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  • A schoolboy recites Arabic verses from the Koran in a classroom at the Islamic Koom al-Bourit Institute for Boys in the village of Qum (Koom), on the West Bank of Luxor, Nile Valley, Egypt. Islam in Egypt is the dominant religion in a country with around 80 million Muslims, comprising 94.7% of the population, as of 2010. Almost the entirety of Egypt's Muslims are Sunnis, with a small minority of Shia and Ahmadi Muslims. The latter, however, are not recognised by Egypt.
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  • A schoolboy recites Arabic verses from the Koran in a classroom at the Islamic Koom al-Bourit Institute for Boys in the village of Qum (Koom), on the West Bank of Luxor, Nile Valley, Egypt. Islam in Egypt is the dominant religion in a country with around 80 million Muslims, comprising 94.7% of the population, as of 2010. Almost the entirety of Egypt's Muslims are Sunnis, with a small minority of Shia and Ahmadi Muslims. The latter, however, are not recognised by Egypt.
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  • Two Orthodox Jewish men praying from the same prayer book in Springfield park, Stamford Hill, to celebrate the festival of Birkat Hachama (Blessing of the Sun).  It is a Jewish blessing that is recited in appreciation of the Sun once every twenty-eight years, when the vernal equinox as calculated by tradition falls on a Tuesday at sundown. Jewish tradition says that when the Sun completes this cycle, it has returned to its position when the world was created. According to Judaism, the Sun has a 28 year solar cycle known as machzor gadol
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  • Three choristers sing hymns outside the Norman-built St Bartholomew the Great church in Smithfield, City of London. Open-mouthed they recite the songs with great enthusiasm, all looking down and concentrating on the Holy words from their songbooks. Dressed in white and red choir cassock robes they are all identical in their facial expression, their stance and posture. The Priory Church of St Bartholomew-the-Great is an Anglican church located at West Smithfield in the City of London, founded as an Augustinian priory in 1123.
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  • As an Anglican vicar leads an outdoors service, his choristers await the next hymn outside the Norman-built St Bartholomew the Great church in Smithfield, City of London. Reading from his sermon and with an altar boy holding a crucifix, the singers have recited the songs with great enthusiasm, all looking down and concentrating on the Holy words from their songbooks. Dressed in white and red choir cassock robes they are all identical in their facial expression, their stance and posture. The Priory Church of St Bartholomew-the-Great is an Anglican church located at West Smithfield in the City of London, founded as an Augustinian priory in 1123.
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  • Amjad Ali Khan, the renown Indian sarod player and composer playing onstage at the WOMAD festival of World Music on the Canary Islands.
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  • Amjad Ali Khan, the renown Indian sarod player and composer playing onstage at the WOMAD festival of World Music on the Canary Islands.
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  • Amjad Ali Khan, the renown Indian sarod player and composer playing onstage at the WOMAD festival of World Music on the Canary Islands.
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  • Rack-a-back Morris Men dancing a stick dance at an orchard-visiting wassail in Kilham village, Yorkshire Wolds, UK on 21st January 2017. Wassail is a traditional Pagan winter celebration in cider-producing regions of England, reciting incantations and singing to the trees to promote a good harvest for the coming year. Pieces of toast soaked in cider are hung in the branches to attract robins to the tree as these are said to be the good spirits of the orchard. To ward off evil spirits, villagers scare them away by banging pots and pans and making as much noise as possible
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  • Rack-a-back Morris Men dancing a stick dance at an orchard-visiting wassail at Sledmere House, Yorkshire Wolds, UK on 20th January 2018. Wassail is a traditional Pagan winter celebration in cider-producing regions of England, reciting incantations and singing to the trees to promote a good harvest for the coming year. Pieces of toast soaked in cider are hung in the branches to attract robins to the tree as these are said to be the good spirits of the orchard. To ward off evil spirits, villagers scare them away by banging pots and pans and making as much noise as possible
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  • A member of the Makara Morris Men at an orchard-visiting wassail in Kilham village, Yorkshire Wolds, UK on 21st January 2017. Wassail is a traditional Pagan winter celebration in cider-producing regions of England, reciting incantations and singing to the trees to promote a good harvest for the coming year. Pieces of toast soaked in cider are hung in the branches to attract robins to the tree as these are said to be the good spirits of the orchard. To ward off evil spirits, villagers scare them away by banging pots and pans and making as much noise as possible
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  • Portrait of a Makara Morris dancer wearing traditional costume at an orchard-visiting wassail at Sledmere House in the Yorkshire Wolds, United Kingdom on 20th January 2018. Wassail is a traditional Pagan winter celebration in cider-producing regions of England, reciting incantations and singing to the trees to promote a good harvest for the coming year. Pieces of toast soaked in cider are hung in the branches to attract robins to the tree as these are said to be the good spirits of the orchard. To ward off evil spirits, villagers scare them away by banging pots and pans and making as much noise as possible
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  • Portrait of a Rackaback Morris dancer wearing traditional costume at an orchard-visiting wassail at Sledmere House in the Yorkshire Wolds, United Kingdom on 20th January 2018. Wassail is a traditional Pagan winter celebration in cider-producing regions of England, reciting incantations and singing to the trees to promote a good harvest for the coming year. Pieces of toast soaked in cider are hung in the branches to attract robins to the tree as these are said to be the good spirits of the orchard. To ward off evil spirits, villagers scare them away by banging pots and pans and making as much noise as possible
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  • Good wishes label hanging on an apple tree at an orchard-visiting wassail in Kilham village, Yorkshire Wolds, UK on 21st January 2017. Wassail is a traditional Pagan winter celebration in cider-producing regions of England, reciting incantations and singing to the trees to promote a good harvest for the coming year. Pieces of toast soaked in cider are hung in the branches to attract robins to the tree as these are said to be the good spirits of the orchard. To ward off evil spirits, villagers scare them away by banging pots and pans and making as much noise as possible
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  • Hanging a good wishes label on a cider apple tree at an orchard-visiting wassail in Kilham village, Yorkshire Wolds, UK on 21st January 2017. Wassail is a traditional Pagan winter celebration in cider-producing regions of England, reciting incantations and singing to the trees to promote a good harvest for the coming year. Pieces of toast soaked in cider are hung in the branches to attract robins to the tree as these are said to be the good spirits of the orchard. To ward off evil spirits, villagers scare them away by banging pots and pans and making as much noise as possible
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  • A member of the Makara Morris Men at an orchard-visiting wassail in Kilham village, Yorkshire Wolds, UK on 21st January 2017. Wassail is a traditional Pagan winter celebration in cider-producing regions of England, reciting incantations and singing to the trees to promote a good harvest for the coming year. Pieces of toast soaked in cider are hung in the branches to attract robins to the tree as these are said to be the good spirits of the orchard. To ward off evil spirits, villagers scare them away by banging pots and pans and making as much noise as possible
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  • Makara Morris Men dancing a stick dance at an orchard-visiting wassail in Kilham village, Yorkshire Wolds, UK on 21st January 2017. Wassail is a traditional Pagan winter celebration in cider-producing regions of England, reciting incantations and singing to the trees to promote a good harvest for the coming year. Pieces of toast soaked in cider are hung in the branches to attract robins to the tree as these are said to be the good spirits of the orchard. To ward off evil spirits, villagers scare them away by banging pots and pans and making as much noise as possible
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  • A member of the Makara Morris Men at an orchard-visiting wassail in Kilham village, Yorkshire Wolds, UK on 21st January 2017. Wassail is a traditional Pagan winter celebration in cider-producing regions of England, reciting incantations and singing to the trees to promote a good harvest for the coming year. Pieces of toast soaked in cider are hung in the branches to attract robins to the tree as these are said to be the good spirits of the orchard. To ward off evil spirits, villagers scare them away by banging pots and pans and making as much noise as possible
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  • A member of the Makara Morris Men at an orchard-visiting wassail in Kilham village, Yorkshire Wolds, UK on 21st January 2017. Wassail is a traditional Pagan winter celebration in cider-producing regions of England, reciting incantations and singing to the trees to promote a good harvest for the coming year. Pieces of toast soaked in cider are hung in the branches to attract robins to the tree as these are said to be the good spirits of the orchard. To ward off evil spirits, villagers scare them away by banging pots and pans and making as much noise as possible
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  • Portrait of a Makara Morris musician wearing traditional costume at an orchard-visiting wassail at Sledmere House in the Yorkshire Wolds, United Kingdom on 20th January 2018. Wassail is a traditional Pagan winter celebration in cider-producing regions of England, reciting incantations and singing to the trees to promote a good harvest for the coming year. Pieces of toast soaked in cider are hung in the branches to attract robins to the tree as these are said to be the good spirits of the orchard. To ward off evil spirits, villagers scare them away by banging pots and pans and making as much noise as possible
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  • Hanging a good wishes label on a cider apple tree at an orchard-visiting wassail at Sledmere House, Yorkshire Wolds, UK on 20th January 2018. Wassail is a traditional Pagan winter celebration in cider-producing regions of England, reciting incantations and singing to the trees to promote a good harvest for the coming year. Pieces of toast soaked in cider are hung in the branches to attract robins to the tree as these are said to be the good spirits of the orchard. To ward off evil spirits, villagers scare them away by banging pots and pans and making as much noise as possible
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  • Hanging a good wishes label on a cider apple tree at an orchard-visiting wassail at Sledmere House, Yorkshire Wolds, UK on 20th January 2018. Wassail is a traditional Pagan winter celebration in cider-producing regions of England, reciting incantations and singing to the trees to promote a good harvest for the coming year. Pieces of toast soaked in cider are hung in the branches to attract robins to the tree as these are said to be the good spirits of the orchard. To ward off evil spirits, villagers scare them away by banging pots and pans and making as much noise as possible
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  • Makara Morris Men dancing a stick dance at an orchard-visiting wassail at Sledmere House, Yorkshire Wolds, UK on 20th January 2018. Wassail is a traditional Pagan winter celebration in cider-producing regions of England, reciting incantations and singing to the trees to promote a good harvest for the coming year. Pieces of toast soaked in cider are hung in the branches to attract robins to the tree as these are said to be the good spirits of the orchard. To ward off evil spirits, villagers scare them away by banging pots and pans and making as much noise as possible
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  • Prayer wheels, an ubiquitous sight in Bhutan, are revolving cylinders filled with printed prayers that are 'activated' each time the wheel is turned clockwise. Buddhist monks and devotees turn prayer wheels to gain merit and to concentrate the mind on the mantras and prayers they are reciting.
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  • Singing the wassailing song at an orchard-visiting wassail in Kilham village, Yorkshire Wolds, UK on 21st January 2017. Wassail is a traditional Pagan winter celebration in cider-producing regions of England, reciting incantations and singing to the trees to promote a good harvest for the coming year. Pieces of toast soaked in cider are hung in the branches to attract robins to the tree as these are said to be the good spirits of the orchard. To ward off evil spirits, villagers scare them away by banging pots and pans and making as much noise as possible
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  • A member of the Makara Morris Men at an orchard-visiting wassail in Kilham village, Yorkshire Wolds, UK on 21st January 2017. Wassail is a traditional Pagan winter celebration in cider-producing regions of England, reciting incantations and singing to the trees to promote a good harvest for the coming year. Pieces of toast soaked in cider are hung in the branches to attract robins to the tree as these are said to be the good spirits of the orchard. To ward off evil spirits, villagers scare them away by banging pots and pans and making as much noise as possible
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  • Portrait of a Makara Morris dancer wearing traditional costume at an orchard-visiting wassail at Sledmere House in the Yorkshire Wolds, United Kingdom on 20th January 2018. Wassail is a traditional Pagan winter celebration in cider-producing regions of England, reciting incantations and singing to the trees to promote a good harvest for the coming year. Pieces of toast soaked in cider are hung in the branches to attract robins to the tree as these are said to be the good spirits of the orchard. To ward off evil spirits, villagers scare them away by banging pots and pans and making as much noise as possible
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  • Toast hanging on a cider apple tree at an orchard-visiting wassail in Kilham village, Yorkshire Wolds, UK on 21st January 2017. Wassail is a traditional Pagan winter celebration in cider-producing regions of England, reciting incantations and singing to the trees to promote a good harvest for the coming year. Pieces of toast soaked in cider are hung in the branches to attract robins to the tree as these are said to be the good spirits of the orchard. To ward off evil spirits, villagers scare them away by banging pots and pans and making as much noise as possible
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  • A musician from the Makara Morris Men at an orchard-visiting wassail in Kilham village, Yorkshire Wolds, UK on 21st January 2017. Wassail is a traditional Pagan winter celebration in cider-producing regions of England, reciting incantations and singing to the trees to promote a good harvest for the coming year. Pieces of toast soaked in cider are hung in the branches to attract robins to the tree as these are said to be the good spirits of the orchard. To ward off evil spirits, villagers scare them away by banging pots and pans and making as much noise as possible
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  • Portrait of a Makara Morris dancer wearing traditional costume at an orchard-visiting wassail at Sledmere House in the Yorkshire Wolds, United Kingdom on 20th January 2018. Wassail is a traditional Pagan winter celebration in cider-producing regions of England, reciting incantations and singing to the trees to promote a good harvest for the coming year. Pieces of toast soaked in cider are hung in the branches to attract robins to the tree as these are said to be the good spirits of the orchard. To ward off evil spirits, villagers scare them away by banging pots and pans and making as much noise as possible
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  • Portrait of the Rackaback Morris dancing group wearing traditional costume at an orchard-visiting wassail at Sledmere House in the Yorkshire Wolds, United Kingdom on 20th January 2018. Wassail is a traditional Pagan winter celebration in cider-producing regions of England, reciting incantations and singing to the trees to promote a good harvest for the coming year. Pieces of toast soaked in cider are hung in the branches to attract robins to the tree as these are said to be the good spirits of the orchard. To ward off evil spirits, villagers scare them away by banging pots and pans and making as much noise as possible
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  • Makara Morris Men dancing a stick dance at an orchard-visiting wassail at Sledmere House, Yorkshire Wolds, UK on 20th January 2018. Wassail is a traditional Pagan winter celebration in cider-producing regions of England, reciting incantations and singing to the trees to promote a good harvest for the coming year. Pieces of toast soaked in cider are hung in the branches to attract robins to the tree as these are said to be the good spirits of the orchard. To ward off evil spirits, villagers scare them away by banging pots and pans and making as much noise as possible
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  • Rack-a-back Morris Men dancing a stick dance at an orchard-visiting wassail at Sledmere House, Yorkshire Wolds, UK on 20th January 2018. Wassail is a traditional Pagan winter celebration in cider-producing regions of England, reciting incantations and singing to the trees to promote a good harvest for the coming year. Pieces of toast soaked in cider are hung in the branches to attract robins to the tree as these are said to be the good spirits of the orchard. To ward off evil spirits, villagers scare them away by banging pots and pans and making as much noise as possible
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  • Makara Morris musicians performing at an orchard-visiting wassail at Sledmere House, Yorkshire Wolds, UK on 20th January 2018. Wassail is a traditional Pagan winter celebration in cider-producing regions of England, reciting incantations and singing to the trees to promote a good harvest for the coming year. Pieces of toast soaked in cider are hung in the branches to attract robins to the tree as these are said to be the good spirits of the orchard. To ward off evil spirits, villagers scare them away by banging pots and pans and making as much noise as possible
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  • The event begins with reciting from The Koran as Palestinians demonstrate in central London Al-Quds Day during the last week of Ramadan in support of the rights of the Palestinian people and to end the more than 60 years of Israeli occupation and mistreatment. Also to boycott Israeli goods and to make people aware that allegedly one third of Israel's diamonds in circulation are effectively 'blood diamonds'.
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  • Toast hanging on an apple tree at an orchard-visiting wassail in Kilham village, Yorkshire Wolds, UK on 21st January 2017. Wassail is a traditional Pagan winter celebration in cider-producing regions of England, reciting incantations and singing to the trees to promote a good harvest for the coming year. Pieces of toast soaked in cider are hung in the branches to attract robins to the tree as these are said to be the good spirits of the orchard. To ward off evil spirits, villagers scare them away by banging pots and pans and making as much noise as possible
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  • A member of the Makara Morris Men at an orchard-visiting wassail in Kilham village, Yorkshire Wolds, UK on 21st January 2017. Wassail is a traditional Pagan winter celebration in cider-producing regions of England, reciting incantations and singing to the trees to promote a good harvest for the coming year. Pieces of toast soaked in cider are hung in the branches to attract robins to the tree as these are said to be the good spirits of the orchard. To ward off evil spirits, villagers scare them away by banging pots and pans and making as much noise as possible
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  • The Wassail sign at the Old Star public house in Kilham village, Yorkshire Wolds, UK on 21st January 2017. Wassail is a traditional Pagan winter celebration in cider-producing regions of England, reciting incantations and singing to the trees to promote a good harvest for the coming year. Pieces of toast soaked in cider are hung in the branches to attract robins to the tree as these are said to be the good spirits of the orchard. To ward off evil spirits, villagers scare them away by banging pots and pans and making as much noise as possible
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  • Rack-a-back Morris Men dancing a stick dance at an orchard-visiting wassail in Kilham village, Yorkshire Wolds, UK on 21st January 2017. Wassail is a traditional Pagan winter celebration in cider-producing regions of England, reciting incantations and singing to the trees to promote a good harvest for the coming year. Pieces of toast soaked in cider are hung in the branches to attract robins to the tree as these are said to be the good spirits of the orchard. To ward off evil spirits, villagers scare them away by banging pots and pans and making as much noise as possible
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  • Musicians from the Makara Morris Men at an orchard-visiting wassail in Kilham village, Yorkshire Wolds, UK on 21st January 2017. Wassail is a traditional Pagan winter celebration in cider-producing regions of England, reciting incantations and singing to the trees to promote a good harvest for the coming year. Pieces of toast soaked in cider are hung in the branches to attract robins to the tree as these are said to be the good spirits of the orchard. To ward off evil spirits, villagers scare them away by banging pots and pans and making as much noise as possible
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  • A member of the Makara Morris Men at an orchard-visiting wassail in Kilham village, Yorkshire Wolds, UK on 21st January 2017. Wassail is a traditional Pagan winter celebration in cider-producing regions of England, reciting incantations and singing to the trees to promote a good harvest for the coming year. Pieces of toast soaked in cider are hung in the branches to attract robins to the tree as these are said to be the good spirits of the orchard. To ward off evil spirits, villagers scare them away by banging pots and pans and making as much noise as possible
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  • Portrait of the Makara Morris musicians wearing traditional costume at an orchard-visiting wassail at Sledmere House in the Yorkshire Wolds, United Kingdom on 20th January 2018. Wassail is a traditional Pagan winter celebration in cider-producing regions of England, reciting incantations and singing to the trees to promote a good harvest for the coming year. Pieces of toast soaked in cider are hung in the branches to attract robins to the tree as these are said to be the good spirits of the orchard. To ward off evil spirits, villagers scare them away by banging pots and pans and making as much noise as possible
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  • Portrait of Rackaback Morris dancers wearing traditional costume at an orchard-visiting wassail at Sledmere House in the Yorkshire Wolds, United Kingdom on 20th January 2018. Wassail is a traditional Pagan winter celebration in cider-producing regions of England, reciting incantations and singing to the trees to promote a good harvest for the coming year. Pieces of toast soaked in cider are hung in the branches to attract robins to the tree as these are said to be the good spirits of the orchard. To ward off evil spirits, villagers scare them away by banging pots and pans and making as much noise as possible
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  • Portrait of a Makara Morris dancer wearing traditional costume at an orchard-visiting wassail at Sledmere House in the Yorkshire Wolds, United Kingdom on 20th January 2018. Wassail is a traditional Pagan winter celebration in cider-producing regions of England, reciting incantations and singing to the trees to promote a good harvest for the coming year. Pieces of toast soaked in cider are hung in the branches to attract robins to the tree as these are said to be the good spirits of the orchard. To ward off evil spirits, villagers scare them away by banging pots and pans and making as much noise as possible
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  • Portrait of a Rackaback Morris dancer wearing traditional costume at an orchard-visiting wassail at Sledmere House in the Yorkshire Wolds, United Kingdom on 20th January 2018. Wassail is a traditional Pagan winter celebration in cider-producing regions of England, reciting incantations and singing to the trees to promote a good harvest for the coming year. Pieces of toast soaked in cider are hung in the branches to attract robins to the tree as these are said to be the good spirits of the orchard. To ward off evil spirits, villagers scare them away by banging pots and pans and making as much noise as possible
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  • Makara Morris musicians performing at an orchard-visiting wassail at Sledmere House, Yorkshire Wolds, UK on 20th January 2018. Wassail is a traditional Pagan winter celebration in cider-producing regions of England, reciting incantations and singing to the trees to promote a good harvest for the coming year. Pieces of toast soaked in cider are hung in the branches to attract robins to the tree as these are said to be the good spirits of the orchard. To ward off evil spirits, villagers scare them away by banging pots and pans and making as much noise as possible
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  • Makara Morris musicians performing at an orchard-visiting wassail at Sledmere House, Yorkshire Wolds, UK on 20th January 2018. Wassail is a traditional Pagan winter celebration in cider-producing regions of England, reciting incantations and singing to the trees to promote a good harvest for the coming year. Pieces of toast soaked in cider are hung in the branches to attract robins to the tree as these are said to be the good spirits of the orchard. To ward off evil spirits, villagers scare them away by banging pots and pans and making as much noise as possible
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  • Hanging a good wishes label on a cider apple tree at an orchard-visiting wassail at Sledmere House, Yorkshire Wolds, UK on 20th January 2018. Wassail is a traditional Pagan winter celebration in cider-producing regions of England, reciting incantations and singing to the trees to promote a good harvest for the coming year. Pieces of toast soaked in cider are hung in the branches to attract robins to the tree as these are said to be the good spirits of the orchard. To ward off evil spirits, villagers scare them away by banging pots and pans and making as much noise as possible
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  • Makara Morris Men dancing a stick dance at an orchard-visiting wassail at Sledmere House, Yorkshire Wolds, UK on 20th January 2018. Wassail is a traditional Pagan winter celebration in cider-producing regions of England, reciting incantations and singing to the trees to promote a good harvest for the coming year. Pieces of toast soaked in cider are hung in the branches to attract robins to the tree as these are said to be the good spirits of the orchard. To ward off evil spirits, villagers scare them away by banging pots and pans and making as much noise as possible
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  • Rack-a-back Morris Men dancing a stick dance at an orchard-visiting wassail at Sledmere House, Yorkshire Wolds, UK on 20th January 2018. Wassail is a traditional Pagan winter celebration in cider-producing regions of England, reciting incantations and singing to the trees to promote a good harvest for the coming year. Pieces of toast soaked in cider are hung in the branches to attract robins to the tree as these are said to be the good spirits of the orchard. To ward off evil spirits, villagers scare them away by banging pots and pans and making as much noise as possible
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  • Musicians from Rack-a-back Morris Men at an orchard-visiting wassail in Kilham village, Yorkshire Wolds, UK on 21st January 2017. Wassail is a traditional Pagan winter celebration in cider-producing regions of England, reciting incantations and singing to the trees to promote a good harvest for the coming year. Pieces of toast soaked in cider are hung in the branches to attract robins to the tree as these are said to be the good spirits of the orchard. To ward off evil spirits, villagers scare them away by banging pots and pans and making as much noise as possible
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  • A member of the Makara Morris Men at an orchard-visiting wassail in Kilham village, Yorkshire Wolds, UK on 21st January 2017. Wassail is a traditional Pagan winter celebration in cider-producing regions of England, reciting incantations and singing to the trees to promote a good harvest for the coming year. Pieces of toast soaked in cider are hung in the branches to attract robins to the tree as these are said to be the good spirits of the orchard. To ward off evil spirits, villagers scare them away by banging pots and pans and making as much noise as possible
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  • A member of the Makara Morris Men at an orchard-visiting wassail in Kilham village, Yorkshire Wolds, UK on 21st January 2017. Wassail is a traditional Pagan winter celebration in cider-producing regions of England, reciting incantations and singing to the trees to promote a good harvest for the coming year. Pieces of toast soaked in cider are hung in the branches to attract robins to the tree as these are said to be the good spirits of the orchard. To ward off evil spirits, villagers scare them away by banging pots and pans and making as much noise as possible
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  • Portrait of the Green Man at an orchard-visiting wassail in Kilham village, Yorkshire Wolds, UK on 21st January 2017. Wassail is a traditional Pagan winter celebration in cider-producing regions of England, reciting incantations and singing to the trees to promote a good harvest for the coming year. Pieces of toast soaked in cider are hung in the branches to attract robins to the tree as these are said to be the good spirits of the orchard. To ward off evil spirits, villagers scare them away by banging pots and pans and making as much noise as possible
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  • Making up the green man for an orchard-visiting wassail in Kilham village, Yorkshire Wolds, UK on 21st January 2017. Wassail is a traditional Pagan winter celebration in cider-producing regions of England, reciting incantations and singing to the trees to promote a good harvest for the coming year. Pieces of toast soaked in cider are hung in the branches to attract robins to the tree as these are said to be the good spirits of the orchard. To ward off evil spirits, villagers scare them away by banging pots and pans and making as much noise as possible
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  • Portrait of a Makara Morris dancer wearing traditional costume at an orchard-visiting wassail at Sledmere House in the Yorkshire Wolds, United Kingdom on 20th January 2018. Wassail is a traditional Pagan winter celebration in cider-producing regions of England, reciting incantations and singing to the trees to promote a good harvest for the coming year. Pieces of toast soaked in cider are hung in the branches to attract robins to the tree as these are said to be the good spirits of the orchard. To ward off evil spirits, villagers scare them away by banging pots and pans and making as much noise as possible
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  • Portrait of a Makara Morris dancer wearing traditional costume at an orchard-visiting wassail at Sledmere House in the Yorkshire Wolds, United Kingdom on 20th January 2018. Wassail is a traditional Pagan winter celebration in cider-producing regions of England, reciting incantations and singing to the trees to promote a good harvest for the coming year. Pieces of toast soaked in cider are hung in the branches to attract robins to the tree as these are said to be the good spirits of the orchard. To ward off evil spirits, villagers scare them away by banging pots and pans and making as much noise as possible
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  • Portrait of a Rackaback Morris dancer wearing traditional costume at an orchard-visiting wassail at Sledmere House in the Yorkshire Wolds, United Kingdom on 20th January 2018. Wassail is a traditional Pagan winter celebration in cider-producing regions of England, reciting incantations and singing to the trees to promote a good harvest for the coming year. Pieces of toast soaked in cider are hung in the branches to attract robins to the tree as these are said to be the good spirits of the orchard. To ward off evil spirits, villagers scare them away by banging pots and pans and making as much noise as possible
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  • Portrait of a Rackaback Morris dancer wearing traditional costume at an orchard-visiting wassail at Sledmere House in the Yorkshire Wolds, United Kingdom on 20th January 2018. Wassail is a traditional Pagan winter celebration in cider-producing regions of England, reciting incantations and singing to the trees to promote a good harvest for the coming year. Pieces of toast soaked in cider are hung in the branches to attract robins to the tree as these are said to be the good spirits of the orchard. To ward off evil spirits, villagers scare them away by banging pots and pans and making as much noise as possible
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  • Portrait of a Rackaback Morris dancer wearing traditional costume at an orchard-visiting wassail at Sledmere House in the Yorkshire Wolds, United Kingdom on 20th January 2018. Wassail is a traditional Pagan winter celebration in cider-producing regions of England, reciting incantations and singing to the trees to promote a good harvest for the coming year. Pieces of toast soaked in cider are hung in the branches to attract robins to the tree as these are said to be the good spirits of the orchard. To ward off evil spirits, villagers scare them away by banging pots and pans and making as much noise as possible
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  • The Green Man at an orchard-visiting wassail at Sledmere House, Yorkshire Wolds, UK on 20th January 2018. Wassail is a traditional Pagan winter celebration in cider-producing regions of England, reciting incantations and singing to the trees to promote a good harvest for the coming year. Pieces of toast soaked in cider are hung in the branches to attract robins to the tree as these are said to be the good spirits of the orchard. To ward off evil spirits, villagers scare them away by banging pots and pans and making as much noise as possible
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  • Hanging a good wishes label on a cider apple tree at an orchard-visiting wassail at Sledmere House, Yorkshire Wolds, UK on 20th January 2018. Wassail is a traditional Pagan winter celebration in cider-producing regions of England, reciting incantations and singing to the trees to promote a good harvest for the coming year. Pieces of toast soaked in cider are hung in the branches to attract robins to the tree as these are said to be the good spirits of the orchard. To ward off evil spirits, villagers scare them away by banging pots and pans and making as much noise as possible
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  • Portrait of a Makara Morris dancers wearing traditional costume at an orchard-visiting wassail at Sledmere House in the Yorkshire Wolds, United Kingdom on 20th January 2018. Wassail is a traditional Pagan winter celebration in cider-producing regions of England, reciting incantations and singing to the trees to promote a good harvest for the coming year. Pieces of toast soaked in cider are hung in the branches to attract robins to the tree as these are said to be the good spirits of the orchard. To ward off evil spirits, villagers scare them away by banging pots and pans and making as much noise as possible
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  • Hanging a good wishes label on a cider apple tree at an orchard-visiting wassail in Kilham village, Yorkshire Wolds, UK on 21st January 2017. Wassail is a traditional Pagan winter celebration in cider-producing regions of England, reciting incantations and singing to the trees to promote a good harvest for the coming year. Pieces of toast soaked in cider are hung in the branches to attract robins to the tree as these are said to be the good spirits of the orchard. To ward off evil spirits, villagers scare them away by banging pots and pans and making as much noise as possible
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  • A member of the Makara Morris Men at an orchard-visiting wassail in Kilham village, Yorkshire Wolds, UK on 21st January 2017. Wassail is a traditional Pagan winter celebration in cider-producing regions of England, reciting incantations and singing to the trees to promote a good harvest for the coming year. Pieces of toast soaked in cider are hung in the branches to attract robins to the tree as these are said to be the good spirits of the orchard. To ward off evil spirits, villagers scare them away by banging pots and pans and making as much noise as possible
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  • A member of the Makara Morris Men at an orchard-visiting wassail in Kilham village, Yorkshire Wolds, UK on 21st January 2017. Wassail is a traditional Pagan winter celebration in cider-producing regions of England, reciting incantations and singing to the trees to promote a good harvest for the coming year. Pieces of toast soaked in cider are hung in the branches to attract robins to the tree as these are said to be the good spirits of the orchard. To ward off evil spirits, villagers scare them away by banging pots and pans and making as much noise as possible
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  • Portrait of the Green Man at an orchard-visiting wassail in Kilham village, Yorkshire Wolds, UK on 21st January 2017. Wassail is a traditional Pagan winter celebration in cider-producing regions of England, reciting incantations and singing to the trees to promote a good harvest for the coming year. Pieces of toast soaked in cider are hung in the branches to attract robins to the tree as these are said to be the good spirits of the orchard. To ward off evil spirits, villagers scare them away by banging pots and pans and making as much noise as possible
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  • Making up the green man for an orchard-visiting wassail in Kilham village, Yorkshire Wolds, UK on 21st January 2017. Wassail is a traditional Pagan winter celebration in cider-producing regions of England, reciting incantations and singing to the trees to promote a good harvest for the coming year. Pieces of toast soaked in cider are hung in the branches to attract robins to the tree as these are said to be the good spirits of the orchard. To ward off evil spirits, villagers scare them away by banging pots and pans and making as much noise as possible
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  • Portrait of a Makara Morris dancer wearing traditional costume at an orchard-visiting wassail at Sledmere House in the Yorkshire Wolds, United Kingdom on 20th January 2018. Wassail is a traditional Pagan winter celebration in cider-producing regions of England, reciting incantations and singing to the trees to promote a good harvest for the coming year. Pieces of toast soaked in cider are hung in the branches to attract robins to the tree as these are said to be the good spirits of the orchard. To ward off evil spirits, villagers scare them away by banging pots and pans and making as much noise as possible
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  • Portrait of a Rackaback Morris musician wearing traditional costume at an orchard-visiting wassail at Sledmere House in the Yorkshire Wolds, United Kingdom on 20th January 2018. Wassail is a traditional Pagan winter celebration in cider-producing regions of England, reciting incantations and singing to the trees to promote a good harvest for the coming year. Pieces of toast soaked in cider are hung in the branches to attract robins to the tree as these are said to be the good spirits of the orchard. To ward off evil spirits, villagers scare them away by banging pots and pans and making as much noise as possible
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  • Portrait of a Rackaback Morris dancer wearing traditional costume at an orchard-visiting wassail at Sledmere House in the Yorkshire Wolds, United Kingdom on 20th January 2018. Wassail is a traditional Pagan winter celebration in cider-producing regions of England, reciting incantations and singing to the trees to promote a good harvest for the coming year. Pieces of toast soaked in cider are hung in the branches to attract robins to the tree as these are said to be the good spirits of the orchard. To ward off evil spirits, villagers scare them away by banging pots and pans and making as much noise as possible
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  • Portrait of Rackaback Morris dancers wearing traditional costume at an orchard-visiting wassail at Sledmere House in the Yorkshire Wolds, United Kingdom on 20th January 2018. Wassail is a traditional Pagan winter celebration in cider-producing regions of England, reciting incantations and singing to the trees to promote a good harvest for the coming year. Pieces of toast soaked in cider are hung in the branches to attract robins to the tree as these are said to be the good spirits of the orchard. To ward off evil spirits, villagers scare them away by banging pots and pans and making as much noise as possible
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  • The Green Man at an orchard-visiting wassail in Kilham village, Yorkshire Wolds, UK on 21st January 2017. Wassail is a traditional Pagan winter celebration in cider-producing regions of England, reciting incantations and singing to the trees to promote a good harvest for the coming year. Pieces of toast soaked in cider are hung in the branches to attract robins to the tree as these are said to be the good spirits of the orchard. To ward off evil spirits, villagers scare them away by banging pots and pans and making as much noise as possible
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  • Makara Morris Men at an orchard-visiting wassail in Kilham village, Yorkshire Wolds, UK on 21st January 2017. Wassail is a traditional Pagan winter celebration in cider-producing regions of England, reciting incantations and singing to the trees to promote a good harvest for the coming year. Pieces of toast soaked in cider are hung in the branches to attract robins to the tree as these are said to be the good spirits of the orchard. To ward off evil spirits, villagers scare them away by banging pots and pans and making as much noise as possible
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  • Hundreds of Orthodox Jews gathered today (8th of April 2009) in Springfield park, Stamford Hill, to celebrate the festival of Birkat Hachama (blessing of the sun).  It is a Jewish blessing that is recited in appreciation of the Sun once every twenty-eight years, when the vernal equinox as calculated by tradition falls on a Tuesday at sundown. Jewish tradition says that when the Sun completes this cycle, it has returned to its position when the world was created. According to Judaism, the Sun has a 28 year solar cycle known as machzor gadol (מחזור גדול, "the large cycle"). A solar year is estimated as 365.25 days and the "Blessing of the Sun", being said at the beginning of this cycle, is therefore recited every 10,227 (28 times 365.25) days
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  • Hundreds of Orthodox Jews gathered today (8th of April 2009) in Springfield park, Stamford Hill, to celebrate the festival of Birkat Hachama (blessing of the sun).  It is a Jewish blessing that is recited in appreciation of the Sun once every twenty-eight years, when the vernal equinox as calculated by tradition falls on a Tuesday at sundown. Jewish tradition says that when the Sun completes this cycle, it has returned to its position when the world was created. According to Judaism, the Sun has a 28 year solar cycle known as machzor gadol (מחזור גדול, "the large cycle"). A solar year is estimated as 365.25 days and the "Blessing of the Sun", being said at the beginning of this cycle, is therefore recited every 10,227 (28 times 365.25) days
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  • Hundreds of Orthodox Jews gathered today (8th of April 2009) in Springfield park, Stamford Hill, to celebrate the festival of Birkat Hachama (blessing of the sun).  It is a Jewish blessing that is recited in appreciation of the Sun once every twenty-eight years, when the vernal equinox as calculated by tradition falls on a Tuesday at sundown. Jewish tradition says that when the Sun completes this cycle, it has returned to its position when the world was created. According to Judaism, the Sun has a 28 year solar cycle known as machzor gadol (מחזור גדול, "the large cycle"). A solar year is estimated as 365.25 days and the "Blessing of the Sun", being said at the beginning of this cycle, is therefore recited every 10,227 (28 times 365.25) days
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  • Hundreds of Orthodox Jews gathered today (8th of April 2009) in Springfield park, Stamford Hill, to celebrate the festival of Birkat Hachama (blessing of the sun).  It is a Jewish blessing that is recited in appreciation of the Sun once every twenty-eight years, when the vernal equinox as calculated by tradition falls on a Tuesday at sundown. Jewish tradition says that when the Sun completes this cycle, it has returned to its position when the world was created. According to Judaism, the Sun has a 28 year solar cycle known as machzor gadol (מחזור גדול, "the large cycle"). A solar year is estimated as 365.25 days and the "Blessing of the Sun", being said at the beginning of this cycle, is therefore recited every 10,227 (28 times 365.25) days
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  • St Martin in the Fields church on Trafalgar Square, London. A working church which also hosts many concerts and recitals.
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  • In Van Lam village, Ninh Thuan province, Central Vietnam, Cham girls usually in groups of around 5, undergo a Karoh (maturity) ceremony, one of the most important ritual events of their lives and if it has not taken place, the girl cannot marry. After a purification ritual, the girls prepare for the main ceremony by dressing in a white dress and then putting on bronze, copper and sometimes gold jewellery. The girl's hair is brushed and put up into a bun. Afterwards each girl is given a traditional yellow robe and her head is covered with a red woven cloth and then the head priest places his hand on the girls head, recites a prayer and cuts a small lock of her hair. The Cham, a Muslim community of around 39,000 people living along the coast of Central Vietnam are one of the 54 ethnic groups recognised by the Vietnamese government.
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  • In Van Lam village, Ninh Thuan province, Central Vietnam, Cham girls usually in groups of around 5, undergo a Karoh (maturity) ceremony, one of the most important ritual events of their lives and if it has not taken place, the girl cannot marry. After a purification ritual, the girls prepare for the main ceremony by dressing in a white dress and then putting on bronze, copper and sometimes gold jewellery. The girl's hair is brushed and put up into a bun. Afterwards each girl is given a traditional yellow robe and her head is covered with a red woven cloth and then the head priest places his hand on the girls head, recites a prayer and cuts a small lock of her hair. The Cham, a Muslim community of around 39,000 people living along the coast of Central Vietnam are one of the 54 ethnic groups recognised by the Vietnamese government.
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  • St Martin in the Fields church on Trafalgar Square, London. A working church which also hosts many concerts and recitals.
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  • St Martin in the Fields church on Trafalgar Square, London. A working church which also hosts many concerts and recitals.
    20091219st martin in the fieldsA.jpg
  • In Van Lam village, Ninh Thuan province, Central Vietnam, Cham girls usually in groups of around 5, undergo a Karoh (maturity) ceremony, one of the most important ritual events of their lives and if it has not taken place, the girl cannot marry. After a purification ritual, the girls prepare for the main ceremony by dressing in a white dress and then putting on bronze, copper and sometimes gold jewellery. The girl's hair is brushed and put up into a bun. Afterwards each girl is given a traditional yellow robe and her head is covered with a red woven cloth and then the head priest places his hand on the girls head, recites a prayer and cuts a small lock of her hair. The Cham, a Muslim community of around 39,000 people living along the coast of Central Vietnam are one of the 54 ethnic groups recognised by the Vietnamese government.
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  • In Van Lam village, Ninh Thuan province, Central Vietnam, Cham girls usually in groups of around 5, undergo a Karoh (maturity) ceremony, one of the most important ritual events of their lives and if it has not taken place, the girl cannot marry. After a purification ritual, the girls prepare for the main ceremony by dressing in a white dress and then putting on bronze, copper and sometimes gold jewellery. The girl's hair is brushed and put up into a bun. Afterwards each girl is given a traditional yellow robe and her head is covered with a red woven cloth and then the head priest places his hand on the girls head, recites a prayer and cuts a small lock of her hair. The Cham, a Muslim community of around 39,000 people living along the coast of Central Vietnam are one of the 54 ethnic groups recognised by the Vietnamese government.
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  • In Van Lam village, Ninh Thuan province, Central Vietnam, Cham girls usually in groups of around 5, undergo a Karoh (maturity) ceremony, one of the most important ritual events of their lives and if it has not taken place, the girl cannot marry. After a purification ritual, the girls prepare for the main ceremony by dressing in a white dress and then putting on bronze, copper and sometimes gold jewellery. The girl's hair is brushed and put up into a bun. Afterwards each girl is given a traditional yellow robe and her head is covered with a red woven cloth and then the head priest places his hand on the girls head, recites a prayer and cuts a small lock of her hair. The Cham, a Muslim community of around 39,000 people living along the coast of Central Vietnam are one of the 54 ethnic groups recognised by the Vietnamese government.
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  • In Van Lam village, Ninh Thuan province, Central Vietnam, Cham girls usually in groups of around 5, undergo a Karoh (maturity) ceremony, one of the most important ritual events of their lives and if it has not taken place, the girl cannot marry. After a purification ritual, the girls prepare for the main ceremony by dressing in a white dress and then putting on bronze, copper and sometimes gold jewellery. The girl's hair is brushed and put up into a bun. Afterwards each girl is given a traditional yellow robe and her head is covered with a red woven cloth and then the head priest places his hand on the girls head, recites a prayer and cuts a small lock of her hair. The Cham, a Muslim community of around 39,000 people living along the coast of Central Vietnam are one of the 54 ethnic groups recognised by the Vietnamese government.
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  • In Van Lam village, Ninh Thuan province, Central Vietnam, Cham girls usually in groups of around 5, undergo a Karoh (maturity) ceremony, one of the most important ritual events of their lives and if it has not taken place, the girl cannot marry. After a purification ritual, the girls prepare for the main ceremony by dressing in a white dress and then putting on bronze, copper and sometimes gold jewellery. The girl's hair is brushed and put up into a bun. Afterwards each girl is given a traditional yellow robe and her head is covered with a red woven cloth and then the head priest places his hand on the girls head, recites a prayer and cuts a small lock of her hair. The Cham, a Muslim community of around 39,000 people living along the coast of Central Vietnam are one of the 54 ethnic groups recognised by the Vietnamese government.
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  • In Van Lam village, Ninh Thuan province, Central Vietnam, Cham girls usually in groups of around 5, undergo a Karoh (maturity) ceremony, one of the most important ritual events of their lives and if it has not taken place, the girl cannot marry. After a purification ritual, the girls prepare for the main ceremony by dressing in a white dress and then putting on bronze, copper and sometimes gold jewellery. The girl's hair is brushed and put up into a bun. Afterwards each girl is given a traditional yellow robe and her head is covered with a red woven cloth and then the head priest places his hand on the girls head, recites a prayer and cuts a small lock of her hair. The Cham, a Muslim community of around 39,000 people living along the coast of Central Vietnam are one of the 54 ethnic groups recognised by the Vietnamese government.
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  • In Van Lam village, Ninh Thuan province, Central Vietnam, Cham girls usually in groups of around 5, undergo a Karoh (maturity) ceremony, one of the most important ritual events of their lives and if it has not taken place, the girl cannot marry. After a purification ritual, the girls prepare for the main ceremony by dressing in a white dress and then putting on bronze, copper and sometimes gold jewellery. The girl's hair is brushed and put up into a bun. Afterwards each girl is given a traditional yellow robe and her head is covered with a red woven cloth and then the head priest places his hand on the girls head, recites a prayer and cuts a small lock of her hair. The Cham, a Muslim community of around 39,000 people living along the coast of Central Vietnam are one of the 54 ethnic groups recognised by the Vietnamese government.
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  • In Van Lam village, Ninh Thuan province, Central Vietnam, Cham girls usually in groups of around 5, undergo a Karoh (maturity) ceremony, one of the most important ritual events of their lives and if it has not taken place, the girl cannot marry. After a purification ritual, the girls prepare for the main ceremony by dressing in a white dress and then putting on bronze, copper and sometimes gold jewellery. The girl's hair is brushed and put up into a bun. Afterwards each girl is given a traditional yellow robe and her head is covered with a red woven cloth and then the head priest places his hand on the girls head, recites a prayer and cuts a small lock of her hair. The Cham, a Muslim community of around 39,000 people living along the coast of Central Vietnam are one of the 54 ethnic groups recognised by the Vietnamese government.
    A0027781cc_1.jpg
  • In Van Lam village, Ninh Thuan province, Central Vietnam, Cham girls usually in groups of around 5, undergo a Karoh (maturity) ceremony, one of the most important ritual events of their lives and if it has not taken place, the girl cannot marry. After a purification ritual, the girls prepare for the main ceremony by dressing in a white dress and then putting on bronze, copper and sometimes gold jewellery. The girl's hair is brushed and put up into a bun. Afterwards each girl is given a traditional yellow robe and her head is covered with a red woven cloth and then the head priest places his hand on the girls head, recites a prayer and cuts a small lock of her hair. The Cham, a Muslim community of around 39,000 people living along the coast of Central Vietnam are one of the 54 ethnic groups recognised by the Vietnamese government.
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  • Young boys between the ages of 8 and 13 gather under the shade of a brightly-coloured canopy in the compound of the Governor of the war-torn region of north Darfur, Sudan. Dressed in white gowns and wearing red bandanas, they will soon celebrate a Sudanese rite of passage, the male circumcision. Only when they have recited the entire Qur'an [Koran] once through will they generally endure this traditional practice.
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  • Funeral stretchers lean against a wall of a local cemetery in the village of Qum (Koom), on the West Bank of Luxor, Nile Valley, Egypt. According to Islamic law (“shariah”), the body should be buried as soon as possible from the time of death, which means that funeral planning and preparations begin immediately. After Salat al-Janazah has been recited, the body should be transported to the cemetery for burial. Traditionally, only men are allowed to be present at the burial, though in some communities all mourners, including women, will be allowed at the gravesite.
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  • A schoolboy recites Arabic verses from the Koran in a classroom at the Islamic Koom al-Bourit Institute for Boys in the village of Qum (Koom), on the West Bank of Luxor, Nile Valley, Egypt. Islam in Egypt is the dominant religion in a country with around 80 million Muslims, comprising 94.7% of the population, as of 2010. Almost the entirety of Egypt's Muslims are Sunnis, with a small minority of Shia and Ahmadi Muslims. The latter, however, are not recognised by Egypt.
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  • A young Egyptian boy plays an acoustic guitar at the American-sponsored Theban Mapping Project Library on the West Bank of Luxor, Nile Valley, Egypt. He has been playing for only three months and can already play a variety of chords and even recite the theme of the film, Titanic. The Theban Mapping Project's goal is to enable local people to have a place where they can read and learn as state schools are under-resourced, lacking basic teaching aides such as books or musical instruments. The organisation is run by American Egyptologist Dr Kent Weeks who is committed to the original goal of accurately documenting the archaeological heritage of Thebes. (Photo by Richard Baker / In Pictures via Getty Image).
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  • Hindu bride, Shweta Singhal, sits on her father's lap as she hold in her hands a coconut and banana, as a priest recites verses meant to purify the bride, after which the father will give his daughter away to the bride groom ( newly-wed husband) as a gift. Shweta is surrounded here by her most immediate family and is a highly emotionally charged moment as it symbolises the abandonment of her caste to adopt her husband's,  Neemrana Fort Palace, Rajasthan, India.
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  • Hindu bride, Shweta Singhal, sits on her father's lap as she hold in her hands a coconut and banana, as a priest recites verses meant to purify the bride, after which the father will give his daughter away to the bride groom ( newly-wed husband) as a gift, Neemrana Fort Palace, Rajasthan, India.
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  • Hindu bride, Shweta Singhal, sits on her father's lap as she hold in her hands a coconut and banana, as a priest recites verses meant to purify the bride, after which the father will give his daughter away to the bride groom ( newly-wed husband) as a gift, Neemrana Fort Palace, Rajasthan, India.
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  • On the first day of Passover Rabbi Gluck burns his homets and the tools used to collect the homets in a garden fire. While burning these items he recites a prayer.
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