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Indian folk dancers perform the “Chhou” dance for Hindu devotees taking a holy bath and performing rituals at the Gangasagar Island, around 150 kms south of Kolkata on January 12, 2017. More than 700,000 Hindu pilgrims and sadhus – holy men – are expected to gather at the confluence of the River Ganges and the Bay of Bengal during the Gangasagar Mela to take a 'holy dip' in the ocean on the occasion of Makar Sankranti, a holy day of the Hindu calendar considered to be of great religious significance in Hindu mythology. (Photo by Dibyangshu Sarkar/AFP Photo)
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