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
Life Eco-friendly trends for Christmas We collected the top trends for an eco-friendly festive season. 12/11/2018
no comment Military cadets play Japan's wildest game — Botaoshi Hundreds of cadets at the Japanese National Defence Academy on Sunday took part in one of Japan's great spectacles, the annual Botaoshi or 'topple the pole' event. 11/11/2018
no comment Mexico City comes alive with Day of the Dead parade Tens of thousands of Mexicans lined the capital's Reforma boulevard on Saturday (October 27) for the Day of the Dead parade, a modern twist on a belief that dates back to the pre-Hispanic era. 28/10/2018
no comment Watch : Buffalo racing in Thailand The world-famous buffalo race of Chon Buri continues on its 147th year along with buffalo conservation activities to promote knowledge in buffalo rearing and rice farming. 24/10/2018
no comment Skeletons run amok warming up for Mexico's 'Day of the Dead' Mexicans threw a macabre party on Sunday (October 21), disguising themselves as the iconic Mexican skeleton figure known as "La Catrina" or "Elegant Skull" and flooded the streets for a pre-Day of the Dead parade. 22/10/2018
no comment Argentine waiters race to the finish line during annual competition Hundreds of waiters in Argentina's capital Buenos Aires took part in the annual waiters' race on Saturday, walking as fast as possible without spilling bottles and drink glasses from their trays. 21/10/2018
India Watch: Schoolchildren dress as Gandhi amid birthday celebrations October 2 marks Gandhi's birthday as well as International Day of Non-Violence, an ideal that Gandhi strove towards. 02/10/2018
no comment Fire dragon dances through streets of Hong Kong Eighty people lifted a giant fire dragon through the streets of Hong Kong on Monday as part of the city's mid-autumn festival celebrations. 25/09/2018
no comment Auckland police officers perform haka at graduation ceremony The newest additions to the North Shore, Rodney and West Auckland police performed a passionate haka at their graduation ceremony on September 6. 24/09/2018
no comment Fires of passion: North Korea holds torch parade Thousands of North Koreans wielding burning torches and shouting slogans filled Kim Il Sung square Monday in celebration of the country's 70th birthday. 11/09/2018
no comment The procession of the Machine of Santa Rosa returns to Viterbo The Machine of Santa Rosa, designed by the architect Raffaele Ascenzi, has marched this year on September 3 for the fourth time in Viterbo. 05/09/2018
no comment Thousands gather in Venice to watch traditional regatta Thousands of boating enthusiasts gathered in Venice on Sunday to watch the Regata Storica, a historical boat race held every year since the thirteenth century in the city's lagoon and Grand Canal. 03/09/2018
no comment World's biggest alpine horn festival delights Swiss folklore fans The soft, melancholic notes of hundreds of traditional wooden Swiss alpine horns filled the valley below Mount Tracouet in Switzerland on Sunday (July 22) during the end of world's largest festival of its kind. 22/07/2018
no comment Colourful floats wow crowds at Kyoto's Gion festival Spectators braved sweltering heat to watch a series of colourful floats at the annual Gion festival on Tuesday. 17/07/2018
no comment Colachos jump over Spanish babies to bring them good luck Men representing the devil, known as Colacho, leaped over young babies on Sunday, in an ancient Spanish religious festival designed to chase out bad spirits. 04/06/2018
no comment Competitors in Hong Kong race up 14-metre-high bun tower Thousands of local residents and tourists flocked to an outlying island in Hong Kong on Tuesday to celebrate a local bun festival despite recording-breaking heat. 23/05/2018
no comment Hong Kong's festival to drive away evil spirits Thousands of people flocked to an outlying island in Hong Kong on Tuesday to celebrate the Cheung Chau Bun festival, one of the oldest and most colourful in Hong Kong which began around 100 years ago after a deadly plague devastated the island. 23/05/2018