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02-21-2012, 02:10 AM
World wide festivals
Rio Carnival
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A reveller of the Beija Flor samba school performs at the Sambadrome during the first night of Rio de Janeiro's famed Carnival parade. Rio's Carnival spectacular was marred Monday by a shootout between police and a drug gang that left one person dead and four wounded in a favela near the riotous celebrations at the Sambadrome.
Hindus celebrate Shivaratri festival
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A priest offers an evening prayer as devotees sing holy songs on the eve of Shivaratri festival at the premises of Pashupatinath Temple in Kathmandu February 19, 2012. Hindu holy men from Nepal and India come to this temple to take part in the Shivaratri festival which falls on February 20. This is one of the biggest Hindu festivals dedicated to Lord Shiva and is celebrated by devotees all over the world, with holy men smoking marijuana and some smearing their bodies with ashes and praying.
Germany's Rose Monday parades
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A carnival float against too much air traffic at night is pictured during the traditional Rose Monday street carnival parade in Mainz, February 20, 2012. The Rose Monday parades in Cologne, Mainz and Duesseldorf are the highlight of the German street carnival season.
Rio Carnival
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A reveller of the Beija Flor samba school performs at the Sambadrome during the first night of Rio de Janeiro's famed Carnival parade. Rio's Carnival spectacular was marred Monday by a shootout between police and a drug gang that left one person dead and four wounded in a favela near the riotous celebrations at the Sambadrome.
Hindus celebrate Shivaratri festival
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A priest offers an evening prayer as devotees sing holy songs on the eve of Shivaratri festival at the premises of Pashupatinath Temple in Kathmandu February 19, 2012. Hindu holy men from Nepal and India come to this temple to take part in the Shivaratri festival which falls on February 20. This is one of the biggest Hindu festivals dedicated to Lord Shiva and is celebrated by devotees all over the world, with holy men smoking marijuana and some smearing their bodies with ashes and praying.
Germany's Rose Monday parades
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A carnival float against too much air traffic at night is pictured during the traditional Rose Monday street carnival parade in Mainz, February 20, 2012. The Rose Monday parades in Cologne, Mainz and Duesseldorf are the highlight of the German street carnival season.