"Mirror Ritual"

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19 November 2025

A woman looks into a mirror to see if she can see a reflection of an idol of the Goddess Durga during the Durga Puja festival at a pandal (temporary temple) in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada, on September 28, 2025. Hundreds of Bengalis, who have migrated to Canada from Kolkata, India, attend the celebration. Durga Puja is one of the largest Hindu festivals that involves the worship of Goddess Durga, symbolizing the power and triumph of good over evil in Hindu mythology.

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13 October 2024

A mirror reflects the idol of the Hindu goddess Durga after a ritual worship before it is immersed in the Hooghly River, during the Durga Puja festival inside a ''pandal'' or temporary platform in Kolkata, India, on October 13, 2024. The annual Durga Puja festival is one of the most popular festivals for Hindus. In Hindu mythology, the Hindu goddess Durga symbolizes power and the triumph of good over evil.

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10 July 2023

A Balinese woman is looking at her teeth in a mirror after participating in a mass tooth filing ceremony locally known as Mepandes at Giri Kusuma Temple in Bogor, West Java, Indonesia on July 9, 2023. Mepandes is an important ritual of passage for Balinese Hindus that marks the transition from childhood to adulthood. During the ritual, the six front teeth in the upper jaw are filed. The heart of the ritual is a symbolic act of purging an individual of the negative traits known as the Sad Ripu or six enemies: lust, greed, anger, anxiety, conceit and envy. Upon the completion of the ritual, the man or woman will be officially acknowledged as an adult, a mature individual who knows and is aware of the differences between vice and virtue.

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10 July 2023

A Balinese woman is looking at her teeth in a mirror after participating in a mass tooth filing ceremony locally known as Mepandes at Giri Kusuma Temple in Bogor, West Java, Indonesia on July 9, 2023. Mepandes is an important ritual of passage for Balinese Hindus that marks the transition from childhood to adulthood. During the ritual, the six front teeth in the upper jaw are filed. The heart of the ritual is a symbolic act of purging an individual of the negative traits known as the Sad Ripu or six enemies: lust, greed, anger, anxiety, conceit and envy. Upon the completion of the ritual, the man or woman will be officially acknowledged as an adult, a mature individual who knows and is aware of the differences between vice and virtue.

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10 July 2023

A Balinese woman is looking at her teeth in a mirror after participating in a mass tooth filing ceremony locally known as Mepandes at Giri Kusuma Temple in Bogor, West Java, Indonesia on July 9, 2023. Mepandes is an important ritual of passage for Balinese Hindus that marks the transition from childhood to adulthood. During the ritual, the six front teeth in the upper jaw are filed. The heart of the ritual is a symbolic act of purging an individual of the negative traits known as the Sad Ripu or six enemies: lust, greed, anger, anxiety, conceit and envy. Upon the completion of the ritual, the man or woman will be officially acknowledged as an adult, a mature individual who knows and is aware of the differences between vice and virtue.

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1 September 2022

Artist, Nina Rajcic interacts with here installation titled Mirror Ritual (2020) by Nina Rajcic and SensiLab during a media preview of MENTAL: Colours of Wellbeing at the ArtScience Museum on September 1, 2022 in Singapore. Co-curated by ArtScience Museum and Science Gallery Melbourne at the University of Melbourne, MENTAL presents 24 exhibits and large-scale installations by contemporary artists, scientists, makers, and designers from around the world. The installations challenge visitors to consider, question, and empathise with what it means to be human, to accept their inherent fallibility, and ultimately change their perception of themselves, others, and society as a whole.

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1 September 2022

Artist, Nina Rajcic interacts with here installation titled Mirror Ritual (2020) by Nina Rajcic and SensiLab during a media preview of MENTAL: Colours of Wellbeing at the ArtScience Museum on September 1, 2022 in Singapore. Co-curated by ArtScience Museum and Science Gallery Melbourne at the University of Melbourne, MENTAL presents 24 exhibits and large-scale installations by contemporary artists, scientists, makers, and designers from around the world. The installations challenge visitors to consider, question, and empathise with what it means to be human, to accept their inherent fallibility, and ultimately change their perception of themselves, others, and society as a whole.

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1 July 2019

People gathered to watch the sun rising from the sea on July 1, 2019. People welcoming the first sunrise of July at the most Eastern part of Bulgaria, near the village of Kamen Bryag. The gathering is called July and is a Bulgarian tradition since 1980 ( usually people spend the night with friends at the beach and watch the sun rising on the 1st of July). This ritual is inspired by the hippi culture and the Uriah heep's classic July Morning and started as a rebellion again the comunistic regime in the country. For a while now the gathering is accompanied by a rock concert. For the July Morning in 2019, the star of the morning was Joe Lynn Turner (Deep Purple, Rainbow), Kamen bryag, Bulgaria on July 01, 2019

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11 October 2017

A reflection of devotee seen on mirror as puts tika or blessning on her forehead at Adinath Temple during a month Adinath Mela festival in Chobhar, Kirtipur, Kathmandu, Nepal on Wednesday, October 11, 2017. In the month of October or November from Kojagrat purnima to Kartik purnima for a month, people visit Adinath temple in the morning and perform special rituals puja and ritual function during Adinath Mela.

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11 October 2017

Nepalese devotees arrives to offer ritual prayer at Adinath Temple during a month Adinath Mela festival in Chobhar, Kirtipur, Kathmandu, Nepal on Wednesday, October 11, 2017. In the month of October or November from Kojagrat purnima to Kartik purnima for a month, people visit Adinath temple in the morning and perform special rituals puja and ritual function during Adinath Mela.

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11 October 2017

Nepalese devotees arrives to offer ritual prayer at Adinath Temple during a month Adinath Mela festival in Chobhar, Kirtipur, Kathmandu, Nepal on Wednesday, October 11, 2017. In the month of October or November from Kojagrat purnima to Kartik purnima for a month, people visit Adinath temple in the morning and perform special rituals puja and ritual function during Adinath Mela.

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11 October 2017

A Local Priest offering ritual prayer at Adinath Temple during a month Adinath Mela festival in Chobhar, Kirtipur, Kathmandu, Nepal on Wednesday, October 11, 2017. In the month of October or November from Kojagrat purnima to Kartik purnima for a month, people visit Adinath temple in the morning and perform special rituals puja and ritual function during Adinath Mela.

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11 October 2017

Nepalese devotees way back towards home after offering ritual prayer at Adinath Temple during a month Adinath Mela festival in Chobhar, Kirtipur, Kathmandu, Nepal on Wednesday, October 11, 2017. In the month of October or November from Kojagrat purnima to Kartik purnima for a month, people visit Adinath temple in the morning and perform special rituals puja and ritual function during Adinath Mela.

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11 October 2017

A Nepalese devotee takes rest after offering ritual prayer at Adinath Temple during a month Adinath Mela festival in Chobhar, Kirtipur, Kathmandu, Nepal on Wednesday, October 11, 2017. In the month of October or November from Kojagrat purnima to Kartik purnima for a month, people visit Adinath temple in the morning and perform special rituals puja and ritual function during Adinath Mela.

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11 October 2017

A Local Priest offering holy water to the devotees at Adinath Temple during a month Adinath Mela festival in Chobhar, Kirtipur, Kathmandu, Nepal on Wednesday, October 11, 2017. In the month of October or November from Kojagrat purnima to Kartik purnima for a month, people visit Adinath temple in the morning and perform special rituals puja and ritual function during Adinath Mela.

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11 October 2017

A Full of Golden mustard field seen from Chobhar Height, Kirtipur, Kathmandu, Nepal on Wednesday, October 11, 2017.

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