Tag: religious festival
Pahiyas 2023: The Religious Procession
People in a small town south of the Philippine capital celebrate the feast of their patron saint, San Isidro Labrador, on May 15, 2023
Pahiyas 2023: Philippine town honors patron saint by decorating homes
Dubbed the "Pahiyas Festival," the annual event is considered to be the most colorful harvest festival in the country
Philippines’ religious festivals during Marian month turning into tourist attractions
While many of these festivals have religious beginnings they are now becoming secular and are being promoted as tourist attractions
Piercings and prayer: Malaysian Hindus celebrate Thaipusam
The event commemorates the day when the goddess Parvathi gave her son Lord Murugan a powerful lance to fight evil demons
Myanmar pilgrims return to Buddha’s golden footprints
The Shwe Sat Taw pagoda in the Magway region was built around footprints that, according to myth, the Buddha left during a visit
Cebu to once again hold ‘Sinulog’ festival after two-year hiatus due...
The theme of the 458th “Fiesta Señor is "Sto. Niño: Our Source of Peace in the Walk of Faith"
75 dead in India bridge collapse during religious festival
Authorities said nearly 500 people including women and children were celebrating a religious festival on and around the bridge in Morbi
Vatican calls on Christians, Hindus to work together for peace ahead...
Diwali symbolizes the spiritual “victory of light over darkness, good over evil, and knowledge over ignorance”
Photos: Solemnity of Our Lady of Peñafrancia
A much-awaited fluvial procession was held on September 17, in Naga City, to mark the “Solemnity of Our Lady of Peñafrancia”
15 dead in Myanmar pagoda drowning
Local officials said some died when they tried to cross the poorly marked causeway, which is only around four meters wide