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Thousands celebrate Walpurgisnacht in German mountains
Thale, Germany - Thousands of tourists gathered in Germany's Harz mountains Wednesday night to celebrate Walpurgisnacht, a night of superstition associated with an ancient spring festival. Witches were once believed to dance on the Brocken, the highe...
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Cattelan artwork commissioned for Cologne venue
Cologne, Germany - Italian sculptor Maurizio Cattelan, 47, has been commissioned to do an installation at the Stommeln Old Synagogue, the town of Pulheim in suburban Cologne said Wednesday. Padua-born Cattelan is widely known for the weird humour of ...
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2008-04-30 ] Category : [
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Vatican greets Buddhists for Vesakh festival
Vatican City - The Vatican issued Tuesday warm greetings to Buddhists for their festival of Vesakh which this year is celebrated between May 12 and 18. In the message, the Vatican's top inter-faith dialogue official, Cardinal Jean-Louis Tauran, als...
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2008-04-29 ] Category : [
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Nakizumo 'crying sumo' festival held in Japan
Tokyo - Japan's traditional Nakizumo, or crying sumo, festival took place Sunday as babies competed to bawl the loudest in the arms of sumo wrestlers as a prayer to the gods for good health. Parents pray at the annual event at the Sensoji temple in t...
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2008-04-27 ] Category : [
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Artist Spencer Tunick seeks nude crowd in Ireland
Cork, Ireland - Acclaimed US contemporary visual artist, Spencer Tunick, best known for his ability to pull large nude crowds, has put out a call for those prepared to bare all in public in Ireland for his latest project. The sometimes controversial ...
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2008-04-26 ] Category : [
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Simplified edition of Anne Frank diary announced
Amsterdam - The Dutch Read & Write Foundation on Friday announced the publication of a simplified edition of the Anne Frank Diary for 1.5 million Dutch nationals who have difficulty reading or have only recently learned to read. The original text has...
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2008-04-25 ] Category : [
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Frankfurt's Jewish museum celebrates Oskar Schindler
Frankfurt - Frankfurt's Jewish Museum opened an exhibition Wednesday to mark the centennial of the birth of Oskar Schindler, the true-life hero whose story was told in the movie Schindler's list. The German, born April 28, 1908 in the Sudetenland reg...
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2008-04-23 ] Category : [
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