Festivals
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Indonesia’s Yadnya Kasada festival – in pictures
During the annual Yadnya Kasada festival, the Tenggerese people climb Mount Bromo, an active volcano, and seek…
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Ustad Saami’s ‘mind-boggling’ album God Is Not a Terrorist: ‘It’s superhuman’
The 76-year-old music virtuoso released his first record last year. He’s the last surviving practitioner of a …
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Books, Bollywood and barbs: the magic of the Jaipur literature festival
Critics may carp, but stellar lineups, celebrity sightings and swarming crowds make Jaipur the world’s biggest…
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Himalayan headbangers: in the moshpit with the metalheads of Kathmandu
Nepal’s police used to pick up metal fans and cut their hair or jail them. The country now has its own festiva…
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Nepal festival celebrates end of monsoon season – in pictures
The annual Infra Jatra festival, named after the god of rain and heaven, is celebrated by worshipping, singing…
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Denise Ho: Hong Kong has reached ‘a point of no turning back’
Cantopop star says city has become a police state as young people fight for their lives “We are officially in …