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  • The Manueline window (1510) in the Convent of Jesus Christ at Tomar in the Center of Portugal. Started to be built in the 12 th Century by the Poor Knights of Jesus Christ (the Templars), with strong influence from Jerusalem's religious buildings from the time of Crusades, as the Temple of the Rock.Paulo Cunha/4see
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  • The Main Cloister and the main body of the church in the Convent of Jesus Christ at Tomar in the Center of Portugal. Started to be built in the 12 th Century by the Poor Knights of Jesus Christ (the Templars), with strong influence from Jerusalem's religious buildings from the time of Crusades, as the Temple of the Rock.Paulo Cunha/4see
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  • A sculpture detail in the Convent of Jesus Christ at Tomar in the Center of Portugal. Started to be built in the 12 th Century by the Poor Knights of Jesus Christ (the Templars), with strong influence from Jerusalem's religious buildings from the time of Crusades, as the Temple of the Rock.Paulo Cunha/4see
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  • The kitchen of the Convent of Jesus Christ at Tomar in the Center of Portugal. Started to be built in the 12 th Century by the Poor Knights of Jesus Christ (the Templars), with strong influence from Jerusalem's religious buildings from the time of Crusades, as the Temple of the Rock.Paulo Cunha/4see
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  • Janela do Capitulo a Manueline style chaperhouse window (1510) in the Convent of Jesus Christ at Tomar in the Center of Portugal 16 April 2014. Built in the 12 th Century by the Poor Knights of Jesus Christ (the Templars), with strong influence from Jerusalem's religious buildings from the time of Crusades, as the Temple of the Rock. PHOTO PAULO CUNHA/4SEE
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  • Janela do Capitulo a Manueline style chaperhouse window (1510) in the Convent of Jesus Christ at Tomar in the Center of Portugal 16 April 2014. Built in the 12 th Century by the Poor Knights of Jesus Christ (the Templars), with strong influence from Jerusalem's religious buildings from the time of Crusades, as the Temple of the Rock. PHOTO PAULO CUNHA/4SEE
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  • Janela do Capitulo a Manueline style chaperhouse window (1510) in the Convent of Jesus Christ at Tomar in the Center of Portugal 16 April 2014. Built in the 12 th Century by the Poor Knights of Jesus Christ (the Templars), with strong influence from Jerusalem's religious buildings from the time of Crusades, as the Temple of the Rock. PHOTO PAULO CUNHA/4SEE
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  • Janela do Capitulo a Manueline style chaperhouse window (1510) in the Convent of Jesus Christ at Tomar in the Center of Portugal 16 April 2014. Built in the 12 th Century by the Poor Knights of Jesus Christ (the Templars), with strong influence from Jerusalem's religious buildings from the time of Crusades, as the Temple of the Rock. PHOTO PAULO CUNHA/4SEE
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  • An outside view of the Charola, in the Convent of Jesus Christ at Tomar in the Center of Portugal. Built in the 12 th Century by the Poor Knights of Jesus Christ (the Templars), with strong influence from Jerusalem's religious buildings from the time of Crusades, as the Temple of the Rock.Paulo Cunha/4see
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  • The Convent of Jesus Christ at Tomar in the Center of Portugal. Built in the 12 th Century by the Poor Knights of Jesus Christ (the Templars), with strong influence from Jerusalem's religious buildings from the time of Crusades, as the Temple of the Rock.Paulo Cunha/4see
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  • The Manueline window (1510) seen from a cell in the Convent of Jesus Christ at Tomar in the Center of Portugal. Started to be built in the 12 th Century by the Poor Knights of Jesus Christ (the Templars), with strong influence from Jerusalem's religious buildings from the time of Crusades, as the Temple of the Rock.Paulo Cunha/4see
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  • A sculpture detail in the Convent of Jesus Christ at Tomar in the Center of Portugal. Started to be built in the 12 th Century by the Poor Knights of Jesus Christ (the Templars), with strong influence from Jerusalem's religious buildings from the time of Crusades, as the Temple of the Rock.Paulo Cunha/4see
    h_00023383.jpg
  • A sculpture detail in the Convent of Jesus Christ at Tomar in the Center of Portugal. Started to be built in the 12 th Century by the Poor Knights of Jesus Christ (the Templars), with strong influence from Jerusalem's religious buildings from the time of Crusades, as the Temple of the Rock.Paulo Cunha/4see
    h_00023381.jpg
  • The Main Cloister and the main body of the church in the Convent of Jesus Christ at Tomar in the Center of Portugal. Started to be built in the 12 th Century by the Poor Knights of Jesus Christ (the Templars), with strong influence from Jerusalem's religious buildings from the time of Crusades, as the Temple of the Rock.Paulo Cunha/4see
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  • The Manueline window (1510) in the western facade of the late-gothic church in the Convent of Jesus Christ at Tomar in the Center of Portugal. Started to be built in the 12 th Century by the Poor Knights of Jesus Christ (the Templars), with strong influence from Jerusalem's religious buildings from the time of Crusades, as the Temple of the Rock.Paulo Cunha/4see
    h_00023379.jpg
  • A sculpture detail in the Convent of Jesus Christ at Tomar in the Center of Portugal. Started to be built in the 12 th Century by the Poor Knights of Jesus Christ (the Templars), with strong influence from Jerusalem's religious buildings from the time of Crusades, as the Temple of the Rock.Paulo Cunha/4see
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  • The refectory (1535) with the long tables (1922) of the Convent of Jesus Christ at Tomar in the Center of Portugal. Started to be built in the 12 th Century by the Poor Knights of Jesus Christ (the Templars), with strong influence from Jerusalem's religious buildings from the time of Crusades, as the Temple of the Rock.Paulo Cunha/4see
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  • The kitchen of the Convent of Jesus Christ at Tomar in the Center of Portugal. Started to be built in the 12 th Century by the Poor Knights of Jesus Christ (the Templars), with strong influence from Jerusalem's religious buildings from the time of Crusades, as the Temple of the Rock.Paulo Cunha/4see
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  • The Church of the Convent of Jesus Christ at Tomar in the center of Portugal. Started to be built in the 12 th Century by the Poor Knights of Jesus Christ (the Templars), with strong influence from Jerusalem's religious buildings from the time of Crusades, as the Temple of the Rock.Paulo Cunha/4see
    h_00023371.jpg
  • An outside view of the Charola, in the Convent of Jesus Christ at Tomar in the Center of Portugal. Started to be built in the 12 th Century by the Poor Knights of Jesus Christ (the Templars), with strong influence from Jerusalem's religious buildings from the time of Crusades, as the Temple of the Rock.Paulo Cunha/4see
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  • The garden and the Charola, in the Convent of Jesus Christ at Tomar in the Center of Portugal. Started to be built in the 12 th Century by the Poor Knights of Jesus Christ (the Templars), with strong influence from Jerusalem's religious buildings from the time of Crusades, as the Temple of the Rock.Paulo Cunha/4see
    h_00023369.jpg
  • A detail of the Convent of Jesus Christ at Tomar in the Center of Portugal. Started to be built in the 12 th Century by the Poor Knights of Jesus Christ (the Templars), with strong influence from Jerusalem's religious buildings from the time of Crusades, as the Temple of the Rock.Paulo Cunha/4see
    h_00023366.jpg
  • The Charola, an very unusual construction with a centralized and romanesque plan in the Convent of Jesus Christ at Tomar in the Center of Portugal 16 April 2014. Built in the 12 th Century by the Poor Knights of Jesus Christ (the Templars), with strong influence from Jerusalem's religious buildings from the time of Crusades, as the Temple of the Rock. PHOTO PAULO CUNHA/4SEE
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  • The Charola, an very unusual construction with a centralized and romanesque plan in the Convent of Jesus Christ at Tomar in the Center of Portugal 16 April 2014. Built in the 12 th Century by the Poor Knights of Jesus Christ (the Templars), with strong influence from Jerusalem's religious buildings from the time of Crusades, as the Temple of the Rock. PHOTO PAULO CUNHA/4SEE
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  • The Charola, an very unusual construction with a centralized and romanesque plan in the Convent of Jesus Christ at Tomar in the Center of Portugal 16 April 2014. Built in the 12 th Century by the Poor Knights of Jesus Christ (the Templars), with strong influence from Jerusalem's religious buildings from the time of Crusades, as the Temple of the Rock. PHOTO PAULO CUNHA/4SEE
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  • The Charola, an very unusual construction with a centralized and romanesque plan in the Convent of Jesus Christ at Tomar in the Center of Portugal 16 April 2014. Built in the 12 th Century by the Poor Knights of Jesus Christ (the Templars), with strong influence from Jerusalem's religious buildings from the time of Crusades, as the Temple of the Rock. PHOTO PAULO CUNHA/4SEE
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  • An outside view of the castle, near the Convent of Jesus Christ at Tomar in the Center of Portugal. Built in the 12 th Century by the Poor Knights of Jesus Christ (the Templars), with strong influence from Jerusalem's religious buildings from the time of Crusades, as the Temple of the Rock.Paulo Cunha/4see
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  • An detail view of the wall castle, near the Convent of Jesus Christ at Tomar in the Center of Portugal. Built in the 12 th Century by the Poor Knights of Jesus Christ (the Templars), with strong influence from Jerusalem's religious buildings from the time of Crusades, as the Temple of the Rock.Paulo Cunha/4see
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  • A detail of the Charola, in the Convent of Jesus Christ at Tomar in the Center of Portugal. Started to be built in the 12 th Century by the Poor Knights of Jesus Christ (the Templars), with strong influence from Jerusalem's religious buildings from the time of Crusades, as the Temple of the Rock.Paulo Cunha/4see
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  • Order of Christ Cross ain the top of the Manueline window (1510) in the Convent of Jesus Christ at Tomar in the Center of Portugal. Started to be built in the 12 th Century by the Poor Knights of Jesus Christ (the Templars), with strong influence from Jerusalem's religious buildings from the time of Crusades, as the Temple of the Rock. PHOTO PAULO CUNHA/4SEE
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  • Kids watching fireworks during the Vegetarian Festival in Phuket, Thailand. Every year during the ninth lunar month of the Chinese calendar, the Phuket Vegetarian Festival kicks off. The religious festival in Phuket, Thailand, lasts for 10 days, during which sacred rituals take place in the many Chinese shrines and temples. Walking on fire and climbing ladders with bladed rungs barefoot are two of several rituals believed to bring good fortune. The main purpose of the festival, however, is spiritual cleansing and merit-making. A chosen few among the participants, called warriors, will pierce themselves with objects such as nails, swords, and knives. The piercing takes place in a shrine and is followed by the most spectacular part of the festival, the street processions: just like in a parade they file along the streets of Phuket, with groups of one or several pierced warriors leading a number of people behind them. Onlookers throw fireworks at them as they pass; these are intended to be as loud as possible as the common belief is that this will banish evil spirits. The warriors walk and dance in a trance-like state, unshaken by the noise.
    h_VegetarianFestival36.jpg
  • A girl watch the last day of the Vegetarian Festival. Every year during the ninth lunar month of the Chinese calendar, the Phuket Vegetarian Festival kicks off. The religious festival in Phuket, Thailand, lasts for 10 days, during which sacred rituals take place in the many Chinese shrines and temples. Walking on fire and climbing ladders with bladed rungs barefoot are two of several rituals believed to bring good fortune. The main purpose of the festival, however, is spiritual cleansing and merit-making.
    h_VegetarianFestival33.jpg
  • Locals wearing white clothes wait for warriors during a street procession. Every year during the ninth lunar month of the Chinese calendar, the Phuket Vegetarian Festival kicks off. The religious festival in Phuket, Thailand, lasts for 10 days, during which sacred rituals take place in the many Chinese shrines and temples. Walking on fire and climbing ladders with bladed rungs barefoot are two of several rituals believed to bring good fortune. The main purpose of the festival, however, is spiritual cleansing and merit-making. Participants of the festival adhere to a strict vegetarian diet for at least three days. This is one of the 10 main rules meant to ensure good hygiene and inner peace. Sex, alcohol, and meat are strictly forbidden. As cleanliness is considered to be of paramount importance, menstruating and pregnant women are not supposed to attend any of the rituals. The festival rules also call for impeccable mental and physical behavior as well as white clothing.
    h_VegetarianFestival13.jpg
  • Locals praying inside a shrine during the Vegetarian Festival in Phuket, Thailand. Every year during the ninth lunar month of the Chinese calendar, the Phuket Vegetarian Festival kicks off. The religious festival in Phuket, Thailand, lasts for 10 days, during which sacred rituals take place in the many Chinese shrines and temples. Walking on fire and climbing ladders with bladed rungs barefoot are two of several rituals believed to bring good fortune. The main purpose of the festival, however, is spiritual cleansing and merit-making. The origins of the festival date back to 1825, when a traveling Chinese opera company came to Phuket to perform for the miners there. An epidemic broke out and as the members of the company fell sick, they adhered to a vegetarian diet to honor two of the Emperor Gods, Kiew Ong Tai The and Yok Ong Sone Teh. When they became well again shortly thereafter, the people of Phuket followed the companyÕs example - and have celebrated the festival ever since to bring good luck to their communities.
    h_VegetarianFestival07.jpg
  • Streets of Phuket filled with smoke from the fireworks during the Vegetarian Festival. Every year during the ninth lunar month of the Chinese calendar, the Phuket Vegetarian Festival kicks off. The religious festival in Phuket, Thailand, lasts for 10 days, during which sacred rituals take place in the many Chinese shrines and temples. Walking on fire and climbing ladders with bladed rungs barefoot are two of several rituals believed to bring good fortune. The main purpose of the festival, however, is spiritual cleansing and merit-making.
    h_VegetarianFestival06.jpg
  • Janela do Capitulo a Manueline style chaperhouse window (1510) in the Convent of Jesus Christ at Tomar in the Center of Portugal 16 April 2014. Built in the 12 th Century by the Poor Knights of Jesus Christ (the Templars), with strong influence from Jerusalem's religious buildings from the time of Crusades, as the Temple of the Rock. PHOTO PAULO CUNHA/4SEE
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  • Janela do Capitulo a Manueline style chaperhouse window (1510) in the Convent of Jesus Christ at Tomar in the Center of Portugal 16 April 2014. Built in the 12 th Century by the Poor Knights of Jesus Christ (the Templars), with strong influence from Jerusalem's religious buildings from the time of Crusades, as the Temple of the Rock. PHOTO PAULO CUNHA/4SEE
    _MG_9983.jpg
  • The Charola, an very unusual construction with a centralized and romanesque plan in the Convent of Jesus Christ at Tomar in the Center of Portugal 16 April 2014. Built in the 12 th Century by the Poor Knights of Jesus Christ (the Templars), with strong influence from Jerusalem's religious buildings from the time of Crusades, as the Temple of the Rock. PHOTO PAULO CUNHA/4SEE
    _MG_9547.jpg
  • The Charola, an very unusual construction with a centralized and romanesque plan in the Convent of Jesus Christ at Tomar in the Center of Portugal 16 April 2014. Built in the 12 th Century by the Poor Knights of Jesus Christ (the Templars), with strong influence from Jerusalem's religious buildings from the time of Crusades, as the Temple of the Rock. PHOTO PAULO CUNHA/4SEE
    _MG_9538.jpg
  • The Charola, an very unusual construction with a centralized and romanesque plan in the Convent of Jesus Christ at Tomar in the Center of Portugal 16 April 2014. Built in the 12 th Century by the Poor Knights of Jesus Christ (the Templars), with strong influence from Jerusalem's religious buildings from the time of Crusades, as the Temple of the Rock. PHOTO PAULO CUNHA/4SEE
    _MG_9509.jpg
  • The Charola, an very unusual construction with a centralized and romanesque plan in the Convent of Jesus Christ at Tomar in the Center of Portugal 16 April 2014. Built in the 12 th Century by the Poor Knights of Jesus Christ (the Templars), with strong influence from Jerusalem's religious buildings from the time of Crusades, as the Temple of the Rock. PHOTO PAULO CUNHA/4SEE
    _MG_9530.jpg
  • The Charola, an very unusual construction with a centralized and romanesque plan in the Convent of Jesus Christ at Tomar in the Center of Portugal 16 April 2014. Built in the 12 th Century by the Poor Knights of Jesus Christ (the Templars), with strong influence from Jerusalem's religious buildings from the time of Crusades, as the Temple of the Rock. PHOTO PAULO CUNHA/4SEE
    _MG_9491_1.jpg
  • The Charola, an very unusual construction with a centralized and romanesque plan in the Convent of Jesus Christ at Tomar in the Center of Portugal 16 April 2014. Built in the 12 th Century by the Poor Knights of Jesus Christ (the Templars), with strong influence from Jerusalem's religious buildings from the time of Crusades, as the Temple of the Rock. PHOTO PAULO CUNHA/4SEE
    _MG_9487.jpg
  • The Charola, an very unusual construction with a centralized and romanesque plan in the Convent of Jesus Christ at Tomar in the Center of Portugal 16 April 2014. Built in the 12 th Century by the Poor Knights of Jesus Christ (the Templars), with strong influence from Jerusalem's religious buildings from the time of Crusades, as the Temple of the Rock. PHOTO PAULO CUNHA/4SEE
    _MG_9472.jpg
  • The Charola, an very unusual construction with a centralized and romanesque plan in the Convent of Jesus Christ at Tomar in the Center of Portugal 16 April 2014. Built in the 12 th Century by the Poor Knights of Jesus Christ (the Templars), with strong influence from Jerusalem's religious buildings from the time of Crusades, as the Temple of the Rock. PHOTO PAULO CUNHA/4SEE
    _MG_9469.jpg
  • The entrance of the castle, near the Convent of Jesus Christ at Tomar in the Center of Portugal. Built in the 12 th Century by the Poor Knights of Jesus Christ (the Templars), with strong influence from Jerusalem's religious buildings from the time of Crusades, as the Temple of the Rock.Paulo Cunha/4see
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  • the Convent of Jesus Christ at Tomar in the Center of Portugal. Built in the 12 th Century by the Poor Knights of Jesus Christ (the Templars), with strong influence from Jerusalem's religious buildings from the time of Crusades, as the Temple of the Rock.Paulo Cunha/4see
    h_00023403.jpg
  • An outside view of the castle, near the Convent of Jesus Christ at Tomar in the Center of Portugal. Built in the 12 th Century by the Poor Knights of Jesus Christ (the Templars), with strong influence from Jerusalem's religious buildings from the time of Crusades, as the Temple of the Rock.Paulo Cunha/4see
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  • An outside view of  the Convent of Jesus Christ at Tomar in the Center of Portugal. Built in the 12 th Century by the Poor Knights of Jesus Christ (the Templars), with strong influence from Jerusalem's religious buildings from the time of Crusades, as the Temple of the Rock.Paulo Cunha/4see
    h_00023402.jpg
  • An outside view of the castle, near the Convent of Jesus Christ at Tomar in the Center of Portugal. Built in the 12 th Century by the Poor Knights of Jesus Christ (the Templars), with strong influence from Jerusalem's religious buildings from the time of Crusades, as the Temple of the Rock.Paulo Cunha/4see
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  • A monk cell in the monastery of the Convent of Jesus Christ at Tomar in the Center of Portugal. Built in the 12 th Century by the Poor Knights of Jesus Christ (the Templars), with strong influence from Jerusalem's religious buildings from the time of Crusades, as the Temple of the Rock.Paulo Cunha/4see
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  • An outside view of the castle (right) , and the Convent of Jesus Christ at Tomar in the Center of Portugal. Built in the 12 th Century by the Poor Knights of Jesus Christ (the Templars), with strong influence from Jerusalem's religious buildings from the time of Crusades, as the Temple of the Rock.Paulo Cunha/4see
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  • the Convent of Jesus Christ at Tomar in the Center of Portugal. Built in the 12 th Century by the Poor Knights of Jesus Christ (the Templars), with strong influence from Jerusalem's religious buildings from the time of Crusades, as the Temple of the Rock.Paulo Cunha/4see
    h_00023396.jpg
  • The Charola, an very unusual construction with a centralized and romanesque plan in the Convent of Jesus Christ at Tomar in the Center of Portugal. Built in the 12 th Century by the Poor Knights of Jesus Christ (the Templars), with strong influence from Jerusalem's religious buildings from the time of Crusades, as the Temple of the Rock.Paulo Cunha/4see
    h_00023395.jpg
  • The Charola, an very unusual construction with a centralized and romanesque plan in the Convent of Jesus Christ at Tomar in the Center of Portugal. Built in the 12 th Century by the Poor Knights of Jesus Christ (the Templars), with strong influence from Jerusalem's religious buildings from the time of Crusades, as the Temple of the Rock.Paulo Cunha/4see
    h_00023394.jpg
  • The Charola, an very unusual construction with a centralized and romanesque plan in the Convent of Jesus Christ at Tomar in the Center of Portugal. Built in the 12 th Century by the Poor Knights of Jesus Christ (the Templars), with strong influence from Jerusalem's religious buildings from the time of Crusades, as the Temple of the Rock.Paulo Cunha/4see
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  • The Grand-dormitory (1543) at the monastery, has 40 cells along the transept corridor in the Convent of Jesus Christ at Tomar in the Center of Portugal. Started to be built in the 12 th Century by the Poor Knights of Jesus Christ (the Templars), with strong influence from Jerusalem's religious buildings from the time of Crusades, as the Temple of the Rock.Paulo Cunha/4see
    h_00023390.jpg
  • The Charola, an very unusual construction with a centralized and romanesque plan in the Convent of Jesus Christ at Tomar in the Center of Portugal. Built in the 12 th Century by the Poor Knights of Jesus Christ (the Templars), with strong influence from Jerusalem's religious buildings from the time of Crusades, as the Temple of the Rock.Paulo Cunha/4see
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  • The Manueline window (1510) seen from a cell in the Convent of Jesus Christ at Tomar in the Center of Portugal. Started to be built in the 12 th Century by the Poor Knights of Jesus Christ (the Templars), with strong influence from Jerusalem's religious buildings from the time of Crusades, as the Temple of the Rock.Paulo Cunha/4see
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  • The Convent of Jesus Christ at Tomar in the Center of Portugal. Built in the 12 th Century by the Poor Knights of Jesus Christ (the Templars), with strong influence from Jerusalem's religious buildings from the time of Crusades, as the Temple of the Rock.Paulo Cunha/4see
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  • Cemetery Cloister in the Convent of Jesus Christ at Tomar in the Center of Portugal. Built in the 12 th Century by the Poor Knights of Jesus Christ (the Templars), with strong influence from Jerusalem's religious buildings from the time of Crusades, as the Temple of the Rock.Paulo Cunha/4see
    h_00023386.jpg
  • The Grand-dormitory (1543) at the monastery, has 40 cells along the transept corridor in the Convent of Jesus Christ at Tomar in the Center of Portugal. Started to be built in the 12 th Century by the Poor Knights of Jesus Christ (the Templars), with strong influence from Jerusalem's religious buildings from the time of Crusades, as the Temple of the Rock.Paulo Cunha/4see
    h_00023385.jpg
  • A sculpture detail from the refectory (1535) of the Convent of Jesus Christ at Tomar in the Center of Portugal. Started to be built in the 12 th Century by the Poor Knights of Jesus Christ (the Templars), with strong influence from Jerusalem's religious buildings from the time of Crusades, as the Temple of the Rock.Paulo Cunha/4see
    h_00023374.jpg
  • A detail of the Convent of Jesus Christ at Tomar in the Center of Portugal. Started to be built in the 12 th Century by the Poor Knights of Jesus Christ (the Templars), with strong influence from Jerusalem's religious buildings from the time of Crusades, as the Temple of the Rock.Paulo Cunha/4see
    h_00023367.jpg
  • The Charola, an very unusual construction with a centralized and romanesque plan in the Convent of Jesus Christ at Tomar in the Center of Portugal. Built in the 12 th Century by the Poor Knights of Jesus Christ (the Templars), with strong influence from Jerusalem's religious buildings from the time of Crusades, as the Temple of the Rock. PHOTO PAULO CUNHA/4SEE
    h_00023361.jpg
  • The Charola, an very unusual construction with a centralized and romanesque plan in the Convent of Jesus Christ at Tomar in the Center of Portugal. Built in the 12 th Century by the Poor Knights of Jesus Christ (the Templars), with strong influence from Jerusalem's religious buildings from the time of Crusades, as the Temple of the Rock. PHOTO PAULO CUNHA/4SEE
    h_00023360.jpg
  • The Charola, an very unusual construction with a centralized and romanesque plan in the Convent of Jesus Christ at Tomar in the Center of Portugal. Built in the 12 th Century by the Poor Knights of Jesus Christ (the Templars), with strong influence from Jerusalem's religious buildings from the time of Crusades, as the Temple of the Rock. PHOTO PAULO CUNHA/4SEE
    h_00023359.jpg
  • A boy plays with fireworks during the Vegetarian Festival in Thailand. Every year during the ninth lunar month of the Chinese calendar, the Phuket Vegetarian Festival kicks off. The religious festival in Phuket, Thailand, lasts for 10 days, during which sacred rituals take place in the many Chinese shrines and temples. Walking on fire and climbing ladders with bladed rungs barefoot are two of several rituals believed to bring good fortune. The main purpose of the festival, however, is spiritual cleansing and merit-making. The origins of the festival date back to 1825, when a traveling Chinese opera company came to Phuket to perform for the miners there. An epidemic broke out and as the members of the company fell sick, they adhered to a vegetarian diet to honor two of the Emperor Gods, Kiew Ong Tai The and Yok Ong Sone Teh. When they became well again shortly thereafter, the people of Phuket followed the companyÕs example - and have celebrated the festival ever since to bring good luck to their communities.
    h_VegetarianFestival35.jpg
  • Kids playing with fireworks at during the Vegetarian Festival. Every year during the ninth lunar month of the Chinese calendar, the Phuket Vegetarian Festival kicks off. The religious festival in Phuket, Thailand, lasts for 10 days, during which sacred rituals take place in the many Chinese shrines and temples. Walking on fire and climbing ladders with bladed rungs barefoot are two of several rituals believed to bring good fortune. The main purpose of the festival, however, is spiritual cleansing and merit-making.
    h_VegetarianFestival34.jpg
  • Locals watching the festival in Phuket Town, from a safe distance. Every year during the ninth lunar month of the Chinese calendar, the Phuket Vegetarian Festival kicks off. The religious festival in Phuket, Thailand, lasts for 10 days, during which sacred rituals take place in the many Chinese shrines and temples. Walking on fire and climbing ladders with bladed rungs barefoot are two of several rituals believed to bring good fortune. The main purpose of the festival, however, is spiritual cleansing and merit-making. Participants of the festival adhere to a strict vegetarian diet for at least three days. This is one of the 10 main rules meant to ensure good hygiene and inner peace. Sex, alcohol, and meat are strictly forbidden. As cleanliness is considered to be of paramount importance, menstruating and pregnant women are not supposed to attend any of the rituals. The festival rules also call for impeccable mental and physical behavior as well as white clothing.
    h_VegetarianFestival32.jpg
  • Locals watching the festival in Phuket Town. Every year during the ninth lunar month of the Chinese calendar, the Phuket Vegetarian Festival kicks off. The religious festival in Phuket, Thailand, lasts for 10 days, during which sacred rituals take place in the many Chinese shrines and temples. Walking on fire and climbing ladders with bladed rungs barefoot are two of several rituals believed to bring good fortune. The main purpose of the festival, however, is spiritual cleansing and merit-making. The origins of the festival date back to 1825, when a traveling Chinese opera company came to Phuket to perform for the miners there. An epidemic broke out and as the members of the company fell sick, they adhered to a vegetarian diet to honor two of the Emperor Gods, Kiew Ong Tai The and Yok Ong Sone Teh. When they became well again shortly thereafter, the people of Phuket followed the companyÕs example - and have celebrated the festival ever since to bring good luck to their communities.
    h_VegetarianFestival31.jpg
  • Locals watching the last street procession. Every year during the ninth lunar month of the Chinese calendar, the Phuket Vegetarian Festival kicks off. The religious festival in Phuket, Thailand, lasts for 10 days, during which sacred rituals take place in the many Chinese shrines and temples. Walking on fire and climbing ladders with bladed rungs barefoot are two of several rituals believed to bring good fortune. The main purpose of the festival, however, is spiritual cleansing and merit-making. A chosen few among the participants, called warriors, will pierce themselves with objects such as nails, swords, and knives. The piercing takes place in a shrine and is followed by the most spectacular part of the festival, the street processions: just like in a parade they file along the streets of Phuket, with groups of one or several pierced warriors leading a number of people behind them. Onlookers throw fireworks at them as they pass; these are intended to be as loud as possible as the common belief is that this will banish evil spirits. The warriors walk and dance in a trance-like state, unshaken by the noise
    h_VegetarianFestival29.jpg
  • Street procession in Phuket Town. Every year during the ninth lunar month of the Chinese calendar, the Phuket Vegetarian Festival kicks off. The religious festival in Phuket, Thailand, lasts for 10 days, during which sacred rituals take place in the many Chinese shrines and temples. Walking on fire and climbing ladders with bladed rungs barefoot are two of several rituals believed to bring good fortune. The main purpose of the festival, however, is spiritual cleansing and merit-making.
    h_VegetarianFestival30.jpg
  • Crowds gather in Phuket Town during the last day of the festival. Every year during the ninth lunar month of the Chinese calendar, the Phuket Vegetarian Festival kicks off. The religious festival in Phuket, Thailand, lasts for 10 days, during which sacred rituals take place in the many Chinese shrines and temples. Walking on fire and climbing ladders with bladed rungs barefoot are two of several rituals believed to bring good fortune. The main purpose of the festival, however, is spiritual cleansing and merit-making.
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  • Walking on fire at the Vegetarian Festival in Phuket, Thailand. Every year during the ninth lunar month of the Chinese calendar, the Phuket Vegetarian Festival kicks off. The religious festival in Phuket, Thailand, lasts for 10 days, during which sacred rituals take place in the many Chinese shrines and temples. Walking on fire and climbing ladders with bladed rungs barefoot are two of several rituals believed to bring good fortune. The main purpose of the festival, however, is spiritual cleansing and merit-making.
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  • Locals watching the last street procession. Every year during the ninth lunar month of the Chinese calendar, the Phuket Vegetarian Festival kicks off. The religious festival in Phuket, Thailand, lasts for 10 days, during which sacred rituals take place in the many Chinese shrines and temples. Walking on fire and climbing ladders with bladed rungs barefoot are two of several rituals believed to bring good fortune. The main purpose of the festival, however, is spiritual cleansing and merit-making. A chosen few among the participants, called warriors, will pierce themselves with objects such as nails, swords, and knives. The piercing takes place in a shrine and is followed by the most spectacular part of the festival, the street processions: just like in a parade they file along the streets of Phuket, with groups of one or several pierced warriors leading a number of people behind them. Onlookers throw fireworks at them as they pass; these are intended to be as loud as possible as the common belief is that this will banish evil spirits. The warriors walk and dance in a trance-like state, unshaken by the noise
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  • Warriors preparing for fire-walking at the Vegetarian Festival. Every year during the ninth lunar month of the Chinese calendar, the Phuket Vegetarian Festival kicks off. The religious festival in Phuket, Thailand, lasts for 10 days, during which sacred rituals take place in the many Chinese shrines and temples. Walking on fire and climbing ladders with bladed rungs barefoot are two of several rituals believed to bring good fortune. The main purpose of the festival, however, is spiritual cleansing and merit-making. Participants of the festival adhere to a strict vegetarian diet for at least three days. This is one of the 10 main rules meant to ensure good hygiene and inner peace. Sex, alcohol, and meat are strictly forbidden. As cleanliness is considered to be of paramount importance, menstruating and pregnant women are not supposed to attend any of the rituals. The festival rules also call for impeccable mental and physical behavior as well as white clothing.
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  • Warriors preparing for fire-walking at the Vegetarian Festival. Every year during the ninth lunar month of the Chinese calendar, the Phuket Vegetarian Festival kicks off. The religious festival in Phuket, Thailand, lasts for 10 days, during which sacred rituals take place in the many Chinese shrines and temples. Walking on fire and climbing ladders with bladed rungs barefoot are two of several rituals believed to bring good fortune. The main purpose of the festival, however, is spiritual cleansing and merit-making. Participants of the festival adhere to a strict vegetarian diet for at least three days. This is one of the 10 main rules meant to ensure good hygiene and inner peace. Sex, alcohol, and meat are strictly forbidden. As cleanliness is considered to be of paramount importance, menstruating and pregnant women are not supposed to attend any of the rituals. The festival rules also call for impeccable mental and physical behavior as well as white clothing.
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  • Bladed ladder climbing in Phuket Town, Thailand. Every year during the ninth lunar month of the Chinese calendar, the Phuket Vegetarian Festival kicks off. The religious festival in Phuket, Thailand, lasts for 10 days, during which sacred rituals take place in the many Chinese shrines and temples. Walking on fire and climbing ladders with bladed rungs barefoot are two of several rituals believed to bring good fortune. The main purpose of the festival, however, is spiritual cleansing and merit-making.
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  • A warrior during a spiritual ritual in Phuket. Every year during the ninth lunar month of the Chinese calendar, the Phuket Vegetarian Festival kicks off. The religious festival in Phuket, Thailand, lasts for 10 days, during which sacred rituals take place in the many Chinese shrines and temples. Walking on fire and climbing ladders with bladed rungs barefoot are two of several rituals believed to bring good fortune. The main purpose of the festival, however, is spiritual cleansing and merit-making.
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  • Fireworks during street procession. Every year during the ninth lunar month of the Chinese calendar, the Phuket Vegetarian Festival kicks off. The religious festival in Phuket, Thailand, lasts for 10 days, during which sacred rituals take place in the many Chinese shrines and temples. Walking on fire and climbing ladders with bladed rungs barefoot are two of several rituals believed to bring good fortune. The main purpose of the festival, however, is spiritual cleansing and merit-making.
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  • Fireworks during street procession. Every year during the ninth lunar month of the Chinese calendar, the Phuket Vegetarian Festival kicks off. The religious festival in Phuket, Thailand, lasts for 10 days, during which sacred rituals take place in the many Chinese shrines and temples. Walking on fire and climbing ladders with bladed rungs barefoot are two of several rituals believed to bring good fortune. The main purpose of the festival, however, is spiritual cleansing and merit-making.
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  • Street procession in Phuket Town. Every year during the ninth lunar month of the Chinese calendar, the Phuket Vegetarian Festival kicks off. The religious festival in Phuket, Thailand, lasts for 10 days, during which sacred rituals take place in the many Chinese shrines and temples. Walking on fire and climbing ladders with bladed rungs barefoot are two of several rituals believed to bring good fortune. The main purpose of the festival, however, is spiritual cleansing and merit-making. Participants of the festival adhere to a strict vegetarian diet for at least three days. This is one of the 10 main rules meant to ensure good hygiene and inner peace. Sex, alcohol, and meat are strictly forbidden. As cleanliness is considered to be of paramount importance, menstruating and pregnant women are not supposed to attend any of the rituals. The festival rules also call for impeccable mental and physical behavior as well as white clothing.
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  • Female participant during a street procession in Phuket Town. Every year during the ninth lunar month of the Chinese calendar, the Phuket Vegetarian Festival kicks off. The religious festival in Phuket, Thailand, lasts for 10 days, during which sacred rituals take place in the many Chinese shrines and temples. Walking on fire and climbing ladders with bladed rungs barefoot are two of several rituals believed to bring good fortune. The main purpose of the festival, however, is spiritual cleansing and merit-making. The origins of the festival date back to 1825, when a traveling Chinese opera company came to Phuket to perform for the miners there. An epidemic broke out and as the members of the company fell sick, they adhered to a vegetarian diet to honor two of the Emperor Gods, Kiew Ong Tai The and Yok Ong Sone Teh. When they became well again shortly thereafter, the people of Phuket followed the companyÕs example - and have celebrated the festival ever since to bring good luck to their communities.
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  • Locals of Phuket Town use fireworks to drive away evil spirits during the street procession. Every year during the ninth lunar month of the Chinese calendar, the Phuket Vegetarian Festival kicks off. The religious festival in Phuket, Thailand, lasts for 10 days, during which sacred rituals take place in the many Chinese shrines and temples. Walking on fire and climbing ladders with bladed rungs barefoot are two of several rituals believed to bring good fortune. The main purpose of the festival, however, is spiritual cleansing and merit-making.
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  • Street procession in Phuket Town with warrior in foreground followed by helpers. Every year during the ninth lunar month of the Chinese calendar, the Phuket Vegetarian Festival kicks off. The religious festival in Phuket, Thailand, lasts for 10 days, during which sacred rituals take place in the many Chinese shrines and temples. Walking on fire and climbing ladders with bladed rungs barefoot are two of several rituals believed to bring good fortune. The main purpose of the festival, however, is spiritual cleansing and merit-making.
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  • Locals wearing white clothes wait for warriors during a street procession. Every year during the ninth lunar month of the Chinese calendar, the Phuket Vegetarian Festival kicks off. The religious festival in Phuket, Thailand, lasts for 10 days, during which sacred rituals take place in the many Chinese shrines and temples. Walking on fire and climbing ladders with bladed rungs barefoot are two of several rituals believed to bring good fortune. The main purpose of the festival, however, is spiritual cleansing and merit-making. Participants of the festival adhere to a strict vegetarian diet for at least three days. This is one of the 10 main rules meant to ensure good hygiene and inner peace. Sex, alcohol, and meat are strictly forbidden. As cleanliness is considered to be of paramount importance, menstruating and pregnant women are not supposed to attend any of the rituals. The festival rules also call for impeccable mental and physical behavior as well as white clothing.
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  • Two pierced warriors during the Vegetarian Festival in Phuket, Thailand. Every year during the ninth lunar month of the Chinese calendar, the Phuket Vegetarian Festival kicks off. The religious festival in Phuket, Thailand, lasts for 10 days, during which sacred rituals take place in the many Chinese shrines and temples. Walking on fire and climbing ladders with bladed rungs barefoot are two of several rituals believed to bring good fortune. The main purpose of the festival, however, is spiritual cleansing and merit-making. The origins of the festival date back to 1825, when a traveling Chinese opera company came to Phuket to perform for the miners there. An epidemic broke out and as the members of the company fell sick, they adhered to a vegetarian diet to honor two of the Emperor Gods, Kiew Ong Tai The and Yok Ong Sone Teh. When they became well again shortly thereafter, the people of Phuket followed the companyÕs example - and have celebrated the festival ever since to bring good luck to their communities.
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  • A pierced warrior during the Vegetarian Festival. Every year during the ninth lunar month of the Chinese calendar, the Phuket Vegetarian Festival kicks off. The religious festival in Phuket, Thailand, lasts for 10 days, during which sacred rituals take place in the many Chinese shrines and temples. Walking on fire and climbing ladders with bladed rungs barefoot are two of several rituals believed to bring good fortune. The main purpose of the festival, however, is spiritual cleansing and merit-making. A chosen few among the participants, called warriors, will pierce themselves with objects such as nails, swords, and knives. The piercing takes place in a shrine and is followed by the most spectacular part of the festival, the street processions: just like in a parade they file along the streets of Phuket, with groups of one or several pierced warriors leading a number of people behind them. Onlookers throw fireworks at them as they pass; these are intended to be as loud as possible as the common belief is that this will banish evil spirits. The warriors walk and dance in a trance-like state, unshaken by the noise.
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  • A pierced warrior during the Vegetarian Festival. Every year during the ninth lunar month of the Chinese calendar, the Phuket Vegetarian Festival kicks off. The religious festival in Phuket, Thailand, lasts for 10 days, during which sacred rituals take place in the many Chinese shrines and temples. Walking on fire and climbing ladders with bladed rungs barefoot are two of several rituals believed to bring good fortune. The main purpose of the festival, however, is spiritual cleansing and merit-making. A chosen few among the participants, called warriors, will pierce themselves with objects such as nails, swords, and knives. The piercing takes place in a shrine and is followed by the most spectacular part of the festival, the street processions: just like in a parade they file along the streets of Phuket, with groups of one or several pierced warriors leading a number of people behind them. Onlookers throw fireworks at them as they pass; these are intended to be as loud as possible as the common belief is that this will banish evil spirits. The warriors walk and dance in a trance-like state, unshaken by the noise.
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  • A warrior gets pierced before the street procession during the Vegetarian Festival. Every year during the ninth lunar month of the Chinese calendar, the Phuket Vegetarian Festival kicks off. The religious festival in Phuket, Thailand, lasts for 10 days, during which sacred rituals take place in the many Chinese shrines and temples. Walking on fire and climbing ladders with bladed rungs barefoot are two of several rituals believed to bring good fortune. The main purpose of the festival, however, is spiritual cleansing and merit-making. A chosen few among the participants, called warriors, will pierce themselves with objects such as nails, swords, and knives. The piercing takes place in a shrine and is followed by the most spectacular part of the festival, the street processions: just like in a parade they file along the streets of Phuket, with groups of one or several pierced warriors leading a number of people behind them. Onlookers throw fireworks at them as they pass; these are intended to be as loud as possible as the common belief is that this will banish evil spirits. The warriors walk and dance in a trance-like state, unshaken by the noise.
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  • A warrior during a spiritual ritual in Phuket. Every year during the ninth lunar month of the Chinese calendar, the Phuket Vegetarian Festival kicks off. The religious festival in Phuket, Thailand, lasts for 10 days, during which sacred rituals take place in the many Chinese shrines and temples. Walking on fire and climbing ladders with bladed rungs barefoot are two of several rituals believed to bring good fortune. The main purpose of the festival, however, is spiritual cleansing and merit-making. The origins of the festival date back to 1825, when a traveling Chinese opera company came to Phuket to perform for the miners there. An epidemic broke out and as the members of the company fell sick, they adhered to a vegetarian diet to honor two of the Emperor Gods, Kiew Ong Tai The and Yok Ong Sone Teh. When they became well again shortly thereafter, the people of Phuket followed the companyÕs example - and have celebrated the festival ever since to bring good luck to their communities.
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  • A warrior dancing through Phuket Town during the Vegetarian Festival. Every year during the ninth lunar month of the Chinese calendar, the Phuket Vegetarian Festival kicks off. The religious festival in Phuket, Thailand, lasts for 10 days, during which sacred rituals take place in the many Chinese shrines and temples. Walking on fire and climbing ladders with bladed rungs barefoot are two of several rituals believed to bring good fortune. The main purpose of the festival, however, is spiritual cleansing and merit-making. Participants of the festival adhere to a strict vegetarian diet for at least three days. This is one of the 10 main rules meant to ensure good hygiene and inner peace. Sex, alcohol, and meat are strictly forbidden. As cleanliness is considered to be of paramount importance, menstruating and pregnant women are not supposed to attend any of the rituals. The festival rules also call for impeccable mental and physical behavior as well as white clothing.
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  • Locals in the street during Phuket Vegetarian Festival. Every year during the ninth lunar month of the Chinese calendar, the Phuket Vegetarian Festival kicks off. The religious festival in Phuket, Thailand, lasts for 10 days, during which sacred rituals take place in the many Chinese shrines and temples. Walking on fire and climbing ladders with bladed rungs barefoot are two of several rituals believed to bring good fortune. The main purpose of the festival, however, is spiritual cleansing and merit-making. Participants of the festival adhere to a strict vegetarian diet for at least three days. This is one of the 10 main rules meant to ensure good hygiene and inner peace. Sex, alcohol, and meat are strictly forbidden. As cleanliness is considered to be of paramount importance, menstruating and pregnant women are not supposed to attend any of the rituals. The festival rules also call for impeccable mental and physical behavior as well as white clothing.
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  • Warrior during street procession in Phuket. Every year during the ninth lunar month of the Chinese calendar, the Phuket Vegetarian Festival kicks off. The religious festival in Phuket, Thailand, lasts for 10 days, during which sacred rituals take place in the many Chinese shrines and temples. Walking on fire and climbing ladders with bladed rungs barefoot are two of several rituals believed to bring good fortune. The main purpose of the festival, however, is spiritual cleansing and merit-making.
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  • Street procession in Phuket Town. Every year during the ninth lunar month of the Chinese calendar, the Phuket Vegetarian Festival kicks off. The religious festival in Phuket, Thailand, lasts for 10 days, during which sacred rituals take place in the many Chinese shrines and temples. Walking on fire and climbing ladders with bladed rungs barefoot are two of several rituals believed to bring good fortune. The main purpose of the festival, however, is spiritual cleansing and merit-making. A chosen few among the participants, called warriors, will pierce themselves with objects such as nails, swords, and knives. The piercing takes place in a shrine and is followed by the most spectacular part of the festival, the street processions: just like in a parade they file along the streets of Phuket, with groups of one or several pierced warriors leading a number of people behind them. Onlookers throw fireworks at them as they pass; these are intended to be as loud as possible as the common belief is that this will banish evil spirits. The warriors walk and dance in a trance-like state, unshaken by the noise.
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  • playing cards while waiting for their wives to come from the religious ceremony.<br />
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The gipsies call it "the Cult", it is a kind of pact that they get together twice a week in a common hut to pray for good and exorcise the evil. Inside the hut there´s a heavy atmosphere and things seem to be a blend of fantasy and reality. Tens of gipsies form a circle of screams and cries and you can hear a mix of prays, complains, desperation and guilt. A gipsie women faints on the floor almost like she has been exorcised and she had a demon inside her, slowly with the help of the others she recovers.<br />
The truth is that the cult is a way that gipsies chose to express themselves, something that is very much theirs, just like the sound of the gipsies guitars, shows something very real, the suffering of their spirits.
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  • Tourists visiting Yungang Budha Caves in Datong. The caves are ancient budhist temple grottoes and were made Unesco World Heritage Site in 2001.
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  • Tourists visiting Yungang Budha Caves in Datong. The caves are ancient budhist temple grottoes and were made Unesco World Heritage Site in 2001.
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  • The the ancient romanesque cathedral of Lisbon, seen beneath the typical streets of downtown neighborhoods.
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