Tag: religious festival
Toxic smog chokes Indian capital during Diwali celebrations
People across the sprawling city woke to find themselves enveloped in a grey-yellow blanket of haze
Changes to traditional celebration of Peñafrancia festival remain due to pandemic
This will be the second year that the celebration will be held without the traditional religious activities due to the pandemic
Forego ‘fiestas,’ religious gatherings to avoid spread of COVID, Filipino Catholics...
A 'fiesta' is commonly about the celebration of a city's or a village's patron saint, or of harvest especially during the month of May
Tens of thousands of Hindu devotees take holy plunge in Ganges
Hindu ascetics known as Naga sadhus, many naked apart from a coating of ash and carrying swords, led the bathers at the Kumbh Mela
Kalibo diocese to push through with Ati-Atihan festival in January
The Ati-Atihan, a celebration held every third Sunday of January, is highlighted by dances and merrymaking in honor of the Santo Niño
No ‘traslacion,’ fluvial procession in this year’s Peñafrancia feast
There will be no “traslacion,” the religious procession attended by millions of devotees, and no fluvial procession during this year’s celebration of the Feast of Our Lady of Penafrancia in Naga City.
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