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Japan: Historic Kishiwada Danjiri Festival Kicks Off in Osaka With Massive Floats

The annual Kishiwada Danjiri Festival began on September 13 in Kishiwada City, Osaka Prefecture, running through September 14. Thirty-four massive wooden floats, each over 4 meters tall and weighing more than 4 tons, raced through the city streets of the Kishiwada and Haruki districts to the spirited chant of “Sorya, Sorya.” Festival participants in matching happi coats pulled the floats with ropes, while “daiku-gata” performers danced atop the roofs with fans. At intersections, the floats performed the festival’s signature “yarimawashi,” a dramatic 90-degree turn executed at high speed, thrilling spectators with cheers. Drums, flutes, and bells added to the festive atmosphere. The festival, held for over 300 years since the Edo period, continues late into the evening on September 13, with a ceremonial shrine visit (“Miyairi”) scheduled on September 14.

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Baikho Festival - India

Rabha tribal women in traditional attire compete against men in a spirited tug-of-war during Baikho festival celebrations in Pantan village, Kamrup, in India's northeastern state of Assam on June 11, 2025. The annual gender-inclusive ritual honors the community's wealth deity while petitioning for abundant rains and a successful harvest season. Photo by Hafiz Ahmed/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Baikho Festival - India

Rabha tribal women in traditional attire compete against men in a spirited tug-of-war during Baikho festival celebrations in Pantan village, Kamrup, in India's northeastern state of Assam on June 11, 2025. The annual gender-inclusive ritual honors the community's wealth deity while petitioning for abundant rains and a successful harvest season. Photo by Hafiz Ahmed/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Baikho Festival - India

Rabha tribal women in traditional attire compete against men in a spirited tug-of-war during Baikho festival celebrations in Pantan village, Kamrup, in India's northeastern state of Assam on June 11, 2025. The annual gender-inclusive ritual honors the community's wealth deity while petitioning for abundant rains and a successful harvest season. Photo by Hafiz Ahmed/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Baikho Festival - India

Rabha tribal women in traditional attire compete against men in a spirited tug-of-war during Baikho festival celebrations in Pantan village, Kamrup, in India's northeastern state of Assam on June 11, 2025. The annual gender-inclusive ritual honors the community's wealth deity while petitioning for abundant rains and a successful harvest season. Photo by Hafiz Ahmed/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Baikho Festival - India

Rabha tribal women in traditional attire compete against men in a spirited tug-of-war during Baikho festival celebrations in Pantan village, Kamrup, in India's northeastern state of Assam on June 11, 2025. The annual gender-inclusive ritual honors the community's wealth deity while petitioning for abundant rains and a successful harvest season. Photo by Hafiz Ahmed/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Corgi fest

01.12.2024, Tallinn Corgi fest brought together all Corgi owners and fans to celebrate the festive season in a cheerful and spirited atmosphere. Photo Mihkel Maripuu, Postimees

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Corgi fest

01.12.2024, Tallinn Corgi fest brought together all Corgi owners and fans to celebrate the festive season in a cheerful and spirited atmosphere. Photo Mihkel Maripuu, Postimees

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Ramon Magsaysay Award

Kenichi Yoda (C), director of Studio Ghibli, co-founded by Japanese anime filmmaker Hayao Miyazaki, attends a ceremony of the Ramon Magsaysay Award on behalf of Miyazaki, one of the five recipients in 2024, in Manila on Nov. 16, 2024. The organization behind the award -- named after the Philippines' seventh president and known as "Asia's Nobel Prize" -- said in August that the 83-year-old makes complex issues like environmental destruction and conflict understandable to children in his works, including the Oscar-winning films "The Boy and the Heron" and "Spirited Away."

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Studio Ghibli Show in Shanghai

SHANGHAI, CHINA - NOVEMBER 3, 2024 - Visitors look at works accurately restored through light and shadow technology at the "Studio Ghibli Story" immersive animation art exhibition in Shanghai, China, November 3, 2024. Studio Ghibli, led by Japanese animation master Hayao Miyazaki, has classic IP such as "Spirited Away", "My Friend Totoro" and "Princess Mononot". The pavilion uses many physical objects and multimedia light and shadow technologies to restore artistic creativity and bring two-dimensional virtual scenes to the real world.

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Studio Ghibli Show in Shanghai

SHANGHAI, CHINA - NOVEMBER 3, 2024 - Visitors look at works accurately restored through light and shadow technology at the "Studio Ghibli Story" immersive animation art exhibition in Shanghai, China, November 3, 2024. Studio Ghibli, led by Japanese animation master Hayao Miyazaki, has classic IP such as "Spirited Away", "My Friend Totoro" and "Princess Mononot". The pavilion uses many physical objects and multimedia light and shadow technologies to restore artistic creativity and bring two-dimensional virtual scenes to the real world.

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Studio Ghibli Show in Shanghai

SHANGHAI, CHINA - NOVEMBER 3, 2024 - Visitors look at works accurately restored through light and shadow technology at the "Studio Ghibli Story" immersive animation art exhibition in Shanghai, China, November 3, 2024. Studio Ghibli, led by Japanese animation master Hayao Miyazaki, has classic IP such as "Spirited Away", "My Friend Totoro" and "Princess Mononot". The pavilion uses many physical objects and multimedia light and shadow technologies to restore artistic creativity and bring two-dimensional virtual scenes to the real world.

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Studio Ghibli Show in Shanghai

SHANGHAI, CHINA - NOVEMBER 3, 2024 - Visitors look at works accurately restored through light and shadow technology at the "Studio Ghibli Story" immersive animation art exhibition in Shanghai, China, November 3, 2024. Studio Ghibli, led by Japanese animation master Hayao Miyazaki, has classic IP such as "Spirited Away", "My Friend Totoro" and "Princess Mononot". The pavilion uses many physical objects and multimedia light and shadow technologies to restore artistic creativity and bring two-dimensional virtual scenes to the real world.

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Studio Ghibli Show in Shanghai

SHANGHAI, CHINA - NOVEMBER 3, 2024 - Visitors look at works accurately restored through light and shadow technology at the "Studio Ghibli Story" immersive animation art exhibition in Shanghai, China, November 3, 2024. Studio Ghibli, led by Japanese animation master Hayao Miyazaki, has classic IP such as "Spirited Away", "My Friend Totoro" and "Princess Mononot". The pavilion uses many physical objects and multimedia light and shadow technologies to restore artistic creativity and bring two-dimensional virtual scenes to the real world.

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Studio Ghibli Show in Shanghai

SHANGHAI, CHINA - NOVEMBER 3, 2024 - Visitors look at works accurately restored through light and shadow technology at the "Studio Ghibli Story" immersive animation art exhibition in Shanghai, China, November 3, 2024. Studio Ghibli, led by Japanese animation master Hayao Miyazaki, has classic IP such as "Spirited Away", "My Friend Totoro" and "Princess Mononot". The pavilion uses many physical objects and multimedia light and shadow technologies to restore artistic creativity and bring two-dimensional virtual scenes to the real world.

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Studio Ghibli Show in Shanghai

SHANGHAI, CHINA - NOVEMBER 3, 2024 - Visitors look at works accurately restored through light and shadow technology at the "Studio Ghibli Story" immersive animation art exhibition in Shanghai, China, November 3, 2024. Studio Ghibli, led by Japanese animation master Hayao Miyazaki, has classic IP such as "Spirited Away", "My Friend Totoro" and "Princess Mononot". The pavilion uses many physical objects and multimedia light and shadow technologies to restore artistic creativity and bring two-dimensional virtual scenes to the real world.

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Studio Ghibli Show in Shanghai

SHANGHAI, CHINA - NOVEMBER 3, 2024 - Visitors look at works accurately restored through light and shadow technology at the "Studio Ghibli Story" immersive animation art exhibition in Shanghai, China, November 3, 2024. Studio Ghibli, led by Japanese animation master Hayao Miyazaki, has classic IP such as "Spirited Away", "My Friend Totoro" and "Princess Mononot". The pavilion uses many physical objects and multimedia light and shadow technologies to restore artistic creativity and bring two-dimensional virtual scenes to the real world.

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Studio Ghibli Show in Shanghai

SHANGHAI, CHINA - NOVEMBER 3, 2024 - Visitors look at works accurately restored through light and shadow technology at the "Studio Ghibli Story" immersive animation art exhibition in Shanghai, China, November 3, 2024. Studio Ghibli, led by Japanese animation master Hayao Miyazaki, has classic IP such as "Spirited Away", "My Friend Totoro" and "Princess Mononot". The pavilion uses many physical objects and multimedia light and shadow technologies to restore artistic creativity and bring two-dimensional virtual scenes to the real world.

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Studio Ghibli Show in Shanghai

SHANGHAI, CHINA - NOVEMBER 3, 2024 - Visitors look at works accurately restored through light and shadow technology at the "Studio Ghibli Story" immersive animation art exhibition in Shanghai, China, November 3, 2024. Studio Ghibli, led by Japanese animation master Hayao Miyazaki, has classic IP such as "Spirited Away", "My Friend Totoro" and "Princess Mononot". The pavilion uses many physical objects and multimedia light and shadow technologies to restore artistic creativity and bring two-dimensional virtual scenes to the real world.

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Studio Ghibli Show in Shanghai

SHANGHAI, CHINA - NOVEMBER 3, 2024 - Visitors look at works accurately restored through light and shadow technology at the "Studio Ghibli Story" immersive animation art exhibition in Shanghai, China, November 3, 2024. Studio Ghibli, led by Japanese animation master Hayao Miyazaki, has classic IP such as "Spirited Away", "My Friend Totoro" and "Princess Mononot". The pavilion uses many physical objects and multimedia light and shadow technologies to restore artistic creativity and bring two-dimensional virtual scenes to the real world.

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Studio Ghibli Show in Shanghai

SHANGHAI, CHINA - NOVEMBER 3, 2024 - Visitors look at works accurately restored through light and shadow technology at the "Studio Ghibli Story" immersive animation art exhibition in Shanghai, China, November 3, 2024. Studio Ghibli, led by Japanese animation master Hayao Miyazaki, has classic IP such as "Spirited Away", "My Friend Totoro" and "Princess Mononot". The pavilion uses many physical objects and multimedia light and shadow technologies to restore artistic creativity and bring two-dimensional virtual scenes to the real world.

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Studio Ghibli Show in Shanghai

SHANGHAI, CHINA - NOVEMBER 3, 2024 - Visitors look at works accurately restored through light and shadow technology at the "Studio Ghibli Story" immersive animation art exhibition in Shanghai, China, November 3, 2024. Studio Ghibli, led by Japanese animation master Hayao Miyazaki, has classic IP such as "Spirited Away", "My Friend Totoro" and "Princess Mononot". The pavilion uses many physical objects and multimedia light and shadow technologies to restore artistic creativity and bring two-dimensional virtual scenes to the real world.

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Studio Ghibli Show in Shanghai

SHANGHAI, CHINA - NOVEMBER 3, 2024 - Visitors look at works accurately restored through light and shadow technology at the "Studio Ghibli Story" immersive animation art exhibition in Shanghai, China, November 3, 2024. Studio Ghibli, led by Japanese animation master Hayao Miyazaki, has classic IP such as "Spirited Away", "My Friend Totoro" and "Princess Mononot". The pavilion uses many physical objects and multimedia light and shadow technologies to restore artistic creativity and bring two-dimensional virtual scenes to the real world.

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Studio Ghibli Show in Shanghai

SHANGHAI, CHINA - NOVEMBER 3, 2024 - Visitors look at works accurately restored through light and shadow technology at the "Studio Ghibli Story" immersive animation art exhibition in Shanghai, China, November 3, 2024. Studio Ghibli, led by Japanese animation master Hayao Miyazaki, has classic IP such as "Spirited Away", "My Friend Totoro" and "Princess Mononot". The pavilion uses many physical objects and multimedia light and shadow technologies to restore artistic creativity and bring two-dimensional virtual scenes to the real world.

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Studio Ghibli Show in Shanghai

SHANGHAI, CHINA - NOVEMBER 3, 2024 - Visitors look at works accurately restored through light and shadow technology at the "Studio Ghibli Story" immersive animation art exhibition in Shanghai, China, November 3, 2024. Studio Ghibli, led by Japanese animation master Hayao Miyazaki, has classic IP such as "Spirited Away", "My Friend Totoro" and "Princess Mononot". The pavilion uses many physical objects and multimedia light and shadow technologies to restore artistic creativity and bring two-dimensional virtual scenes to the real world.

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Studio Ghibli Show in Shanghai

SHANGHAI, CHINA - NOVEMBER 3, 2024 - Visitors look at works accurately restored through light and shadow technology at the "Studio Ghibli Story" immersive animation art exhibition in Shanghai, China, November 3, 2024. Studio Ghibli, led by Japanese animation master Hayao Miyazaki, has classic IP such as "Spirited Away", "My Friend Totoro" and "Princess Mononot". The pavilion uses many physical objects and multimedia light and shadow technologies to restore artistic creativity and bring two-dimensional virtual scenes to the real world.

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Studio Ghibli Show in Shanghai

SHANGHAI, CHINA - NOVEMBER 3, 2024 - Visitors look at works accurately restored through light and shadow technology at the "Studio Ghibli Story" immersive animation art exhibition in Shanghai, China, November 3, 2024. Studio Ghibli, led by Japanese animation master Hayao Miyazaki, has classic IP such as "Spirited Away", "My Friend Totoro" and "Princess Mononot". The pavilion uses many physical objects and multimedia light and shadow technologies to restore artistic creativity and bring two-dimensional virtual scenes to the real world.

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Studio Ghibli Show in Shanghai

SHANGHAI, CHINA - NOVEMBER 3, 2024 - Visitors look at works accurately restored through light and shadow technology at the "Studio Ghibli Story" immersive animation art exhibition in Shanghai, China, November 3, 2024. Studio Ghibli, led by Japanese animation master Hayao Miyazaki, has classic IP such as "Spirited Away", "My Friend Totoro" and "Princess Mononot". The pavilion uses many physical objects and multimedia light and shadow technologies to restore artistic creativity and bring two-dimensional virtual scenes to the real world.

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Studio Ghibli Show in Shanghai

SHANGHAI, CHINA - NOVEMBER 3, 2024 - Visitors look at works accurately restored through light and shadow technology at the "Studio Ghibli Story" immersive animation art exhibition in Shanghai, China, November 3, 2024. Studio Ghibli, led by Japanese animation master Hayao Miyazaki, has classic IP such as "Spirited Away", "My Friend Totoro" and "Princess Mononot". The pavilion uses many physical objects and multimedia light and shadow technologies to restore artistic creativity and bring two-dimensional virtual scenes to the real world.

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Adorable kindergarten kids rowing boats for Dragon Boat Festival

STORY: Adorable kindergarten kids rowing boats for Dragon Boat Festival SHOOTING DATE: May 31, 2024 DATELINE: June 1, 2024 LENGTH: 00:00:15 LOCATION: SHANTOU, China CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of kids rowing boats STORYLINE: In China's Shantou, kindergarten children participated in a spirited dragon boat race held in a swimming pool. Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Shantou, China. (XHTV)

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Chinese language proficiency competition held in Romania

STORY: Chinese language proficiency competition held in Romania SHOOTING TIME: May 26, 2024 DATELINE: May 27, 2024 LENGTH: 0:02:18 LOCATION: Bucharest CATEGORY: CULTURE/EDUCATION SHOTLIST: 1. various of the competition 2. SOUNDBITE (English): IOANA MIHAI, Student, University of Bucharest STORYLINE: The "Chinese Bridge" Chinese proficiency competition, an annual competition for non-Chinese college students, was held at the University of Bucharest on Sunday. Eighteen contestants from Romanian universities competed under the theme "One World, One Family," showcasing their love and understanding of the Chinese language and culture through speeches, Q&A and talent shows. Ioana Mihai, a 22-year-old sophomore majoring in Chinese at the university, won the grand prize with her insights into building a "community of shared future for mankind," and the use of traditional Chinese cultural elements in her spirited presentation. SOUNDBITE (English): IOANA MIHAI, Student, University of Bucharest "I really like

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