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**f29sXS07** · 03-17-2010, 09:27 PM

A Balinese child in costume has lipstick applied before a ritual ceremony to welcome 'Nyepi', Bali's Day of Silence and the Hindu New Year, at Monumen Nasional in Jakarta. Most Balinese Hindus practice self-reflection by staying home as they observe this quiet holiday. The Hindu New Year falls on March 16. -- PHOTO: REUTERS

Residents of the small Bavarian village of Oberammergau playing the roles of Jewish high priests, line up for a photograph during rehearsals for a Passion play in Oberammergau. Once every 10 years, this Bavarian village crucifies Jesus all over again and local hairdressers nearly go out of business because nearly half the 5,300-strong village lets both hair and beards grow for over a year to better resemble the Jews they will interpret in the Passion play which has been running here for nearly 375 years. -- PHOTO: AFP

A head of a colossal statue of the god Amun from the ancient Egyptian New Kingdom, 18th Dynasty, reign of Tutankhamun, ca. 1336-1327 BC on display as part of the Tuntankhamun's Funeral at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. The exhibit shows materials and rituals associated with the burial of the pharaoh. -- PHOTO: AFP

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f29sXS07 Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 464 Senior Member	A Balinese child in costume has lipstick applied before a ritual ceremony to welcome 'Nyepi', Bali's Day of Silence and the Hindu New Year, at Monumen Nasional in Jakarta. Most Balinese Hindus practice self-reflection by staying home as they observe this quiet holiday. The Hindu New Year falls on March 16. -- PHOTO: REUTERS Residents of the small Bavarian village of Oberammergau playing the roles of Jewish high priests, line up for a photograph during rehearsals for a Passion play in Oberammergau. Once every 10 years, this Bavarian village crucifies Jesus all over again and local hairdressers nearly go out of business because nearly half the 5,300-strong village lets both hair and beards grow for over a year to better resemble the Jews they will interpret in the Passion play which has been running here for nearly 375 years. -- PHOTO: AFP A head of a colossal statue of the god Amun from the ancient Egyptian New Kingdom, 18th Dynasty, reign of Tutankhamun, ca. 1336-1327 BC on display as part of the Tuntankhamun's Funeral at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. The exhibit shows materials and rituals associated with the burial of the pharaoh. -- PHOTO: AFP
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