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A performer wearing a lion mask performs the Ise Daikagura lion dance at the remote village of Yamanawa on February 08, 2021 in Ryuo, Japan. Ise Daikagura is a group of traditional Lion Dance performers who pray in front of farmers houses and businesses for good grain harvests and disease-free lives. Performers play sacred music using drums and flutes with two lion mask dancers. A lion mask is considered a symbol of God, who enters the house and performs in front of the Shinto God, a statue placed inside the house, mostly in the kitchen. These prayers are called “Kamodo Barai”. After the prayers, they are gifted with money, rice, sake and Japanese sweets from the householders. A group can travel for more than one hundred days to thousands of households and businesses throughout rural-villages in western Japan, and pray to those who are unable to visit the country’s most sacred shrine, the Grand Ise Shrine in Mie Prefecture. The group started its performance in the Edo era between 1603 to 1868 according to Japanese history. The Japanese government designated it as an important folk cultural national property in 1981. (Photo by Buddhika Weerasinghe/Getty Images)

A performer wearing a lion mask performs the Ise Daikagura lion dance at the remote village of Yamanawa on February 08, 2021 in Ryuo, Japan. Ise Daikagura is a group of traditional Lion Dance performers who pray in front of farmers houses and businesses for good grain harvests and disease-free lives. (Photo by Buddhika Weerasinghe/Getty Images)
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18 Feb 2021 09:27:00
A woman wearing a protective mask walks outside a village that was placed under lockdown due to the number of COVID-19 cases among residents in Manila, Philippines on Thursday, March 11, 2021. (Photo by Aaron Favila/AP Photo)

A woman wearing a protective mask walks outside a village that was placed under lockdown due to the number of COVID-19 cases among residents in Manila, Philippines on Thursday, March 11, 2021. The Philippine capital placed two villages and two hotels on lockdown Thursday and police have renewed warnings against kissing and other “public display of affection” after a new surge in coronavirus infections. (Photo by Aaron Favila/AP Photo)
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12 Mar 2021 10:12:00
A biker carrying huge bags of recyclables travels on a street outside Phnom Penh, Cambodia on Saturday, March 27, 2021. (Photo by Heng Sinith/AP Photo)

A biker carrying huge bags of recyclables travels on a street outside Phnom Penh, Cambodia on Saturday, March 27, 2021. (Photo by Heng Sinith/AP Photo)
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28 Mar 2021 10:05:00
A goose walks on the road as Belarusian villagers take part in the Yurya religious rite to bring a good harvest in the village of Lutki, some 270 km south of Minsk, on May 6, 2019. (Photo by Sergei Gapon/AFP Photo)

A goose walks on the road as Belarusian villagers take part in the Yurya religious rite to bring a good harvest in the village of Lutki, some 270 km south of Minsk, on May 6, 2019. (Photo by Sergei Gapon/AFP Photo)
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02 Jan 2020 00:01:00
Ukrainians jump over a bonfire in Kiev, Ukraine, 06 July 2019, as they celebrate the traditional pagan holiday of Ivana Kupala. Ivana Kupala is celebrated, during the summer solstice, on the shortest night of the year, marking the beginning of summer and is celebrated in Ukraine, Belarus, Poland and Russia. People sing and dance around bonfires, play games and perform traditional rituals. Young people jump over bonfires in order to test their bravery. Couples holding hands jump over the flames to test their love. If the couple does not succeed it is predicted to split up. Traditionally, children and young unmarried women wear wreaths of wild flowers on their heads to symbolize purity. (Photo by Sergey Dolzhenko/EPA/EFE)

Ukrainians jump over a bonfire in Kiev, Ukraine, 06 July 2019, as they celebrate the traditional pagan holiday of Ivana Kupala. Ivana Kupala is celebrated, during the summer solstice, on the shortest night of the year, marking the beginning of summer and is celebrated in Ukraine, Belarus, Poland and Russia. People sing and dance around bonfires, play games and perform traditional rituals. Young people jump over bonfires in order to test their bravery. Couples holding hands jump over the flames to test their love. If the couple does not succeed it is predicted to split up. Traditionally, children and young unmarried women wear wreaths of wild flowers on their heads to symbolize purity. (Photo by Sergey Dolzhenko/EPA/EFE)
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13 Jan 2020 00:05:00
A masked tourist poses for a souvenir photo next to a graffiti titled “Mobile World Virus” depicting “La Gioconda”, aka Mona Lisa, with a mobile phone and a medical mask, by urban artist TVBoy, close to the Sant Jaume square in Barcelona, Spain, 09 March 2020. Barcelona's Deputy Mayor and two town councillors are in quarantine after they were in contact with a City Hall's worker who was tested positive for the COVID-19 coronavirus. (Photo by Quique Garcia/EPA/EFE)

A masked tourist poses for a souvenir photo next to a graffiti titled “Mobile World Virus” depicting “La Gioconda”, aka Mona Lisa, with a mobile phone and a medical mask, by urban artist TVBoy, close to the Sant Jaume square in Barcelona, Spain, 09 March 2020. Barcelona's Deputy Mayor and two town councillors are in quarantine after they were in contact with a City Hall's worker who was tested positive for the COVID-19 coronavirus. (Photo by Quique Garcia/EPA/EFE)
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08 Apr 2020 00:03:00
A boy fires blanks from a Kalashnikov rifle, during Maslenitsa celebrations, or Shrovetide, to say farewell to winter in Minsk, Belarus, Sunday, March 1, 2020. Maslenitsa is a traditional Russian and Belarusian holiday marking the end of winter that dates back to pagan times. (Photo by Sergei Grits/AP Photo)

A boy fires blanks from a Kalashnikov rifle, during Maslenitsa celebrations, or Shrovetide, to say farewell to winter in Minsk, Belarus, Sunday, March 1, 2020. Maslenitsa is a traditional Russian and Belarusian holiday marking the end of winter that dates back to pagan times. (Photo by Sergei Grits/AP Photo)
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13 May 2020 00:01:00
A girl walks past outside a house damaged by tidal waves at Meulaboh beach in Aceh province on July 12, 2020. (Photo by Chaideer Mahyuddin/AFP Photo)

A girl walks past outside a house damaged by tidal waves at Meulaboh beach in Aceh province on July 12, 2020. (Photo by Chaideer Mahyuddin/AFP Photo)
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05 Aug 2020 00:03:00