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The Jaran Kepang Horse Soldier - Indonesia

Sprinkled with the aroma of incense, several Indigenous Javanese men act the same as mourning soldiers on dance to gamelan music at the Jaran Kepang cultural art exhibitions in Medan Polonia District, Medan City, North Sumatra Province, Indonesia on January 21 2024. Jaran Kepang is a combination of the art of musical dance and transcendentalism communication typical of the Javanese tribe which is still present today. maintained, said Supringadi, 30, as leader of the Jaran Kepang Community Association in Karang Sari sub-district. Photo by Aditya Sutanta/ABACAPRESS.COM

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ETHIOPIA-EPIPHANY-CELEBRATION

(240121) -- ADDIS ABABA, Jan. 21, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Holy water is sprinkled onto the crowds during Timket, the annual Ethiopian Epiphany festival, in Addis Ababa, the capital of Ethiopia, Jan. 20, 2024. Millions of people on Saturday celebrated Timket, the annual Ethiopian Epiphany festival, across Ethiopia, with government officials and religious leaders urging the faithful to maintain peace and the world's intangible cultural heritage. (Xinhua/Michael Tewelde)

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ETHIOPIA-EPIPHANY-CELEBRATION

(240121) -- ADDIS ABABA, Jan. 21, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Holy water is sprinkled onto the crowds during Timket, the annual Ethiopian Epiphany festival, in Addis Ababa, the capital of Ethiopia, Jan. 20, 2024. Millions of people on Saturday celebrated Timket, the annual Ethiopian Epiphany festival, across Ethiopia, with government officials and religious leaders urging the faithful to maintain peace and the world's intangible cultural heritage. (Xinhua/Michael Tewelde)

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ETHIOPIA-EPIPHANY-CELEBRATION

(240121) -- ADDIS ABABA, Jan. 21, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Holy water is sprinkled onto the crowds during Timket, the annual Ethiopian Epiphany festival, in Addis Ababa, the capital of Ethiopia, Jan. 20, 2024. Millions of people on Saturday celebrated Timket, the annual Ethiopian Epiphany festival, across Ethiopia, with government officials and religious leaders urging the faithful to maintain peace and the world's intangible cultural heritage. (Xinhua/Michael Tewelde)

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Celebrating water splashing festival in China's Yunnan

STORY: Celebrating water splashing festival in China's Yunnan DATELINE: April 14, 2023 LENGTH: 00:00:50 LOCATION: MANGSHI, China CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of celebrations STORYLINE: Tens of thousands of people were celebrating the traditional water splashing festival in Mangshi, southwest China's Yunnan's Dai-Jingpo Autonomous Prefecture of Dehong bordering Myanmar. People dressed in festive attire poured into Mangshi Square to ignite the joy of the festival with water splashing. People also sprinkled passers-by with auspicious water to send sincere blessings. The festival is celebrated among local ethnic minorities such as the Dai and Deang, marking the Solar New Year. Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Mangshi, China. (XHTV)

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Sake maker Ichinokura resumes production

OSAKI, Japan - Workers at Japanese sake maker Ichinokura Co. in Osaki, Miyagi Prefecture, knead steamed rice sprinkled with fermenting agent as they resume production on April 18, 2011, for the first time in around five weeks after the March 11 earthquake and tsunami.

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Rites held to bless Kansai Int'l Airport expansion

OSAKA, Japan - A ceremonial prayer for the safe completion of a planned second runway at the Kansai International Airport Co. (KIAC) is held on July 11 at the round-the-clock offshore airport near Osaka. The ceremony, attended by some 100 people, including KIAC President Kiyoyasu Mikanagi, officials of the Transport Ministry and heads of local administration, is administered aboard a ship by a Shinto priest who sprinkled sacred rice wine into the sea.

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Taste Turkey's favorite Ramadan dessert

STORY: Taste Turkey's favorite Ramadan dessert DATELINE: April 21, 2022 LENGTH: 00:02:15 LOCATION: Ankara CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of people making Gullac, Turkey's favorite Ramadan dessert 2. various of waitress selling Gullac in a bakery 3. SOUNDBITE 1 (Turkish): YASEMIN DEMIREL, Manager of Cumhuriyet bakery 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (Turkish): YASEMIN DEMIREL, Manager of the Cumhuriyet bakery 5. various of Gullac in the store STORYLINE: There are a lot of special foods available during the holy month of Ramadan in Turkey. Gullach is one of the Turkish people's favorite desserts, offering a sweet and light ending to the fast-breaking meal. Gullach is a Turkish dessert made with milk, dried fruit, and a unique pastry, sometimes decorated with strawberries and pistachio nuts. The word Gullach is a combination of two words, "gul" and "as," meaning "food with roses." This yummy treat consists of thin layers of phyllo-like pastry, which are sprinkled with walnuts or pistachios and doused in a milky pudd

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L'ARROSSEUR ARROSE

L'ARROSSEUR ARROSE [FR 1895] aka SPRAYER SPRAYED aka THE SPRINKLER SPRINKLED aka THE WATER WATERED Date: 1895

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Sumo-related exhibit being held at skyscraper ahead of special bouts

Visitors view an exhibit of sumo-related items, including a bowl of a mountain of rice model (far R) showing how much of the grain a wrestler eats per meal, at JP Tower in central Tokyo on Aug. 12, 2015. At far left is salt model showing how much salt is sprinkled over the ring by wrestlers per tournament day. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Broiled eel sprinkled with precious pepper served in Kobe

Two pieces of broiled eel sprinkled with a precious "Arima sansho" variety of Japanese pepper are served with rice during a tasting event at an inn in Kobe on Aug. 5, 2015. The pepper sells for 1,000 yen per gram. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Cheese-sprinkled deer meat dish served at gibier restaurant

This is a parmesan cheese-sprinkled deer meat dish served at the "Wana" gibier (wild game meat) restaurant in Tokyo's Gotanda district photographed on May 15, 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Sake maker Ichinokura resumes production

OSAKI, Japan - Workers at Japanese sake maker Ichinokura Co. in Osaki, Miyagi Prefecture, knead steamed rice sprinkled with fermenting agent as they resume production on April 18, 2011, for the first time in around five weeks after the March 11 earthquake and tsunami. (Kyodo)

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Sand-throwing festival in Nara

A man disguised as a rice paddy farmer throws sand during the annual Sand Throwing Festival at Hirose Shrine in Kawai, Nara Prefecture in western Japan on Feb. 11, 2017. In the festival to pray for bumper rice crops, it is believed that the more spectacularly the sand is scattered, the more rainfall will bless the region, and that festival-goers who are sprinkled with sand will be free from bad luck. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Sand-throwing festival in Nara

A man disguised as a rice paddy farmer throws sand during the annual Sand Throwing Festival at Hirose Shrine in Kawai, Nara Prefecture in western Japan on Feb. 11, 2017. In the festival to pray for bumper rice crops, it is believed that the more spectacularly the sand is scattered, the more rainfall will bless the region, and that festival-goers who are sprinkled with sand will be free from bad luck. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Rites held to bless Kansai Int'l Airport expansion+

OSAKA, Japan - A ceremonial prayer for the safe completion of a planned second runway at the Kansai International Airport Co. (KIAC) is held on July 11 at the round-the-clock offshore airport near Osaka. The ceremony, attended by some 100 people, including KIAC President Kiyoyasu Mikanagi, officials of the Transport Ministry and heads of local administration, is administered aboard a ship by a Shinto priest who sprinkled sacred rice wine into the sea.