Devout Balinese Hindus enter into a trance and pierce themselves with metal swords while chanting prayers, on Melasti at Padanggala beach in Bali, Indonesia on Friday, March 8, 2024. Melasti is part of the six-day long Balinese Hindu New Year, where devout perform rituals as an act of symbolic cleansing. (Photo by Firdia Lisnawati/AP Photo)
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