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Animist war game ritual lives on on Indonesian Christian island
By Alexandra Radu — March 20, 2018
PULAU SUMBA, Indonesia (RNS) — On the island of Sumba, in central Indonesia, a ritual war game known as Pasola is celebrated annually between villages, and it draws large crowds of all ages.
A Malaysian animist group gives thanks to spirits of the sea
By Alexandra Radu — February 27, 2018
CAREY ISLAND, Malaysia (RNS) — The ceremony takes place over four days, in which shamans and villagers visit different points on the rivers and seashores where boats have sunk in the past.
Buddhist light festival shoos away bad luck in northern Thailand
By Kit Doyle — November 13, 2017
CHIANG MAI, Thailand (RNS) — Yee Peng, or two full moons festival, is one of many lunar festivals held annually across Thailand, Myanmar and Laos.
Balinese Hindus await the eruption of Mount Agung, home of a god
By Alexandra Radu — October 13, 2017
BALI, Indonesia (RNS) — A volcano that Balinese Hindus consider sacred is about to erupt. In the days before the lava flows, photographer Alexandra Radu captures Mount Agung and those who revere it.
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