"communal cleansing"

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22 June 2025

A participant in the demonstration holds rat-shaped banners with phrases such as ''enough of the dirt'' during the protest by the residents of Santander, Spain, against the poor state of cleanliness and hygiene in the city.

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1 April 2025

Red-tiled tombs with incense burners and flowers stand under leafy trees as people perform ancestral rituals at a cemetery in Thanh Hoa, Vietnam, on March 31, 2025. Motorbikes park along a dirt path nearby.

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#12198083

26 March 2025

Balinese Hindu devotees enter a trance during the Melasti ceremony at Batu Bolong Beach, participating in a collective spiritual cleansing ahead of Nyepi, the Day of Silence.

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26 March 2025

Balinese Hindu devotees enter a trance during the Melasti ceremony at Batu Bolong Beach, participating in a collective spiritual cleansing ahead of Nyepi, the Day of Silence.

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26 March 2025

Balinese Hindu devotees enter a trance during the Melasti ceremony at Batu Bolong Beach, participating in a collective spiritual cleansing ahead of Nyepi, the Day of Silence.

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11 July 2024

People are washing dishes inside the kitchen at the Community Living Room in Hong Kong, on July 11, 2024.

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#11153761

16 April 2024

A Hindu devotee is sitting beside a road, taking donations in Langalbandh, Narayanganj, Bangladesh, on April 16, 2024. Langalbandh, a renowned pilgrimage site for the Hindu community located on the banks of the Brahmaputra River, is witnessing hundreds of thousands of devotees thronging the riverbank from different parts of the country and abroad, believing that the dip will purify their sins.

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#11153773

16 April 2024

A Hindu devotee is sitting beside a road, taking donations in Langalbandh, Narayanganj, Bangladesh, on April 16, 2024. Langalbandh, a renowned pilgrimage site for the Hindu community located on the banks of the Brahmaputra River, is witnessing hundreds of thousands of devotees thronging the riverbank from different parts of the country and abroad, believing that the dip will purify their sins.

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#11153763

16 April 2024

A Hindu monk is applying tilak to a Hindu devotee in Langalbandh, Narayanganj, Bangladesh, on April 16, 2024. Langalbandh, a famous pilgrimage site for the Hindu community situated on the banks of the Brahmaputra River, is seeing hundreds of thousands of devotees flocking to the riverbank from various parts of the country and from abroad, believing that the dip will purify their sins.

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#11153764

16 April 2024

A Hindu monk is applying tilak to a Hindu devotee in Langalbandh, Narayanganj, Bangladesh, on April 16, 2024. Langalbandh, a famous pilgrimage site for the Hindu community situated on the banks of the Brahmaputra River, is seeing hundreds of thousands of devotees flocking to the riverbank from various parts of the country and from abroad, believing that the dip will purify their sins.

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#11153779

16 April 2024

A Hindu devotee is receiving donations from fellow devotees in Langalbandh, Narayanganj, Bangladesh, on April 16, 2024. Langalbandh, a renowned pilgrimage site for Hindu communities situated on the banks of the Brahmaputra river, is witnessing hundreds of thousands of devotees thronging the riverbank from different parts of the country and abroad, believing that the dip will purify their sins.

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#11117140

3 April 2024

Balinese men with painted bodies are eating together as they attend the Ngerebeg tradition in Tegallalang Village, Bali, Indonesia, on April 3, 2024. Ngerebeg is a ritual aimed at driving misfortune and evil spirits out of the village. Locals believe that by conducting this ritual, their neighborhood will be protected from both physical and mythical plagues. The ritual is extremely colorful, with teenagers and children dressing up with colorful paint and decorated ornaments that resemble astral beings as they pray and march around the village.

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3 April 2024

Balinese men with painted bodies are eating together as they attend the Ngerebeg tradition in Tegallalang Village, Bali, Indonesia, on April 3, 2024. Ngerebeg is a ritual aimed at driving misfortune and evil spirits out of the village. Locals believe that by conducting this ritual, their neighborhood will be protected from both physical and mythical plagues. The ritual is extremely colorful, with teenagers and children dressing up with colorful paint and decorated ornaments that resemble astral beings as they pray and march around the village.

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#11070565

12 March 2024

Balinese men are running to the sea as they participate in the Mebuug Buugan rite, a mud bathing tradition following Nyepi, or the Day of Silence, in Kedongan Village, Badung, Bali, Indonesia, on March 12, 2024. They are covering their bodies with mud in a mangrove area before making their way to bathe in the sea to cleanse or purify all the dirt inside (spiritual world) and outside (physical world).

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#11070566

12 March 2024

Balinese men are running to the sea as they participate in the Mebuug Buugan rite, a mud bathing tradition following Nyepi, or the Day of Silence, in Kedongan Village, Badung, Bali, Indonesia, on March 12, 2024. They are covering their bodies with mud in a mangrove area before making their way to bathe in the sea to cleanse or purify all the dirt inside (spiritual world) and outside (physical world).

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#11070567

12 March 2024

Balinese men are running to the sea as they participate in the Mebuug Buugan rite, a mud bathing tradition following Nyepi, or the Day of Silence, in Kedongan Village, Badung, Bali, Indonesia, on March 12, 2024. They are covering their bodies with mud in a mangrove area before making their way to bathe in the sea to cleanse or purify all the dirt inside (spiritual world) and outside (physical world).

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