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Incense burns in the courtyard of the Bai Yun Guan Temple in Beijing.
Incense burns in the courtyard of the Bai Yun Guan Temple in Beijing.
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CU ZO Pilgrims touch Chinese character on wall pray for good luck and wealth during Chinese Lunar New Year at Taoist temple / xi'an, shaanxi, china
CU ZO Pilgrims touch Chinese character on wall pray for good luck and wealth during Chinese Lunar New Year at Taoist temple / xi'an, shaanxi, china
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MS Pilgrims burning joss sticks to pray for good luck during Chinese Lunar New Year at Taoist temple /xi'an, shaanxi, china
MS Pilgrims burning joss sticks to pray for good luck during Chinese Lunar New Year at Taoist temple /xi'an, shaanxi, china
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MS Pilgrims circle round wishing well to touch stone lion and drop money pray for good luck during Chinese Lunar New Year at Taoist temple / xi'an, shaanxi, china
MS Pilgrims circle round wishing well to touch stone lion and drop money pray for good luck during Chinese Lunar New Year at Taoist temple / xi'an, shaanxi, china
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MS Pilgrims touching stone tortoise pray for good luck during Chinese Lunar New Year at Taoist temple / xi'an, shaanxi, china
MS Pilgrims touching stone tortoise pray for good luck during Chinese Lunar New Year at Taoist temple / xi'an, shaanxi, china
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MS Pilgrims raising joss sticks to touch tintinnabulum of cense burner pray for good luck during Chinese Lunar New Year at Taoist temple / xi'an, shaanxi, china
MS Pilgrims raising joss sticks to touch tintinnabulum of cense burner pray for good luck during Chinese Lunar New Year at Taoist temple / xi'an, shaanxi, china
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Phuket Vegetarian Festival
Devotees carry an idol on a palanquin amid exploding fire-crackers during a street procession during the annual Vegetarian Festival in the southern Thai town of Phuket. During the festival, which begins on the first evening of the ninth...
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Extreme Piercing at Phuket Vegetarian Festival
Mediums get pierced at a temple during the Phuket Vegetarian Festival in Phuket Thailand.
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Spiked Ball Phuket Vegetarian Festival - Mediums
A mediums with a spiked ball in a trance, dances during a street procession during the Phuket Vegetarian Festival in Phuket Thailand.
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Pierced Mediums at Phuket Vegetarian Festival
Pierced Mediums in a trance, walk in a street procession during the Phuket Vegetarian Festival in Phuket Thailand.
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Extreme Piercing at Phuket Vegetarian Festival
Mediums get pierced at a temple during the Phuket Vegetarian Festival in Phuket Thailand.
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Extreme Piercing at Phuket Vegetarian Festival
Mediums get pierced at a temple during the Phuket Vegetarian Festival in Phuket Thailand.
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Phuket Vegetarian Festival
Mediums walk in a parade while firecrackers go off all around during the Phuket Vegetarian Festival in Phuket Thailand.
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MS Pilgrims burning joss sticks to pray for good luck during Chinese Lunar New Year at Taoist temple / xi'an, shaanxi, china
MS Pilgrims burning joss sticks to pray for good luck during Chinese Lunar New Year at Taoist temple / xi'an, shaanxi, china
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CU ZO Pilgrims circle round wishing well to touching stone lion and drop money pray for good luck during Chinese Lunar New Year at Taoist temple /xi'an, shaanxi, china
CU ZO Pilgrims circle round wishing well to touching stone lion and drop money pray for good luck during Chinese Lunar New Year at Taoist temple /xi'an, shaanxi, china
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MS PAN Taoist do religious rites with pilgrims to pray for good luck in grand hall of temple during Chinese Lunar New Year AUDIO / xi'an, shaanxi, china
MS PAN Taoist do religious rites with pilgrims to pray for good luck in grand hall of temple during Chinese Lunar New Year AUDIO / xi'an, shaanxi, china
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Falun Gong members doing exercises in a Beijing park
CLEAN: Exterior shots of Falun Gong members doing meditation exercises to music in a Beijing park on 8 June 1999 in Beijing, China
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China - New Year
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China saw-in the lunar New Year with a boom, with the traditional ringing of Beijing's 550-year old, 46-ton bell. Outside the Great Bell Temple, festivities at the strike...
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MS Taoist do religious rites with pilgrims to pray for good luck in grand hall of temple during Chinese Lunar New Year AUDIO / xi'an, shaanxi, china
MS Taoist do religious rites with pilgrims to pray for good luck in grand hall of temple during Chinese Lunar New Year AUDIO / xi'an, shaanxi, china
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CU ZO TU Pilgrims circle round wishing well to touch stone lion and drop money pray for good luck during Chinese Lunar New Year at Taoist temple / xi'an, shaanxi, china
CU ZO TU Pilgrims circle round wishing well to touch stone lion and drop money pray for good luck during Chinese Lunar New Year at Taoist temple / xi'an, shaanxi, china
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MS Pilgrims praying for good luck and putting money into donation box during Chinese Lunar New Year at Taoist temple / xi'an, shaanxi, china
MS Pilgrims praying for good luck and putting money into donation box during Chinese Lunar New Year at Taoist temple / xi'an, shaanxi, china
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MS Taoist do religious rites with pilgrims to pray for good luck in grand hall of temple during Chinese Lunar New Year AUDIO / xi'an, shaanxi, china
MS Taoist do religious rites with pilgrims to pray for good luck in grand hall of temple during Chinese Lunar New Year AUDIO / xi'an, shaanxi, china