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Annual cleaning of Great Buddha in Nara

NARA, Japan, Aug. 7 Kyodo - Monks at Todai-ji temple in the western Japan city of Nara sweep dust off the Great Buddha, designated as a national treasure in Japan, on Aug. 7, 2025, in an annual cleaning event. (Kyodo)

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Annual cleaning of Great Buddha in Nara

Monks at Todai-ji temple in the western Japan city of Nara sweep dust off the Great Buddha, designated as a national treasure in Japan, on Aug. 7, 2025, in an annual cleaning event.

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Annual cleaning of Great Buddha in Nara

Monks at Todai-ji temple in the western Japan city of Nara sweep dust off the Great Buddha, designated as a national treasure in Japan, on Aug. 7, 2025, in an annual cleaning event.

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Annual cleaning of Great Buddha in Nara

Monks at Todai-ji temple in the western Japan city of Nara sweep dust off the Great Buddha, designated as a national treasure in Japan, on Aug. 7, 2025, in an annual cleaning event.

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US: Massive Shelf Cloud Caught on Time-Lapse Video Over Orland Park, Illinois

Severe thunderstorms swept through Chicago on Wednesday, July 16, bringing wind gusts up to 67 mph. The storm caused damage, including downed trees, power outages, and flight disruptions. This video captures a massive shelf cloud looming over the sky in Orland Park.

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Annual cleaning of Great Buddha of Nara

NARA, Japan, Aug. 7 Kyodo - Monks and others at Todai-ji temple in the western Japan city of Nara sweep the dust off the Great Buddha, designated as a national treasure in Japan, on Aug. 7, 2024, in the annual "ominugui" cleaning event. (Kyodo)

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Annual cleaning of Great Buddha of Nara

Monks and others at Todai-ji temple in the western Japan city of Nara sweep the dust off the Great Buddha, designated as a national treasure in Japan, on Aug. 7, 2024, in the annual "ominugui" cleaning event.

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Annual cleaning of Great Buddha of Nara

Monks and others at Todai-ji temple in the western Japan city of Nara sweep the dust off the Great Buddha, designated as a national treasure in Japan, on Aug. 7, 2024, in the annual "ominugui" cleaning event.

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Myanmar's pilgrims flock to participate in traditional Kason water pouring festival

STORY: Myanmar's pilgrims flock to participate in traditional Kason water pouring festival SHOOTING TIME: May 22, 2024 DATELINE: May 22, 2024 LENGTH: 00:01:01 LOCATION: YANGON, Myanmar CATEGORY: CULTURE SHOTLIST: 1. various of activities held at the Shwedagon Pagoda STORYLINE: On Wednesday, pilgrims in Myanmar gathered at the Shwedagon Pagoda to join in the traditional Kason water pouring festival on the Kason Full Moon Day. The Kason water pouring festival, now in its 41st year, is organized annually by the pagoda's board of trustees, U Boe Thin, a member of the Shwedagon Pagoda Board of Trustees, told Xinhua. The Bodhi tree, considered the birth partner of Lord Buddha, is treated with great reverence. Water pouring ceremonies are held to cool and bring peace to the tree during the hot season, he said. Kason Full Moon Day, also known as Buddha Day, commemorates the birth, enlightenment, and death of Buddha, all of which are believed to have occurred on this day. As a significant religious occas

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XINHUA PHOTOS OF THE DAY

(240223) -- BEIJING, Feb. 23, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Monks prepare to uncover the large yellow curtain on a huge Thangka painting bearing the image of the Buddha during the annual "sunning of the Buddha" ceremony of Labrang Monastery in Xiahe County, northwest China's Gansu Province, Feb. 22, 2024. More than 40,000 believers and tourists from home and abroad attended a grand Tibetan Buddhist event, known as the "sunning of the Buddha" ceremony, held Thursday at the Labrang Monastery in northwest China's Gansu Province. The annual event is one of the most important ceremonies at Labrang Monastery, built in 1709, one of the six great temples of the Gelug Sect of Tibetan Buddhism. (Xinhua/Chen Bin)

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CHINA-GANSU-LABRANG MONASTERY-SUNNING OF THE BUDDHA CEREMONY (CN)

(240222) -- XIAHE, Feb. 22, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Monks carry a huge Thangka painting bearing the image of the Buddha during the annual "sunning of the Buddha" ceremony of Labrang Monastery in Xiahe County, northwest China's Gansu Province, Feb. 22, 2024. More than 40,000 believers and tourists from home and abroad attended a grand Tibetan Buddhist event, known as the "sunning of the Buddha" ceremony, held Thursday at the Labrang Monastery in northwest China's Gansu Province. The annual event is one of the most important ceremonies at Labrang Monastery, built in 1709, one of the six great temples of the Gelug Sect of Tibetan Buddhism. (Xinhua/Chen Bin)

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CHINA-GANSU-LABRANG MONASTERY-SUNNING OF THE BUDDHA CEREMONY (CN)

(240222) -- XIAHE, Feb. 22, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Monks carry a huge Thangka painting bearing the image of the Buddha during the annual "sunning of the Buddha" ceremony of Labrang Monastery in Xiahe County, northwest China's Gansu Province, Feb. 22, 2024. More than 40,000 believers and tourists from home and abroad attended a grand Tibetan Buddhist event, known as the "sunning of the Buddha" ceremony, held Thursday at the Labrang Monastery in northwest China's Gansu Province. The annual event is one of the most important ceremonies at Labrang Monastery, built in 1709, one of the six great temples of the Gelug Sect of Tibetan Buddhism. (Xinhua/Fang Xin)

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CHINA-GANSU-LABRANG MONASTERY-SUNNING OF THE BUDDHA CEREMONY (CN)

(240222) -- XIAHE, Feb. 22, 2024 (Xinhua) -- A Tibetan girl poses for photos after the annual "sunning of the Buddha" ceremony of Labrang Monastery in Xiahe County, northwest China's Gansu Province, Feb. 22, 2024. More than 40,000 believers and tourists from home and abroad attended a grand Tibetan Buddhist event, known as the "sunning of the Buddha" ceremony, held Thursday at the Labrang Monastery in northwest China's Gansu Province. The annual event is one of the most important ceremonies at Labrang Monastery, built in 1709, one of the six great temples of the Gelug Sect of Tibetan Buddhism. (Xinhua/Fang Xin)

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CHINA-GANSU-LABRANG MONASTERY-SUNNING OF THE BUDDHA CEREMONY (CN)

(240222) -- XIAHE, Feb. 22, 2024 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on Feb. 22, 2024 shows a scene of the annual "sunning of the Buddha" ceremony of Labrang Monastery in Xiahe County, northwest China's Gansu Province. More than 40,000 believers and tourists from home and abroad attended a grand Tibetan Buddhist event, known as the "sunning of the Buddha" ceremony, held Thursday at the Labrang Monastery in northwest China's Gansu Province. The annual event is one of the most important ceremonies at Labrang Monastery, built in 1709, one of the six great temples of the Gelug Sect of Tibetan Buddhism. (Xinhua/Fang Xin)

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CHINA-GANSU-LABRANG MONASTERY-SUNNING OF THE BUDDHA CEREMONY (CN)

(240222) -- XIAHE, Feb. 22, 2024 (Xinhua) -- An equestrian team leads way for a parade during the annual "sunning of the Buddha" ceremony of Labrang Monastery in Xiahe County, northwest China's Gansu Province, Feb. 22, 2024. More than 40,000 believers and tourists from home and abroad attended a grand Tibetan Buddhist event, known as the "sunning of the Buddha" ceremony, held Thursday at the Labrang Monastery in northwest China's Gansu Province. The annual event is one of the most important ceremonies at Labrang Monastery, built in 1709, one of the six great temples of the Gelug Sect of Tibetan Buddhism. (Xinhua/Chen Bin)

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CHINA-GANSU-LABRANG MONASTERY-SUNNING OF THE BUDDHA CEREMONY (CN)

(240222) -- XIAHE, Feb. 22, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Monks carry a huge Thangka painting bearing the image of the Buddha during the annual "sunning of the Buddha" ceremony of Labrang Monastery in Xiahe County, northwest China's Gansu Province, Feb. 22, 2024. More than 40,000 believers and tourists from home and abroad attended a grand Tibetan Buddhist event, known as the "sunning of the Buddha" ceremony, held Thursday at the Labrang Monastery in northwest China's Gansu Province. The annual event is one of the most important ceremonies at Labrang Monastery, built in 1709, one of the six great temples of the Gelug Sect of Tibetan Buddhism. (Xinhua/Fang Xin)

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CHINA-GANSU-LABRANG MONASTERY-SUNNING OF THE BUDDHA CEREMONY (CN)

(240222) -- XIAHE, Feb. 22, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Monks prepare to uncover the large yellow curtain on a huge Thangka painting bearing the image of the Buddha during the annual "sunning of the Buddha" ceremony of Labrang Monastery in Xiahe County, northwest China's Gansu Province, Feb. 22, 2024. More than 40,000 believers and tourists from home and abroad attended a grand Tibetan Buddhist event, known as the "sunning of the Buddha" ceremony, held Thursday at the Labrang Monastery in northwest China's Gansu Province. The annual event is one of the most important ceremonies at Labrang Monastery, built in 1709, one of the six great temples of the Gelug Sect of Tibetan Buddhism. (Xinhua/Chen Bin)

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CHINA-GANSU-LABRANG MONASTERY-SUNNING OF THE BUDDHA CEREMONY (CN)

(240222) -- XIAHE, Feb. 22, 2024 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on Feb. 22, 2024 shows a scene of the annual "sunning of the Buddha" ceremony of Labrang Monastery in Xiahe County, northwest China's Gansu Province. More than 40,000 believers and tourists from home and abroad attended a grand Tibetan Buddhist event, known as the "sunning of the Buddha" ceremony, held Thursday at the Labrang Monastery in northwest China's Gansu Province. The annual event is one of the most important ceremonies at Labrang Monastery, built in 1709, one of the six great temples of the Gelug Sect of Tibetan Buddhism. (Xinhua/Fang Xin)

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Annual cleaning of Great Buddha of Nara

Monks and others clean the Great Buddha at Todai-ji temple in the western Japan city of Nara on Aug. 7, 2023, in an annual "ominugui" cleaning event.

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Annual cleaning of Great Buddha of Nara

Monks and others clean the Great Buddha at Todai-ji temple in the western Japan city of Nara on Aug. 7, 2023, in an annual "ominugui" cleaning event.

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KAMAKURA IN THE RAIN

KAMAKURA IN THE RAIN,Kamakura and hydrangea, Kotokuin Temple, Great Buddha of Kamakura, temple, rain=Date: July,1994, Place:Kamakura, Kanagawa,JAPAN=Date:1994, Place:JAPAN

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Tibetan Buddhist event in China's Gansu attracts believers, tourists

STORY: Tibetan Buddhist event in China's Gansu attracts believers, tourists DATELINE: Feb. 6, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:02 LOCATION: LANZHOU, China CATEGORY: CULTURE/SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of a grand Tibetan Buddhist event 2. various of the event 3. various of tourists 4. SOUNDBITE (Chinese): KUNCHOK TSERING, Director of tourism bureau of Xiahe County, Gannan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture 5. various of the event STORYLINE: More than 76,000 believers and tourists from home and abroad attended a grand Tibetan Buddhist event, known as the "sunning of the Buddha" ceremony, held Friday at the Labrang Monastery in northwest China's Gansu Province. The annual event is one of the most important ceremonies at Labrang Monastery, one of the six great temples of the Gelug Sect of Tibetan Buddhism, which was built in 1709. The centuries-old ceremony is held each year on the 13th day of the first lunar month. It is not only a grand festival for Buddhists, but also a platform to showcase the unique Tibetan culture an

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CHINA-GANSU-LABRANG MONASTERY-SUNNING OF THE BUDDHA CEREMONY (CN)

(230203) -- XIAHE, Feb. 3, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This aerial photo taken on Feb. 3, 2023 shows the "sunning of the Buddha" ceremony at the Labrang Monastery in Xiahe County, northwest China's Gansu Province. More than 76,000 believers and tourists from home and abroad attended a grand Tibetan Buddhist event, known as the "sunning of the Buddha" ceremony, held Friday at the Labrang Monastery in northwest China's Gansu Province. The annual event is one of the most important ceremonies at Labrang Monastery, one of the six great temples of the Gelug Sect of Tibetan Buddhism, which was built in 1709. (Xinhua/Zhang Zhimin)

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CHINA-GANSU-LABRANG MONASTERY-SUNNING OF THE BUDDHA CEREMONY (CN)

(230203) -- XIAHE, Feb. 3, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on Feb. 3, 2023 shows the "sunning of the Buddha" ceremony at the Labrang Monastery in Xiahe County, northwest China's Gansu Province. More than 76,000 believers and tourists from home and abroad attended a grand Tibetan Buddhist event, known as the "sunning of the Buddha" ceremony, held Friday at the Labrang Monastery in northwest China's Gansu Province. The annual event is one of the most important ceremonies at Labrang Monastery, one of the six great temples of the Gelug Sect of Tibetan Buddhism, which was built in 1709. (Xinhua/Zhang Zhimin)

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CHINA-GANSU-LABRANG MONASTERY-SUNNING OF THE BUDDHA CEREMONY (CN)

(230203) -- XIAHE, Feb. 3, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This aerial photo taken on Feb. 3, 2023 shows the "sunning of the Buddha" ceremony at the Labrang Monastery in Xiahe County, northwest China's Gansu Province. More than 76,000 believers and tourists from home and abroad attended a grand Tibetan Buddhist event, known as the "sunning of the Buddha" ceremony, held Friday at the Labrang Monastery in northwest China's Gansu Province. The annual event is one of the most important ceremonies at Labrang Monastery, one of the six great temples of the Gelug Sect of Tibetan Buddhism, which was built in 1709. (Xinhua/Zhang Zhimin)

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CHINA-GANSU-LABRANG MONASTERY-SUNNING OF THE BUDDHA CEREMONY (CN)

(230203) -- XIAHE, Feb. 3, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Lamas prepare to uncover the large yellow curtain on a huge thangka scroll bearing the image of the Buddha during the "sunning of the Buddha" ceremony at the Labrang Monastery in Xiahe County, northwest China's Gansu Province, Feb. 3, 2023. More than 76,000 believers and tourists from home and abroad attended a grand Tibetan Buddhist event, known as the "sunning of the Buddha" ceremony, held Friday at the Labrang Monastery in northwest China's Gansu Province. The annual event is one of the most important ceremonies at Labrang Monastery, one of the six great temples of the Gelug Sect of Tibetan Buddhism, which was built in 1709. (Xinhua/Zhang Zhimin)

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CHINA-GANSU-LABRANG MONASTERY-SUNNING OF THE BUDDHA CEREMONY (CN)

(230203) -- XIAHE, Feb. 3, 2023 (Xinhua) -- People wait for the unrolling of a huge thangka scroll bearing the image of the Buddha during the "sunning of the Buddha" ceremony at the Labrang Monastery in Xiahe County, northwest China's Gansu Province, Feb. 3, 2023. More than 76,000 believers and tourists from home and abroad attended a grand Tibetan Buddhist event, known as the "sunning of the Buddha" ceremony, held Friday at the Labrang Monastery in northwest China's Gansu Province. The annual event is one of the most important ceremonies at Labrang Monastery, one of the six great temples of the Gelug Sect of Tibetan Buddhism, which was built in 1709. (Xinhua/Zhang Zhimin)

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Todaiji Temple's Great Buddha cleaned

NARA, Japan - About 210 Buddhist monks and lay Buddhists wearing white coats and masks clean the 15-meter-high Great Buddha at Todaiji Temple in Nara on Aug. 7 in an annual event.

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Great Buddha cleaned

NARA, Japan - Buddhist monks clear away dust from the Great Buddha statue on Aug. 7, 2014, in the Daibutsuden Hall at Todaiji Temple in the western Japan city of Nara.

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Great Buddha cleaned

NARA, Japan - Buddhist monks clear away dust from the Great Buddha statue on Aug. 7, 2014, in the Daibutsuden Hall at Todaiji Temple in the western Japan city of Nara.

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School kids draw real-size image of Great Buddha statue

KITAKYUSHU, Japan - Minamigaoka Elementary School in Kitakyushu, southwestern Japan, displays a real-size image of the 15-meter-high Great Buddha of Nara drawn by pupils on a canvas made of about 570 sheets of newspaper on July 1, 2014.

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Kamakura to cancel World Heritage bid

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken in April 2013 shows the Great Buddha of Kamakura in Kanagawa Prefecture. Kamakura Mayor Takashi Matsuo said May 27, 2013, he will ask the Agency for Cultural Affairs to drop its recommendation to list the ancient city near Tokyo to be registered on the World Heritage list.

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Great Buddha of Kamakura

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken in April 2013 shows the Great Buddha of Kamakura, in Kamakura, Kanagawa Prefecture. An advisory panel to UNESCO rejected Japan's request to add a group of cultural assets in the ancient city of Kamakura to the World Heritage list due to scarce assets directly linked to the medieval shogunate.

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Dusting off Great Buddha

NARA, Japan - Monks at Todaiji temple in Nara dust off the 15-meter-tall Great Buddha statue on Aug. 7, 2011, in the annual summertime ''body wiping'' event.

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Japan considering Mt. Fuji, Kamakura as cultural heritage candidates

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken in February 2004 shows the Great Buddha statue in Kamakura, Kanagawa Prefecture, which was Japan's capital between the late 12th and early 14th centuries. The Japanese government is considering recommending that UNESCO approve Mt. Fuji in central Japan and Kamakura as World Heritage cultural sites, officials said July 26, 2011.

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Wives of APEC leaders in Kamakura

KAMAKURA, Japan - Wives of leaders from the Asia-Pacific region, including Japan's first lady Nobuko Kan (4th from L), pose in front of the iconic Great Buddha statue in Kamakura, Kanagawa Prefecture, on Nov. 13, 2010. The leaders gathered for the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum summit starting the same day in Yokohama in the prefecture. (Pool Photo by Kyodo News)

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Dalai Lama in Nara

NARA, Japan - Exiled Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama (C,L) views the Great Buddha of Todaiji temple in Nara on Nov. 8, 2010.

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Missing sacred swords of Todaiji found after 1,250 yrs

NARA, Japan - Photo taken Oct. 25, 2010, shows the Great Buddha of Todaiji temple in Nara, western Japan. The temple said the same day that two swords found under the Buddha in the Meiji era have been identified as sacred swords that had been missing for some 1,250 years since around 760 after Empress Komyo, the wife of Emperor Shomu who built the Buddha, dedicated them along with other items to the temple.

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Missing sacred swords of Todaiji found after 1,250 yrs

NARA, Japan - Photo taken Oct. 25, 2010, shows two swords found under the Great Buddha of Todaiji temple in Nara, western Japan, exhibited at a cultural assets research center in Nara. The temple said the same day that two swords found under the Buddha in the Meiji era have been identified as sacred swords that had been missing for some 1,250 years since around 760 after Empress Komyo, the wife of Emperor Shomu who built the Buddha, dedicated them along with other items to the temple.

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Karzai in ancient Japanese capital of Nara

NARA, Japan - Afghan President Hamid Karzai and other members of his delegation visit the Great Buddha statue in the Daibutsuden Hall of Todai temple in Nara, western Japan, on June 20, 2010. Karzai visited the eighth-century capital of Japan on the last day of his five-day trip to the country.

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Prince Charles tours Nara with wife Camilla, sees Great Buddha

NARA, Japan - Britain's Prince Charles (L) watches his wife Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, autograph a plate at a local craftwork hall in the ancient Japanese city of Nara on Oct. 29. (Pool photo)

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Prince Charles tours Nara with wife Camilla, sees Great Buddha

NARA, Japan - Britain's Prince Charles (R) autographs a plate at a local craftwork hall in the ancient Japanese city of Nara on Oct. 29 with his wife Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, standing nearby. (Pool photo)

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German team discovers treasure inside Bamiyan Buddha

BAMIYAN, Afghanistan - In this photo taken on Oct. 8, Bert Praxenthaler, an expert on renovation from the International Council on Monuments and Sites, points to a small hole that supported the right hand of one of two giant Buddha statues in Bamiyan, Afghanistan, where a great-sealed small jute bag for Buddha's soul has been discovered.

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Todaiji Temple lit up with torches in annual rite

NARA, Japan - Nigatsudo Hall at Todaiji Temple in Nara is lit up with torches as part of the annual ''omizutori'' (water drawing) rite on March 12. The rite symbolizes the arrival of spring. Shuni-e, or the ceremony of the second month, as omizutori is formally known, has been performed without interruption since 752 A.D., the year the Great Buddha at Todaiji was cast.

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Big Pine torches ablaze at Todaiji as herald to spring

NARA, Japan - Big Pine torches are ablaze outside the Nigatsu-do of Todaiji temple in Nara on March 1, the start of the Omizutori (taking sacred water) ceremony heralding the arrival of spring in Japan's ancient capital. Shuni-e, or ceremony of the second month, as Omizutori is formally known, has been performed without interruption since 752 A.D., the year when the Great Buddha in Todaiji was built. Nigatsu-do is home to the eleven-headed Kannon, the symbol for the nation's prosperity and world peace.

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Todaiji Temple's Great Buddha cleaned

NARA, Japan - Buddhist monks and lay Buddhists wearing white coats and masks clean the 15-meter-high Great Buddha at Todaiji Temple in Nara on Aug. 7 in an annual event.

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Todaiji Temple's Great Buddha cleaned

NARA, Japan - Buddhist monks and lay Buddhists wearing white coats and masks clean the 15-meter-high Great Buddha at Todaiji Temple in Nara on Aug. 7 in an annual event.

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Todaiji Temple's Great Buddha cleaned

NARA, Japan - Monks and others clean the 15-meter-high Great Buddha at Todaiji Temple in Nara Prefecture on Aug. 7 in an annual event.

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China reports 34 new SARS cases, 5 deaths

BEIJING, China - A woman holds up a kite depicting the Buddha wearing a face mask at a kite-flying event at the Great Wall outside Beijing on May 24. The event was held as part of a campaign on severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS).

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Great Buddha in Nara cleaned

NARA, Japan - Monks clean the Great Buddha of Todaiji Temple in Nara, western Japan, on Aug. 7, prior to the Bon Festival for the dead.