Photos of the Week: Brazilian festival; Hindu temple

By Jessi Dodge · June 3, 2022
 (RNS) — Each week Religion News Service presents a gallery of photos of religious expression around the world. This week’s photo gallery includes the Brazilian festival of the Feast of the Divine, the building of a Hindu temple and more. A mounted rider plays a Berrante, an ox horn musical instrument, during a parade culminating the religious tradition, "Folia do Divino Espirito Santo" or Feast of the Divine, in the rural area of Pirenopolis, state of Goias, Brazil, Saturday, May 28, 2022. Celebrated in the period of Pentecost, Christian residents celebrate what they believe is the coming of the Holy Spirit on the apostles of Jesus Christ. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres) Musicians perform during the culmination of the religious tradition, "Folia do Divino Espirito Santo" or Feast of the Divine, in the rural area of Pirenopolis, state of Goias, Brazil, Saturday, May 28, 2022. Celebrated in the period of Pentecost, Christian residents celebrate what they believe is the coming of the Holy Spirit on the apostles of Jesus Christ. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres) A nun attends a mass at Kyiv Pechersk Lavra Monastery in Kyiv, Ukraine, Saturday, May 28, 2022. The leaders of the Orthodox churches in Ukraine that were affiliated with the Russian Orthodox Church have announced in a statement they will sever ties with Russia over its invasion of Ukraine. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko) Ukrainian Army chaplain Vasyl celebrates a Sunday mass at a Ukrainian Orthodox church in Kharkiv, eastern Ukraine, Sunday, May 29, 2022. The 100th day of war between Ukraine and Russia was marked on Friday, June 3. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue) Uttar Pradesh state Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath arrives to lay the foundation stone for the Garbhagriha (sanctum sanctorum) for a temple to Ram, one of the most worshipped deities in the Hindu pantheon, in Ayodhya, India, Wednesday, June 1, 2022. The temple is being built at the site of a demolished 16th century mosque. (AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh) Uttar Pradesh state Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, center, performs rituals during the foundation stone laying ceremony for the Garbhagriha (sanctum sanctorum) for a temple to Ram, one of the most worshipped deities in the Hindu pantheon, in Ayodhya, India, Wednesday, June 1, 2022. The temple is being built at the site of a demolished 16th century mosque. (AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh) Members of JK Awami Aawaz Party hold placards as they take part in a protest against minority killings, in Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir, Thursday, June 2, 2022. Assailants fatally shot a Hindu bank manager in Indian-controlled Kashmir on Thursday, said police, who blamed militants fighting against Indian rule for the attack. (AP Photo/Mukhtar Khan) Hamas supporters chant Islamic slogans while waving Palestinian flags during a protest against the Israeli flags march to mark Jerusalem Day, an Israeli holiday celebrating the capture of the Old City of Jerusalem during the 1967 Mideast war, in the Jebaliya refugee camp, northern Gaza Strip, Sunday, May 29, 2022. (AP Photo/Adel Hana) San Antonio Archbishop Gustavo Garcia-Siller talks with children as President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden attend Mass at Sacred Heart Catholic Church, as they try to offer comfort to a city gripped by grief and anger after a school shooting, Sunday, May 29, 2022, in Uvalde, Texas. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
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