no comment Vietnamese singles look for love at Hanoi pagoda Locals flocked to an ancient pagoda in Vietnam's capital, Hanoi on Thursday to pray for better luck in love on the celebration of Valentine's Day. 14/02/2019
Inspire Middle East UAE residents celebrate the Chinese New Year Chinese residents in the United Arab Emirates gathered to celebrate the Lunar New Year. 08/02/2019
no comment Beijing marks third day of Lunar New Year Chinese communities around the world are welcoming the Year of the Pig. 07/02/2019
no comment North Koreans celebrate first day of Lunar New Year Family members exchanged gifts and dressed in traditional attire. 07/02/2019
no comment Tibetans celebrate New Year with a horse parade Tibetans of southwest China's Sichuan Province held a ceremony and a horse parade on Tuesday to celebrate Losar, the Tibetan New Year. 06/02/2019
no comment The annual Sapporo snow festival kicks off Visitors are flocking to the city of Sapporo on Japan`s northern island of Hokkaido to see snow and ice sculptures as the annual snow festival kicks off. 04/02/2019
no comment Pernik celebrates the 28th Surva festival Every winter, folklore groups from across Bulgaria take part in the two-day Surva festival in the city of Pernik. 28/01/2019
no comment Ash-smeared holy men attend India's Kumbh Mela Ash-smeared and Naga Sadhus or Hindu holy men, wearing just rosary beads and garlands, smoking wooden chillums (cigars), were a huge draw at this week's Kumbh Mela in India, the world's largest religious festival. 17/01/2019
no comment Horses jump bonfires at Spanish festival's 'purification ceremony' Over a hundred horses jumped through bonfires in a "purification ceremony" on Wednesday during the Spanish festival of "Las Luminarias" in a village northwest of Madrid. 17/01/2019
no comment Japanese plunge into ice bath at Tokyo's shrine in purification ritual for New Year Nearly one hundred people gathered at a Tokyo shrine to wash themselves in an icy bath on Sunday (January 13) to purify their souls and wish for good health in the new year. 13/01/2019
no comment Mock funeral helps Thai faithful prepare for 2019 While many are celebrating New Year's Eve with countdowns and fireworks, in Thailand worshippers at a temple in suburban Bangkok lay inside coffins and took part in traditional funeral rituals. 31/12/2018
no comment Watch: A giant rice cake at a shrine north of Tokyo to pray for a good harvest year A giant rice cake has been placed at a shrine north of Tokyo to pray for a good harvest and the safety of the region in the coming year 30/12/2018
no comment From dog to wild boar to mark new year of Oriental zodiac A dog handed over its responsibilities to a wild boar at a ceremony marking the change of year under the Oriental zodiac 27/12/2018
no comment China winter solstice is The unique activity of splashing water into ice amid extreme low temperatures was staged in different areas in northeast China`s Heilongjiang Province on Saturday to celebrate Winter Solstice 23/12/2018
no comment Cubans pray to St. Lazarus at annual pilgrimage Thousands of Cubans walked and crawled up the hill to the Shrine of Saint Lazarus on Sunday, seeking relief from health problems and hoping for economic prosperity and general well-being. 17/12/2018
no comment Cleaners dressed as zodiac animals clean hotel windows in Japan Window cleaners dressed as the current and the next Chinese zodiac animals washed hotel windows in Tokyo on Thursday (December 13) in anticipation of the coming year. 14/12/2018
no comment Year-end clean-up at Japan's World Heritage bridge Shinto priests have done year-end cleaning of a shrine bridge at a UNESCO World Heritage site in the city of Nikko, north of Tokyo. 12/12/2018
no comment Marching band parades giant Christmas cake at German Christmas market A giant Christmas cake was unveiled in Dresden on Saturday as part of the German city's 25th annual 'Stollenfest'. 09/12/2018
