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Festival in northeastern Japan

Decorated floats are lined up in Hachinohe in Aomori Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on July 31, 2023, as the annual Hachinohe Sansha Taisai Festival kicks off. The floats, each 10 meters high and 8 meters wide, will be paraded the following day as part of the five-day harvest festival, which dates back around 300 years and was inscribed on UNESCO's Intangible Cultural Heritage list in 2016.

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Festival in northeastern Japan

Decorated floats are lined up in Hachinohe in Aomori Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on July 31, 2023, as the annual Hachinohe Sansha Taisai Festival kicks off. The floats, each 10 meters high and 8 meters wide, will be paraded the following day as part of the five-day harvest festival, which dates back around 300 years and was inscribed on UNESCO's Intangible Cultural Heritage list in 2016.

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Festival in northeastern Japan

Decorated floats are lined up in Hachinohe in Aomori Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on July 31, 2023, as the annual Hachinohe Sansha Taisai Festival kicks off. The floats, each 10 meters high and 8 meters wide, will be paraded the following day as part of the five-day harvest festival, which dates back around 300 years and was inscribed on UNESCO's Intangible Cultural Heritage list in 2016.

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Traditional festival celebrating harvest concluded in Malta

STORY: Traditional festival celebrating harvest concluded in Malta DATELINE: June 30, 2023 LENGTH: 00:02:26 LOCATION: Valletta CATEGORY: CULTURE SHOTLIST: 1. various of festival STORYLINE: A five-day traditional festival celebrating harvest was concluded on Thursday at Buskett Gardens in Siggiewi, Malta. Most of the activities were held on Wednesday and Thursday, attracting crowds of people. The event showcased locally-produced agricultural products, livestock competitions, and traditional folk music. The festival, named Mnarja in the Maltese language, is the principal folk festival of Malta. Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Valletta. (XHTV)

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MALTA-SIGGIEWI-TRADITIONAL FESTIVAL

(230630) -- SIGGIEWI, June 30, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A boy touches an owl during the traditional festival of Mnarja in Buskett Gardens of Siggiewi, Malta, on June 29, 2023. A five-day traditional festival celebrating harvest was concluded on Thursday in Buskett Gardens of Malta. The event showcased agricultural products, livestock competitions and traditional folk music. The festival, named Mnarja in the Maltese language, is the principal folk festival of Malta. (Photo by Jonathan Borg/Xinhua)

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MALTA-SIGGIEWI-TRADITIONAL FESTIVAL

(230630) -- SIGGIEWI, June 30, 2023 (Xinhua) -- People pose for photos during the traditional festival of Mnarja in Buskett Gardens of Siggiewi, Malta, on June 29, 2023. A five-day traditional festival celebrating harvest was concluded on Thursday in Buskett Gardens of Malta. The event showcased agricultural products, livestock competitions and traditional folk music. The festival, named Mnarja in the Maltese language, is the principal folk festival of Malta. (Photo by Jonathan Borg/Xinhua)

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MALTA-SIGGIEWI-TRADITIONAL FESTIVAL

(230630) -- SIGGIEWI, June 30, 2023 (Xinhua) -- People stay together with cows during the traditional festival of Mnarja in Buskett Gardens of Siggiewi, Malta, on June 29, 2023. A five-day traditional festival celebrating harvest was concluded on Thursday in Buskett Gardens of Malta. The event showcased agricultural products, livestock competitions and traditional folk music. The festival, named Mnarja in the Maltese language, is the principal folk festival of Malta. (Photo by Jonathan Borg/Xinhua)

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May Day holiday tourism boom fuels market rebound

STORY: May Day holiday tourism boom fuels market rebound DATELINE: May 3, 2023 LENGTH: 00:02:22 LOCATION: Beijing CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of tourists during the May Day holiday 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): Tourist 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (Chinese): Tourist 4. SOUNDBITE 3 (Chinese): Tourist 5. SOUNDBITE 4 (Chinese): CUI MINGWEI, Staff member, Shangqiu ancient city scenic area 6. SOUNDBITE 5 (Chinese): ZHANG YING, Deputy manager of Sanfangqixiang Protection & Development Company Limited STORYLINE: China's tourism industry is expected to reap a bumper harvest during the May Day holiday, which ends on Wednesday, heralding the industry's overall recovery and strong rebound this year. The five-day holiday is the first such holiday since China optimized its COVID response late last year. Travel-hungry citizens started to head for tourist attractions across the country on the eve of the holiday. Guangzhou S China SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): Tourist "I come from Wuhan. I came to Guangzhou mainly to taste the food