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Illustration - Provence Food

Illustration - Provence Food

ALPES DE HAUTE-PROVENCE, 04, UBAYE VALLEY, ENCHASTRAYES VILLAGE, DAVID VIVEAU FARMER, PRODUCER OF SEA BUCKTHORN BERRIES, CULTIVATION, HARVESTING AND PROCESSING (JUICES, JAMS, CANDIES ...) Photo by Bertrand Bodin/Only France/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Damascus Schools Reopen A Week After The Fall Of Assad Regime

Damascus Schools Reopen A Week After The Fall Of Assad Regime

Schools in Syria have opened after a 1-week break. Education and training continues after the fall of Assad regime. Students returned to class at the Martyr Ahmed Nair school in the rural area of Damascus, Syria, on December 15, 2024. Rebel fighters handed out candies to the children who came to the school. Photo by Ugur Yildirim/DIA Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Damascus Schools Reopen A Week After The Fall Of Assad Regime

Damascus Schools Reopen A Week After The Fall Of Assad Regime

Schools in Syria have opened after a 1-week break. Education and training continues after the fall of Assad regime. Students returned to class at the Martyr Ahmed Nair school in the rural area of Damascus, Syria, on December 15, 2024. Rebel fighters handed out candies to the children who came to the school. Photo by Ugur Yildirim/DIA Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Damascus Schools Reopen A Week After The Fall Of Assad Regime

Damascus Schools Reopen A Week After The Fall Of Assad Regime

Schools in Syria have opened after a 1-week break. Education and training continues after the fall of Assad regime. Students returned to class at the Martyr Ahmed Nair school in the rural area of Damascus, Syria, on December 15, 2024. Rebel fighters handed out candies to the children who came to the school. Photo by Ugur Yildirim/DIA Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Damascus Schools Reopen A Week After The Fall Of Assad Regime

Damascus Schools Reopen A Week After The Fall Of Assad Regime

Schools in Syria have opened after a 1-week break. Education and training continues after the fall of Assad regime. Students returned to class at the Martyr Ahmed Nair school in the rural area of Damascus, Syria, on December 15, 2024. Rebel fighters handed out candies to the children who came to the school. Photo by Ugur Yildirim/DIA Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Damascus Schools Reopen A Week After The Fall Of Assad Regime

Damascus Schools Reopen A Week After The Fall Of Assad Regime

Schools in Syria have opened after a 1-week break. Education and training continues after the fall of Assad regime. Students returned to class at the Martyr Ahmed Nair school in the rural area of Damascus, Syria, on December 15, 2024. Rebel fighters handed out candies to the children who came to the school. Photo by Ugur Yildirim/DIA Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Damascus Schools Reopen A Week After The Fall Of Assad Regime

Damascus Schools Reopen A Week After The Fall Of Assad Regime

Schools in Syria have opened after a 1-week break. Education and training continues after the fall of Assad regime. Students returned to class at the Martyr Ahmed Nair school in the rural area of Damascus, Syria, on December 15, 2024. Rebel fighters handed out candies to the children who came to the school. Photo by Ugur Yildirim/DIA Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Damascus Schools Reopen A Week After The Fall Of Assad Regime

Damascus Schools Reopen A Week After The Fall Of Assad Regime

Schools in Syria have opened after a 1-week break. Education and training continues after the fall of Assad regime. Students returned to class at the Martyr Ahmed Nair school in the rural area of Damascus, Syria, on December 15, 2024. Rebel fighters handed out candies to the children who came to the school. Photo by Ugur Yildirim/DIA Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Damascus Schools Reopen A Week After The Fall Of Assad Regime

Damascus Schools Reopen A Week After The Fall Of Assad Regime

Schools in Syria have opened after a 1-week break. Education and training continues after the fall of Assad regime. Students returned to class at the Martyr Ahmed Nair school in the rural area of Damascus, Syria, on December 15, 2024. Rebel fighters handed out candies to the children who came to the school. Photo by Ugur Yildirim/DIA Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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CHINA-XINJIANG-URUMQI-QIXI FESTIVAL-GROUP WEDDING (CN)

CHINA-XINJIANG-URUMQI-QIXI FESTIVAL-GROUP WEDDING (CN)

(240810) -- URUMQI, Aug. 10, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- A bride distributes candies during a group wedding at the Xinjiang International Grand Bazaar in Urumqi, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, Aug. 10, 2024. The group wedding was held here on Saturday on the occasion of the Qixi Festival, also known Chinese Valentine's Day. Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM/Ding Lei)

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CHINA-XINJIANG-URUMQI-QIXI FESTIVAL-GROUP WEDDING (CN)

CHINA-XINJIANG-URUMQI-QIXI FESTIVAL-GROUP WEDDING (CN)

(240810) -- URUMQI, Aug. 10, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- A newly-wed couple distribute candies during a group wedding at the Xinjiang International Grand Bazaar in Urumqi, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, Aug. 10, 2024. The group wedding was held here on Saturday on the occasion of the Qixi Festival, also known Chinese Valentine's Day. Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM/Ding Lei)

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Syrian refugees in Lebanon celebrate Eid al-Adha with bitterness of displacement

STORY: Syrian refugees in Lebanon celebrate Eid al-Adha with bitterness of displacement SHOOTING TIME: June 17, 2024 DATELINE: June 18, 2024 LENGTH: 00:05:01 LOCATION: Beirut CATEGORY: CULTURE SHOTLIST: 1. various of Syrian refugees gathering for Eid al-Adha 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Arabic): ABOU BADWI, Syrian refugee 3. various of Syrian refugee camp 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (Arabic): MAHMOUD IBRAHIM, Syrian refugee 5. various of children gathering to receive candies 6. various of Syrian refugees women washing their laundry 7. various of Syrian refugee camp STORYLINE: Muslims across the world have embraced the Eid al-Adha, or the Feast of Sacrifice. Traditionally, the feast is an occasion for families to gather together. However, the Syrian refugees in Lebanon have to celebrate the festival with bitterness as they are far from their loved ones and homeland. SOUNDBITE 1 (Arabic): ABOU BADWI, Syrian refugee "This Eid is not what we used to celebrate. We used to bid farewell to the pilgrims who visit Mecca and this year

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EGYPT-CAIRO-SHAM EL-NESSIM-CELEBRATION

EGYPT-CAIRO-SHAM EL-NESSIM-CELEBRATION

(240506) -- CAIRO, May 6, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Children eat cotton candies during the Sham el-Nessim at Al-Azhar park in Cairo, Egypt, on May 6, 2024. Egyptians celebrated on Monday the Sham el-Nessim, a traditional Egyptian festival marking the beginning of spring, which fell on May 6 this year. (Xinhua/Ahmed Gomaa)

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CHINA-MAY DAY HOLIDAY-TOURISM (CN)

CHINA-MAY DAY HOLIDAY-TOURISM (CN)

(240502) -- BEIJING, May 2, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Tourists buy candies at a market in Fuzhou, southeast China's Fujian Province, May 2, 2024. (Xinhua/Jiang Kehong)

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YEMEN-SANAA-EID AL-FITR

YEMEN-SANAA-EID AL-FITR

(240410) -- SANAA, April 10, 2024 (Xinhua) -- People shop for candies at a market ahead of Eid al-Fitr in Sanaa, Yemen, on April 7, 2024. The harsh economic reality worsened by the ongoing crisis in the Red Sea has completely soured the festive spirit of Eid al-Fitr that marks the end of Ramadan. (Photo by Mohammed Mohammed/Xinhua) TO GO WITH Feature: Yemenis face "harsher-than-ever" Eid al-Fitr amid ongoing clashes in Red Sea

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LEBANON-BEIRUT-EASTER-CANDY

LEBANON-BEIRUT-EASTER-CANDY

(240330) -- BEIRUT, March 30, 2024 (Xinhua) -- A customer selects candies for the upcoming Easter at a store in Beirut, Lebanon, March 29, 2024. (Xinhua/Bilal Jawich)

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LEBANON-BEIRUT-EASTER-CANDY

LEBANON-BEIRUT-EASTER-CANDY

(240330) -- BEIRUT, March 30, 2024 (Xinhua) -- A staff member arranges candies for the upcoming Easter at a store in Beirut, Lebanon, March 29, 2024. (Xinhua/Bilal Jawich)

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LEBANON-BEIRUT-EASTER-CANDY

LEBANON-BEIRUT-EASTER-CANDY

(240330) -- BEIRUT, March 30, 2024 (Xinhua) -- A staff member prepares candies for the upcoming Easter at a store in Beirut, Lebanon, March 29, 2024. (Xinhua/Bilal Jawich)

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Newroz Celebration - Turkey

Newroz Celebration - Turkey

A man and his child were selling cotton candies to the people gathered for Newroz. Kurdish communities in Turkey gathered in Sirnak, Cizre to commemorate Newroz on March 20, 2024. Vibrant festivities, including traditional dances and cultural displays, showcase the enduring spirit of celebration and unity among the Kurdish people as they welcome the arrival of the new year with pride and solidarity. Photo by Murat Kocabas/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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AFGHANISTAN-KABUL-CANDY-MAKING

AFGHANISTAN-KABUL-CANDY-MAKING

(240220) -- KABUL, Feb. 20, 2024 (Xinhua) -- A man works in a candy-making plant in Kabul, capital of Afghanistan, Feb. 20, 2024. The plant produces candies locally known as Noqhl, a piece of confectionery, which mostly made of rice flour, sugar and almond nut. Afghans often serve noqhl with tea after having meal. (Photo by Saifurahman Safi/Xinhua)

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AFGHANISTAN-KABUL-CANDY-MAKING

AFGHANISTAN-KABUL-CANDY-MAKING

(240220) -- KABUL, Feb. 20, 2024 (Xinhua) -- A worker packs candies in a candy-making plant in Kabul, capital of Afghanistan, Feb. 20, 2024. The plant produces candies locally known as Noqhl, a piece of confectionery, which mostly made of rice flour, sugar and almond nut. Afghans often serve noqhl with tea after having meal. (Photo by Saifurahman Safi/Xinhua)

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(InXizang)CHINA-XIZANG-FAMILY-TIBETAN NEW YEAR (CN)

(InXizang)CHINA-XIZANG-FAMILY-TIBETAN NEW YEAR (CN)

(240210) -- LHASA, Feb. 10, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Soinam Nordar tends to a herd of yaks in Damxung County, southwest China's Xizang Autonomous Region, Feb. 10, 2024. Sitting in her spacious and bright living room, 85-year-old Sichod Wangmo, a resident in Damxung County, southwest China's Xizang Autonomous Region, can not feel more content and happier when her loved ones filled her cup with barley wine and gave her hada (a traditional Tibetan silk scarf that symbolizes purity and auspiciousness) one by one, wishing her all the best. Saturday marked the Tibetan New Year, which coincided with the Chinese Lunar New Year, or the Spring Festival this year, the most important festival in China for reunions of family members. In Xizang, there is no exception. Days before the Tibetan New Year, Soinam Nordar, Sichod Wangmo's seventh son, has been preparing food, candies and butter sculptures, welcoming his other ten brothers and sisters home with each of their families. Sichod Wangmo feels she is now living a life

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(InXizang)CHINA-XIZANG-FAMILY-TIBETAN NEW YEAR (CN)

(InXizang)CHINA-XIZANG-FAMILY-TIBETAN NEW YEAR (CN)

(240210) -- LHASA, Feb. 10, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Sichod Wangmo (C) celebrates the Tibetan New Year with her family at Jiagen Village in Damxung County, southwest China's Xizang Autonomous Region, Feb. 10, 2024. Sitting in her spacious and bright living room, 85-year-old Sichod Wangmo, a resident in Damxung County, southwest China's Xizang Autonomous Region, can not feel more content and happier when her loved ones filled her cup with barley wine and gave her hada (a traditional Tibetan silk scarf that symbolizes purity and auspiciousness) one by one, wishing her all the best. Saturday marked the Tibetan New Year, which coincided with the Chinese Lunar New Year, or the Spring Festival this year, the most important festival in China for reunions of family members. In Xizang, there is no exception. Days before the Tibetan New Year, Soinam Nordar, Sichod Wangmo's seventh son, has been preparing food, candies and butter sculptures, welcoming his other ten brothers and sisters home with each of their families.

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(InXizang)CHINA-XIZANG-FAMILY-TIBETAN NEW YEAR (CN)

(InXizang)CHINA-XIZANG-FAMILY-TIBETAN NEW YEAR (CN)

(240210) -- LHASA, Feb. 10, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Soinam Nordar (R), Sichod Wangmo's son, hands his mom a cup of barley wine at Jiagen Village in Damxung County, southwest China's Xizang Autonomous Region, Feb. 10, 2024. Sitting in her spacious and bright living room, 85-year-old Sichod Wangmo, a resident in Damxung County, southwest China's Xizang Autonomous Region, can not feel more content and happier when her loved ones filled her cup with barley wine and gave her hada (a traditional Tibetan silk scarf that symbolizes purity and auspiciousness) one by one, wishing her all the best. Saturday marked the Tibetan New Year, which coincided with the Chinese Lunar New Year, or the Spring Festival this year, the most important festival in China for reunions of family members. In Xizang, there is no exception. Days before the Tibetan New Year, Soinam Nordar, Sichod Wangmo's seventh son, has been preparing food, candies and butter sculptures, welcoming his other ten brothers and sisters home with each of their fa

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(InXizang)CHINA-XIZANG-FAMILY-TIBETAN NEW YEAR (CN)

(InXizang)CHINA-XIZANG-FAMILY-TIBETAN NEW YEAR (CN)

(240210) -- LHASA, Feb. 10, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Family members of Sichod Wangmo pose for photos in festival costumes at Jiagen Village in Damxung County, southwest China's Xizang Autonomous Region, Feb. 10, 2024. Sitting in her spacious and bright living room, 85-year-old Sichod Wangmo, a resident in Damxung County, southwest China's Xizang Autonomous Region, can not feel more content and happier when her loved ones filled her cup with barley wine and gave her hada (a traditional Tibetan silk scarf that symbolizes purity and auspiciousness) one by one, wishing her all the best. Saturday marked the Tibetan New Year, which coincided with the Chinese Lunar New Year, or the Spring Festival this year, the most important festival in China for reunions of family members. In Xizang, there is no exception. Days before the Tibetan New Year, Soinam Nordar, Sichod Wangmo's seventh son, has been preparing food, candies and butter sculptures, welcoming his other ten brothers and sisters home with each of their families

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(InXizang)CHINA-XIZANG-FAMILY-TIBETAN NEW YEAR (CN)

(InXizang)CHINA-XIZANG-FAMILY-TIBETAN NEW YEAR (CN)

(240210) -- LHASA, Feb. 10, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Sichod Wangmo's daughter-in-law cooks for the family at Jiagen Village in Damxung County, southwest China's Xizang Autonomous Region, Feb. 10, 2024. Sitting in her spacious and bright living room, 85-year-old Sichod Wangmo, a resident in Damxung County, southwest China's Xizang Autonomous Region, can not feel more content and happier when her loved ones filled her cup with barley wine and gave her hada (a traditional Tibetan silk scarf that symbolizes purity and auspiciousness) one by one, wishing her all the best. Saturday marked the Tibetan New Year, which coincided with the Chinese Lunar New Year, or the Spring Festival this year, the most important festival in China for reunions of family members. In Xizang, there is no exception. Days before the Tibetan New Year, Soinam Nordar, Sichod Wangmo's seventh son, has been preparing food, candies and butter sculptures, welcoming his other ten brothers and sisters home with each of their families. Sichod Wang

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(InXizang)CHINA-XIZANG-FAMILY-TIBETAN NEW YEAR (CN)

(InXizang)CHINA-XIZANG-FAMILY-TIBETAN NEW YEAR (CN)

(240210) -- LHASA, Feb. 10, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Sichod Wangmo's great-grandchildren are going to send festival greetings to their neighbors at Jiagen Village in Damxung County, southwest China's Xizang Autonomous Region, Feb. 10, 2024. Sitting in her spacious and bright living room, 85-year-old Sichod Wangmo, a resident in Damxung County, southwest China's Xizang Autonomous Region, can not feel more content and happier when her loved ones filled her cup with barley wine and gave her hada (a traditional Tibetan silk scarf that symbolizes purity and auspiciousness) one by one, wishing her all the best. Saturday marked the Tibetan New Year, which coincided with the Chinese Lunar New Year, or the Spring Festival this year, the most important festival in China for reunions of family members. In Xizang, there is no exception. Days before the Tibetan New Year, Soinam Nordar, Sichod Wangmo's seventh son, has been preparing food, candies and butter sculptures, welcoming his other ten brothers and sisters home with

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(InXizang)CHINA-XIZANG-FAMILY-TIBETAN NEW YEAR (CN)

(InXizang)CHINA-XIZANG-FAMILY-TIBETAN NEW YEAR (CN)

(240210) -- LHASA, Feb. 10, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Sichod Wangmo (R) eats chema, roasted barley and fried wheat grain in a two-tier rectangular wooden box, at Jiagen Village in Damxung County, southwest China's Xizang Autonomous Region, Feb. 10, 2024. Sitting in her spacious and bright living room, 85-year-old Sichod Wangmo, a resident in Damxung County, southwest China's Xizang Autonomous Region, can not feel more content and happier when her loved ones filled her cup with barley wine and gave her hada (a traditional Tibetan silk scarf that symbolizes purity and auspiciousness) one by one, wishing her all the best. Saturday marked the Tibetan New Year, which coincided with the Chinese Lunar New Year, or the Spring Festival this year, the most important festival in China for reunions of family members. In Xizang, there is no exception. Days before the Tibetan New Year, Soinam Nordar, Sichod Wangmo's seventh son, has been preparing food, candies and butter sculptures, welcoming his other ten brothers and sist

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(InXizang)CHINA-XIZANG-FAMILY-TIBETAN NEW YEAR (CN)

(InXizang)CHINA-XIZANG-FAMILY-TIBETAN NEW YEAR (CN)

(240210) -- LHASA, Feb. 10, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Sichod Wangmo's daughter-in-law (L) serves family members with food at Jiagen Village in Damxung County, southwest China's Xizang Autonomous Region, Feb. 10, 2024. Sitting in her spacious and bright living room, 85-year-old Sichod Wangmo, a resident in Damxung County, southwest China's Xizang Autonomous Region, can not feel more content and happier when her loved ones filled her cup with barley wine and gave her hada (a traditional Tibetan silk scarf that symbolizes purity and auspiciousness) one by one, wishing her all the best. Saturday marked the Tibetan New Year, which coincided with the Chinese Lunar New Year, or the Spring Festival this year, the most important festival in China for reunions of family members. In Xizang, there is no exception. Days before the Tibetan New Year, Soinam Nordar, Sichod Wangmo's seventh son, has been preparing food, candies and butter sculptures, welcoming his other ten brothers and sisters home with each of their families.

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(InXizang)CHINA-XIZANG-FAMILY-TIBETAN NEW YEAR (CN)

(InXizang)CHINA-XIZANG-FAMILY-TIBETAN NEW YEAR (CN)

(240210) -- LHASA, Feb. 10, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Sichod Wangmo celebrates the Tibetan New Year with her family at Jiagen Village in Damxung County, southwest China's Xizang Autonomous Region, Feb. 10, 2024. Sitting in her spacious and bright living room, 85-year-old Sichod Wangmo, a resident in Damxung County, southwest China's Xizang Autonomous Region, can not feel more content and happier when her loved ones filled her cup with barley wine and gave her hada (a traditional Tibetan silk scarf that symbolizes purity and auspiciousness) one by one, wishing her all the best. Saturday marked the Tibetan New Year, which coincided with the Chinese Lunar New Year, or the Spring Festival this year, the most important festival in China for reunions of family members. In Xizang, there is no exception. Days before the Tibetan New Year, Soinam Nordar, Sichod Wangmo's seventh son, has been preparing food, candies and butter sculptures, welcoming his other ten brothers and sisters home with each of their families. Si

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(InXizang)CHINA-XIZANG-FAMILY-TIBETAN NEW YEAR (CN)

(InXizang)CHINA-XIZANG-FAMILY-TIBETAN NEW YEAR (CN)

(240210) -- LHASA, Feb. 10, 2024 (Xinhua) -- This aerial drone photo taken on Feb. 10, 2024 shows Sichod Wangmo's home at Jiagen Village in Damxung County, southwest China's Xizang Autonomous Region. Sitting in her spacious and bright living room, 85-year-old Sichod Wangmo, a resident in Damxung County, southwest China's Xizang Autonomous Region, can not feel more content and happier when her loved ones filled her cup with barley wine and gave her hada (a traditional Tibetan silk scarf that symbolizes purity and auspiciousness) one by one, wishing her all the best. Saturday marked the Tibetan New Year, which coincided with the Chinese Lunar New Year, or the Spring Festival this year, the most important festival in China for reunions of family members. In Xizang, there is no exception. Days before the Tibetan New Year, Soinam Nordar, Sichod Wangmo's seventh son, has been preparing food, candies and butter sculptures, welcoming his other ten brothers and sisters home with each of their families. Sicho

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(InXizang)CHINA-XIZANG-FAMILY-TIBETAN NEW YEAR (CN)

(InXizang)CHINA-XIZANG-FAMILY-TIBETAN NEW YEAR (CN)

(240210) -- LHASA, Feb. 10, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Sichod Wangmo's daughter-in-law cooks for the family at Jiagen Village in Damxung County, southwest China's Xizang Autonomous Region, Feb. 10, 2024. Sitting in her spacious and bright living room, 85-year-old Sichod Wangmo, a resident in Damxung County, southwest China's Xizang Autonomous Region, can not feel more content and happier when her loved ones filled her cup with barley wine and gave her hada (a traditional Tibetan silk scarf that symbolizes purity and auspiciousness) one by one, wishing her all the best. Saturday marked the Tibetan New Year, which coincided with the Chinese Lunar New Year, or the Spring Festival this year, the most important festival in China for reunions of family members. In Xizang, there is no exception. Days before the Tibetan New Year, Soinam Nordar, Sichod Wangmo's seventh son, has been preparing food, candies and butter sculptures, welcoming his other ten brothers and sisters home with each of their families. Sichod Wang

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(InXizang)CHINA-XIZANG-FAMILY-TIBETAN NEW YEAR (CN)

(InXizang)CHINA-XIZANG-FAMILY-TIBETAN NEW YEAR (CN)

(240210) -- LHASA, Feb. 10, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Sichod Wangmo and her great-granddaughter greet each other at Jiagen Village in Damxung County, southwest China's Xizang Autonomous Region, Feb. 10, 2024. Sitting in her spacious and bright living room, 85-year-old Sichod Wangmo, a resident in Damxung County, southwest China's Xizang Autonomous Region, can not feel more content and happier when her loved ones filled her cup with barley wine and gave her hada (a traditional Tibetan silk scarf that symbolizes purity and auspiciousness) one by one, wishing her all the best. Saturday marked the Tibetan New Year, which coincided with the Chinese Lunar New Year, or the Spring Festival this year, the most important festival in China for reunions of family members. In Xizang, there is no exception. Days before the Tibetan New Year, Soinam Nordar, Sichod Wangmo's seventh son, has been preparing food, candies and butter sculptures, welcoming his other ten brothers and sisters home with each of their families. Sicho

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(InXizang)CHINA-XIZANG-FAMILY-TIBETAN NEW YEAR (CN)

(InXizang)CHINA-XIZANG-FAMILY-TIBETAN NEW YEAR (CN)

(240210) -- LHASA, Feb. 10, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Sichod Wangmo (C, front) poses for a group photo with her family at Jiagen Village in Damxung County, southwest China's Xizang Autonomous Region, Feb. 10, 2024. Sitting in her spacious and bright living room, 85-year-old Sichod Wangmo, a resident in Damxung County, southwest China's Xizang Autonomous Region, can not feel more content and happier when her loved ones filled her cup with barley wine and gave her hada (a traditional Tibetan silk scarf that symbolizes purity and auspiciousness) one by one, wishing her all the best. Saturday marked the Tibetan New Year, which coincided with the Chinese Lunar New Year, or the Spring Festival this year, the most important festival in China for reunions of family members. In Xizang, there is no exception. Days before the Tibetan New Year, Soinam Nordar, Sichod Wangmo's seventh son, has been preparing food, candies and butter sculptures, welcoming his other ten brothers and sisters home with each of their families.

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(InXizang)CHINA-XIZANG-FAMILY-TIBETAN NEW YEAR (CN)

(InXizang)CHINA-XIZANG-FAMILY-TIBETAN NEW YEAR (CN)

(240210) -- LHASA, Feb. 10, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Soinam Nordar shops with his granddaughters at a New Year fair in Damxung County, southwest China's Xizang Autonomous Region, Feb. 3, 2024. Sitting in her spacious and bright living room, 85-year-old Sichod Wangmo, a resident in Damxung County, southwest China's Xizang Autonomous Region, can not feel more content and happier when her loved ones filled her cup with barley wine and gave her hada (a traditional Tibetan silk scarf that symbolizes purity and auspiciousness) one by one, wishing her all the best. Saturday marked the Tibetan New Year, which coincided with the Chinese Lunar New Year, or the Spring Festival this year, the most important festival in China for reunions of family members. In Xizang, there is no exception. Days before the Tibetan New Year, Soinam Nordar, Sichod Wangmo's seventh son, has been preparing food, candies and butter sculptures, welcoming his other ten brothers and sisters home with each of their families. Sichod Wangmo feels

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(InXizang)CHINA-XIZANG-FAMILY-TIBETAN NEW YEAR (CN)

(InXizang)CHINA-XIZANG-FAMILY-TIBETAN NEW YEAR (CN)

(240210) -- LHASA, Feb. 10, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Soinam Nordar drives a herd of yaks in Damxung County, southwest China's Xizang Autonomous Region, Feb. 10, 2024. Sitting in her spacious and bright living room, 85-year-old Sichod Wangmo, a resident in Damxung County, southwest China's Xizang Autonomous Region, can not feel more content and happier when her loved ones filled her cup with barley wine and gave her hada (a traditional Tibetan silk scarf that symbolizes purity and auspiciousness) one by one, wishing her all the best. Saturday marked the Tibetan New Year, which coincided with the Chinese Lunar New Year, or the Spring Festival this year, the most important festival in China for reunions of family members. In Xizang, there is no exception. Days before the Tibetan New Year, Soinam Nordar, Sichod Wangmo's seventh son, has been preparing food, candies and butter sculptures, welcoming his other ten brothers and sisters home with each of their families. Sichod Wangmo feels she is now living a life s

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CHINA-SPRING FESTIVAL-PREPARATION (CN)

CHINA-SPRING FESTIVAL-PREPARATION (CN)

(240206) -- BEIJING, Feb. 6, 2024 (Xinhua) -- People shop for candies and snacks at a local fair for the upcoming Chinese New Year in Wuping County, southeast China's Fujian Province, Feb. 5, 2024. (Xinhua/Zhou Yi)

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(ShandongHorizon)CHINA-QINGDAO-TRADITION-POLI MARKET (CN)

(ShandongHorizon)CHINA-QINGDAO-TRADITION-POLI MARKET (CN)

(240129) -- QINGDAO, Jan. 29, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Candies are seen at the Poli Market in Qingdao Xihai'an (West Coast) New Area in Qingdao, east China's Shandong Province, Jan. 29, 2024. With a history of more than 300 years, the Poli Market is a local intangible cultural heritage and one of the biggest traditional markets in eastern Shandong Province. As the Spring Festival approaches, many visitors flock to the market for abundant new year decorations, agricultural products, local delicacies and so on. (Xinhua/Li Ziheng)

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Chinatown in Yangon bustling with festive hustling as Chinese New Year approaches

STORY: Chinatown in Yangon bustling with festive hustling as Chinese New Year approaches SHOOTING TIME: Recent footage DATELINE: Jan. 28, 2024 LENGTH: 00:01:39 LOCATION: YANGON, Myanmar CATEGORY: CULTURE SHOTLIST: 1. various of the views in Chinatown in Yangon, Myanmar STORYLINE: Chinatown of Yangon in Myanmar is bustling with people selling and buying festive items to celebrate the Chinese New Year, the Year of the Dragon, which falls on Feb. 10. Many stalls have been selling red banners, various styles of lanterns, snacks, hongbao (red envelope), and candies in Chinatown market. "I bought incense, joss paper, gold and silver foil to honor ancestors and traditional snacks will be bought on the actual day," Soe Lin Tun, a 36-year-old shopper at the Chinatown, told Xinhua. Chinese people are happy on Lunar New Year's Day. Most people love the Year of the Dragon because it is powerful, he said. Khant Ko Ko, a 22-year-old sales staff of Royal Trading store, told Xinhua, "At our shop, the stickers and hong

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Ukrainian expat experiences rural changes in China's ancient village

STORY: Ukrainian expat experiences rural changes in China's ancient village DATELINE: Oct. 31, 2023 LENGTH: 0:02:14 LOCATION: TONGLING, China CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of Liqiao water town 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): ANGELINA, Ukrainian vlogger 3. various of Liqiao water town 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): ANGELINA, Ukrainian vlogger STORYLINE: Angelina, a Ukrainian vlogger, loves traditional Chinese culture and has been living in Tongling City, east China's Anhui Province for over a year. About half a year ago, she was invited by a local cultural tourism project to open a store in Liqiao Village, which is famous for its beautiful ancient architecture. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): ANGELINA, Ukrainian vlogger "Hello, guys, my name is Angelina. Welcome to my tiny shop. There are some special products from my hometown and other countries, but my favorite is candies from Ukraine. And I like it because it has really chocolate taste with peanuts. And I think it's really delicious." In order to protect the eco

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RUSSIA-VLADIVOSTOK-PUMPKIN FESTIVAL

RUSSIA-VLADIVOSTOK-PUMPKIN FESTIVAL

(231007) -- VLADIVOSTOK, Oct. 7, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Women sell pumpkin-shaped candies at the pumpkin festival in Vladivostok, Russia, Oct. 7, 2023. A pumpkin festival was held on the outskirts of Vladivostok on Saturday to celebrate the harvest season. (Photo by Guo Feizhou/Xinhua)

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Fans Attend A CP Viewing Party For The Characters of the "Slam Dunk" Animated Film in Shanghai

Fans Attend A CP Viewing Party For The Characters of the "Slam Dunk" Animated Film in Shanghai

SHANGHAI, CHINA - JULY 14, 2023 - Fans attend a CP viewing party for the characters of the "Slam Dunk" animated film in Shanghai, China, July 14, 2023. In the lobby of the cinema, fan comics created by fans are played on the big screen, all kinds of peripheral souvenir cards, badges, and hand offices are exchanged between friends from all over the country who gather in Shanghai, veteran fans can be seen everywhere to understand the fun of playing memes, and wedding candies printed with idols are distributed free of charge. Donning the masks of their favorite characters for COSPLAY (Disney Internet celebrity dolls Linabelle and Star Delu both donned jerseys for business), and even photos of the original author Yuhiko Inoue were printed out for fans to "pilgrimage", creating a grand and a bit of "middle II" holiday carnival party.

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Fans Attend A CP Viewing Party For The Characters of the "Slam Dunk" Animated Film in Shanghai

Fans Attend A CP Viewing Party For The Characters of the "Slam Dunk" Animated Film in Shanghai

SHANGHAI, CHINA - JULY 14, 2023 - Fans attend a CP viewing party for the characters of the "Slam Dunk" animated film in Shanghai, China, July 14, 2023. In the lobby of the cinema, fan comics created by fans are played on the big screen, all kinds of peripheral souvenir cards, badges, and hand offices are exchanged between friends from all over the country who gather in Shanghai, veteran fans can be seen everywhere to understand the fun of playing memes, and wedding candies printed with idols are distributed free of charge. Donning the masks of their favorite characters for COSPLAY (Disney Internet celebrity dolls Linabelle and Star Delu both donned jerseys for business), and even photos of the original author Yuhiko Inoue were printed out for fans to "pilgrimage", creating a grand and a bit of "middle II" holiday carnival party.

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Fans Attend A CP Viewing Party For The Characters of the "Slam Dunk" Animated Film in Shanghai

Fans Attend A CP Viewing Party For The Characters of the "Slam Dunk" Animated Film in Shanghai

SHANGHAI, CHINA - JULY 14, 2023 - Fans attend a CP viewing party for the characters of the "Slam Dunk" animated film in Shanghai, China, July 14, 2023. In the lobby of the cinema, fan comics created by fans are played on the big screen, all kinds of peripheral souvenir cards, badges, and hand offices are exchanged between friends from all over the country who gather in Shanghai, veteran fans can be seen everywhere to understand the fun of playing memes, and wedding candies printed with idols are distributed free of charge. Donning the masks of their favorite characters for COSPLAY (Disney Internet celebrity dolls Linabelle and Star Delu both donned jerseys for business), and even photos of the original author Yuhiko Inoue were printed out for fans to "pilgrimage", creating a grand and a bit of "middle II" holiday carnival party.

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Fans Attend A CP Viewing Party For The Characters of the "Slam Dunk" Animated Film in Shanghai

Fans Attend A CP Viewing Party For The Characters of the "Slam Dunk" Animated Film in Shanghai

SHANGHAI, CHINA - JULY 14, 2023 - Fans attend a CP viewing party for the characters of the "Slam Dunk" animated film in Shanghai, China, July 14, 2023. In the lobby of the cinema, fan comics created by fans are played on the big screen, all kinds of peripheral souvenir cards, badges, and hand offices are exchanged between friends from all over the country who gather in Shanghai, veteran fans can be seen everywhere to understand the fun of playing memes, and wedding candies printed with idols are distributed free of charge. Donning the masks of their favorite characters for COSPLAY (Disney Internet celebrity dolls Linabelle and Star Delu both donned jerseys for business), and even photos of the original author Yuhiko Inoue were printed out for fans to "pilgrimage", creating a grand and a bit of "middle II" holiday carnival party.

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Fans Attend A CP Viewing Party For The Characters of the "Slam Dunk" Animated Film in Shanghai

Fans Attend A CP Viewing Party For The Characters of the "Slam Dunk" Animated Film in Shanghai

SHANGHAI, CHINA - JULY 14, 2023 - Fans attend a CP viewing party for the characters of the "Slam Dunk" animated film in Shanghai, China, July 14, 2023. In the lobby of the cinema, fan comics created by fans are played on the big screen, all kinds of peripheral souvenir cards, badges, and hand offices are exchanged between friends from all over the country who gather in Shanghai, veteran fans can be seen everywhere to understand the fun of playing memes, and wedding candies printed with idols are distributed free of charge. Donning the masks of their favorite characters for COSPLAY (Disney Internet celebrity dolls Linabelle and Star Delu both donned jerseys for business), and even photos of the original author Yuhiko Inoue were printed out for fans to "pilgrimage", creating a grand and a bit of "middle II" holiday carnival party.

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Fans Attend A CP Viewing Party For The Characters of the "Slam Dunk" Animated Film in Shanghai

Fans Attend A CP Viewing Party For The Characters of the "Slam Dunk" Animated Film in Shanghai

SHANGHAI, CHINA - JULY 14, 2023 - Fans attend a CP viewing party for the characters of the "Slam Dunk" animated film in Shanghai, China, July 14, 2023. In the lobby of the cinema, fan comics created by fans are played on the big screen, all kinds of peripheral souvenir cards, badges, and hand offices are exchanged between friends from all over the country who gather in Shanghai, veteran fans can be seen everywhere to understand the fun of playing memes, and wedding candies printed with idols are distributed free of charge. Donning the masks of their favorite characters for COSPLAY (Disney Internet celebrity dolls Linabelle and Star Delu both donned jerseys for business), and even photos of the original author Yuhiko Inoue were printed out for fans to "pilgrimage", creating a grand and a bit of "middle II" holiday carnival party.

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Fans Attend A CP Viewing Party For The Characters of the "Slam Dunk" Animated Film in Shanghai

Fans Attend A CP Viewing Party For The Characters of the "Slam Dunk" Animated Film in Shanghai

SHANGHAI, CHINA - JULY 14, 2023 - Fans attend a CP viewing party for the characters of the "Slam Dunk" animated film in Shanghai, China, July 14, 2023. In the lobby of the cinema, fan comics created by fans are played on the big screen, all kinds of peripheral souvenir cards, badges, and hand offices are exchanged between friends from all over the country who gather in Shanghai, veteran fans can be seen everywhere to understand the fun of playing memes, and wedding candies printed with idols are distributed free of charge. Donning the masks of their favorite characters for COSPLAY (Disney Internet celebrity dolls Linabelle and Star Delu both donned jerseys for business), and even photos of the original author Yuhiko Inoue were printed out for fans to "pilgrimage", creating a grand and a bit of "middle II" holiday carnival party.

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Fans Attend A CP Viewing Party For The Characters of the "Slam Dunk" Animated Film in Shanghai

Fans Attend A CP Viewing Party For The Characters of the "Slam Dunk" Animated Film in Shanghai

SHANGHAI, CHINA - JULY 14, 2023 - Fans attend a CP viewing party for the characters of the "Slam Dunk" animated film in Shanghai, China, July 14, 2023. In the lobby of the cinema, fan comics created by fans are played on the big screen, all kinds of peripheral souvenir cards, badges, and hand offices are exchanged between friends from all over the country who gather in Shanghai, veteran fans can be seen everywhere to understand the fun of playing memes, and wedding candies printed with idols are distributed free of charge. Donning the masks of their favorite characters for COSPLAY (Disney Internet celebrity dolls Linabelle and Star Delu both donned jerseys for business), and even photos of the original author Yuhiko Inoue were printed out for fans to "pilgrimage", creating a grand and a bit of "middle II" holiday carnival party.

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Fans Attend A CP Viewing Party For The Characters of the "Slam Dunk" Animated Film in Shanghai

Fans Attend A CP Viewing Party For The Characters of the "Slam Dunk" Animated Film in Shanghai

SHANGHAI, CHINA - JULY 14, 2023 - Fans attend a CP viewing party for the characters of the "Slam Dunk" animated film in Shanghai, China, July 14, 2023. In the lobby of the cinema, fan comics created by fans are played on the big screen, all kinds of peripheral souvenir cards, badges, and hand offices are exchanged between friends from all over the country who gather in Shanghai, veteran fans can be seen everywhere to understand the fun of playing memes, and wedding candies printed with idols are distributed free of charge. Donning the masks of their favorite characters for COSPLAY (Disney Internet celebrity dolls Linabelle and Star Delu both donned jerseys for business), and even photos of the original author Yuhiko Inoue were printed out for fans to "pilgrimage", creating a grand and a bit of "middle II" holiday carnival party.

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