"thatch-ring"

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21 Jun 2026

NACHIKATSUURA, JAPAN - JUNE 19: Visitors and spiritual pilgrims walk past a traditional 'Chinowa' (large sacred thatch ring made of cogon grass) set up for the summer purification ritual in the main courtyard of Kumano Nachi Taisha Grand Shrine in Nachikatsuura, Wakayama Prefecture, Japan, on June 19, 2026. Set against the backdrop of the historic Shinto shrine's brilliant vermilion-red pavilion buildings and dark tiled roofs, the seasonal ring allows outdoor tourists and worshippers to perform a symbolic figure-eight walk to cleanse themselves of misdeeds and bad fortune before entering the sacred spaces of the UNESCO World Heritage-listed Kii Mountain Range pilgrimage network.

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2 Feb 2023

There are many tribes in India which is about to become extinct in the very near future and people from those tribes will be merged with other civilized societies. Those tribal culture, lifestyle and their unique social customs will be disappeared from the 21st century. Toto tribe is one of those tribes which is going to be extinct in upcoming years. There is a locality named as ''TOTOPARA'' where the majority of tribe people live who belong to the Toto community. The total area of Totopara is nearly 8 square kilometres, in northern fringe of Jaldapara National Park (formerly Jaldapara Wildlife Sanctuary), one of the famous wildlife in Dooars and Southern area of the indo-Bhutan border line for the largest population of the Indian One-Horned Rhinoceros in West Bengal. Toto community people belong in the Indo-Bhutanese tribal community. It is a very primitive inheritance, considered as Mongoloid people. They have a flat nose, small eyes, broad and square cheeks, thick lips and black iris. According to 2013 census, the total numbers of people from Toto community is 1,346 who live in nearly 200 houses in Totopara. Toto tribe believes in joint family system as other Indian communities. In spite of being a tribe community, Toto community people have love marriage system. They don't accept divorse system. Toto people are very much conscious and conservative about their tribal identity, and marriage with other community people is not acceptable. In general four types of marriage are available in Toto community - marriage by negotiation (Thulbehoea), marriage by escape (Chor-behoea), marriage by capture (Sambehoea) and love marriage (Lamalami). In toto community, one can remarry after his or her spouse's death. A man can marry his deceased wife's sister but a woman must not marry her deceased husband's brother. Toto tribes define themselves as Hindus. Apart from the Vedic Gods the Totos have two main gods Ishpa and Cheima. Toto tribes believe that the god Ishpa live in the

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13 Aug 2021

Tourists and locals are enjoying the warm weather and have a coffee at Nea Chorabeach near Chania, Crete Island, Greece on August 13, 2021.

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3 Aug 2021

Today Chania reached 40 degrees celsius. Locals and tourists went to enjoying the warm weather and take a swim at Palaiochora beach near Chania, Crete Island, Greece on August 2, 2021.

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31 Aug 2018

Labors upload jute fibers on a vehicle at a jute market in Shariatpur, Bangladesh on August 30, 2018. Bangladesh is the second largest producer of natural jute fibers.

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