indian state of Odisha that used to be performed at the temple of Lord Jagannath at Puri by devadasi dancers called Maharis. Following the abolition of the devadasi system, the dance has been discontinued inside the Jagannath Temple but it is now performed on stage at many places to spread out the culture of Lord Jagannath.

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14 April 2018

Rupashree Mohapatra (Traditional Shree Jagannath temple culture dancer) performing Mahari dance in front of the ditties of Shree Jagannath temple in a cultural programme in the eastern Indian state Odisha’s capital city Bhubaneswar on 14 April 2018. Mahari is a ritualistic dance form from the eastern Indian state of Odisha that used to be performed at the temple of Lord Jagannath at Puri by devadasi dancers called Maharis. Following the abolition of the devadasi system, the dance has been discontinued inside the Jagannath Temple but it is now performed on stage at many places to spread out the culture of Lord Jagannath.

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