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Kathmandu, Apr 15 (EFE/EPA).- Thousands of Nepalese gathered Thursday to celebrate the Bisket Jatra festival despite the government's request of no gatherings of more than 25 persons due to the second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic. The Bisket festival is celebrated to mark the Nepali New Year 2076, especially among the Newar communities in Bhaktapur. During the festival, devotees will carry a chariot of Hindu gods and goddesses and smear vermilion-color powder on each other's faces. (Camera: NARENDRA SHRESTHA).SHOT LIST: NEPALESE PEOPLE SING AND DANCE TO TRADITIONAL MUSIC WHILE SMEARING VERMILION COLOUR POWDER DURING THE 'SINDOOR JATRA' FESTIVAL AS PART OF THE BISKET JATRA FESTIVAL IN THIMI, ON THE OUTSKIRTS OF KATHMANDU, NEPAL.
Amritsar, Jan 13 (EFE/EPA).- Thousands of people on Wednesday celebrated the traditional Lohri festival, which marks the peak kite-flying season in India.Lohri or Makar Sankranti, a popular festival in northern India that marks the end of the winter solstice, is celebrated on Jan. 13 and 14 across India. During the festival, thousands of people participate in kite-flying competitions, that involve dueling with rival kites. (Camera: RAMINDER PAL SINGH). SHOT LIST: AN EVENT TO CELEBRATE THE LOHRI FESTIVAL IN AMRITSAR, INDIA.
Thousands of people come together in the South Korean capital on Friday to make the traditional Korean spicy cabbage kimchi.
Thousands of Hindus gather for a pre dawn tradition to mark the start of Spring, Basant Panchami. Rough Cut-subtitled (no reporter narration).
Thousands of Chileans gather outside the Moneda Palace in the capital of Santiago, to mark International Women's Day. IMAGES
"This constitutional revision will make this tragedy irreversible for the weakest members of society," says Marie-Lys Pellissier, spokesperson for the "March for Life", at an anti-abortion rights demonstration of about fifty activists near Port-Royal as the Senate prepared to vote on enshrining abortion in the Constitution. IMAGES