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Nazarenes carry incense burners during a Holy Week procession in Tunja, Colombia, Wednesday, April 16, 2025. (AP Photo/Ivan ...
From epic water fights and night-long cave raves to extravagant fruit-laden parades, these kooky events all make the most of the coast.
The Easter story is central to Christianity, commemorating the rebirth of Jesus Christ, believed to have occurred around ...
Good Friday is a solemn Christian observance commemorating the crucifixion and sacrifice of Jesus Christ. It is marked by ...
This year is not only the 1,700th anniversary of the first ecumenical council of the church, but also one of the years when ...
Around the world, an estimated 300 million ... shaped by religious traditions and regional histories. Like the Persian calendar, the Julian and Gregorian calendars are based on the solar cycle.
Field Guide and Hot Luck, two of Central Texas’ biggest celebrations of food and the people who bring it to our tables, take ...
Pohela Boishakh is a celebration marked by family gatherings, new clothes, and traditional meals. On this auspicious day, people wake up early and take a bath before sunrise. They clean their homes ...
The annual Coachella Valley Music and Arts and Stagecoach Festivals are perhaps the best known, but a number of other ...
Randy and Becky Mate, with a neighbor, promote the upcoming World Art Day. Photo provided by Becky MATE April’s World Art Day, as proclaimed by the United Nations, means increasingly more celebrations ...
(Ja'Mon Jackson/The Washington Informer) After a month of communal prayer, fasting and reflection during the season of Ramadan, Muslims all around the District, nation and world ... Fitr celebration ...
Muslims around the world celebrate two major holidays in Islam, Eid-al Fitr and Eid-al Adha, with the former marking the end of Ramadan.