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[Breaking News]New Year's traditional card game ceremony in Kyoto

KYOTO, Japan, Jan. 3 Kyodo - Women dressed in traditional attire from ancient Heian period play karuta traditional card game in a New Year's ceremony at Yasaka shrine in Kyoto on Jan. 3, 2026.

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Ancient court football at Kyoto shrine

People clad in traditional attire play "kemari," a football game played by nobles in Japan's Heian period (794-1185), at Shimogamo shrine in Kyoto on Jan. 4, 2026.

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Ancient court football at Kyoto shrine

People clad in traditional attire play "kemari," a football game played by nobles in Japan's Heian period (794-1185), at Shimogamo shrine in Kyoto on Jan. 4, 2026.

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Ancient court football at Kyoto shrine

People clad in traditional attire play "kemari," a football game played by nobles in Japan's Heian period (794-1185), at Shimogamo shrine in Kyoto on Jan. 4, 2026.

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Ancient court football at Kyoto shrine

People clad in traditional attire play "kemari," a football game played by nobles in Japan's Heian period (794-1185), at Shimogamo shrine in Kyoto on Jan. 4, 2026.

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Ancient court football at Kyoto shrine

People clad in traditional attire play "kemari," a football game played by nobles in Japan's Heian period (794-1185), at Shimogamo shrine in Kyoto on Jan. 4, 2026.

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Ancient court football at Kyoto shrine

People clad in traditional attire play "kemari," a football game played by nobles in Japan's Heian period (794-1185), at Shimogamo shrine in Kyoto on Jan. 4, 2026.

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Ancient court football at Kyoto shrine

People clad in traditional attire play "kemari," a football game played by nobles in Japan's Heian period (794-1185), at Shimogamo shrine in Kyoto on Jan. 4, 2026.

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Ancient court football at Kyoto shrine

People clad in traditional attire play "kemari," a football game played by nobles in Japan's Heian period (794-1185), at Shimogamo shrine in Kyoto on Jan. 4, 2026.

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New Year's traditional card game ceremony in Kyoto

Women dressed in traditional attire from ancient Heian period play karuta traditional card game in a New Year's ceremony at Yasaka shrine in Kyoto on Jan. 3, 2026. ==Kyodo

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New Year's traditional card game ceremony in Kyoto

Women dressed in traditional attire from ancient Heian period play karuta traditional card game in a New Year's ceremony at Yasaka shrine in Kyoto on Jan. 3, 2026. ==Kyodo

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New Year's traditional card game ceremony in Kyoto

Women dressed in traditional attire from ancient Heian period play karuta traditional card game in a New Year's ceremony at Yasaka shrine in Kyoto on Jan. 3, 2026. ==Kyodo

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Xinjiang Tekes Wedding - China

The newlyweds Kumusi Yesdawulti and Bukehan Yelszi play a game with their relatives and friends at a forest park in Tekes County, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, Oct. 11, 2025. A blue sky, white clouds, vast grassland, horses and automobiles set a poetic and picturesque wedding scene for the newlyweds Kumusi Yesdawulti and Bukehan Yelszi. For the couple, having fallen in love a year ago, a traditional wedding ceremony was at the top of their to-do list. Without a hair out of place, Kumusi, dressed head to toe in traditional costume and adorned in a red veil, married her better half Bukehan, describing the wedding as a dream realized. Throughout the wedding festivities, the couple's loved ones congregated to join in the celebration. Some of them played traditional musical instruments, such as dombra, and performed inspiring festive dances, while others lent their hands to prepare local specialties, including naan bread and baursak. A modern outdoor wedding ensued at dusk in a forest park, w

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Bike Circus - Bangladesh

A person drives a car at circular track 'Bike circus' that is a traditional and entertaining game of rural Bangladesh that has been carried on for generations, also known as the death-defying game. on March 26, 2025 in Bogura, Bangladesh. Photo by Shafiul Alam/Eyepix Group/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Bike Circus - Bangladesh

A man drives a motorcycle on circular track 'Bike circus' that is a traditional and entertaining game of rural Bangladesh that has been carried on for generations, also known as the death-defying game. on March 26, 2025 in Bogura, Bangladesh. Photo by Shafiul Alam/Eyepix Group/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Bike Circus - Bangladesh

A man drives a motorcycle on circular track 'Bike circus' that is a traditional and entertaining game of rural Bangladesh that has been carried on for generations, also known as the death-defying game. on March 26, 2025 in Bogura, Bangladesh. Photo by Shafiul Alam/Eyepix Group/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Bike Circus - Bangladesh

Persons drive motorcycles on circular track 'Bike circus' that is a traditional and entertaining game of rural Bangladesh that has been carried on for generations, also known as the death-defying game. on March 26, 2025 in Bogura, Bangladesh. Photo by Shafiul Alam/Eyepix Group/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Bike Circus - Bangladesh

Persons drives a car and motorcycle on circular track 'Bike circus' that is a traditional and entertaining game of rural Bangladesh that has been carried on for generations, also known as the death-defying game. on March 26, 2025 in Bogura, Bangladesh. Photo by Shafiul Alam/Eyepix Group/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Bike Circus - Bangladesh

Persons drive motorcycles on circular track 'Bike circus' that is a traditional and entertaining game of rural Bangladesh that has been carried on for generations, also known as the death-defying game. on March 26, 2025 in Bogura, Bangladesh. Photo by Shafiul Alam/Eyepix Group/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Bike Circus - Bangladesh

A woman walks inside the circular track 'Bike circus' that is a traditional and entertaining game of rural Bangladesh that has been carried on for generations, also known as the death-defying game. on March 26, 2025 in Bogura, Bangladesh. Photo by Shafiul Alam/Eyepix Group/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Bike Circus - Bangladesh

A man drives a motorcycle on circular track 'Bike circus' that is a traditional and entertaining game of rural Bangladesh that has been carried on for generations, also known as the death-defying game. on March 26, 2025 in Bogura, Bangladesh. Photo by Shafiul Alam/Eyepix Group/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Bike Circus - Bangladesh

Persons drive motorcycles on circular track 'Bike circus' that is a traditional and entertaining game of rural Bangladesh that has been carried on for generations, also known as the death-defying game. on March 26, 2025 in Bogura, Bangladesh. Photo by Shafiul Alam/Eyepix Group/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Bike Circus - Bangladesh

Persons drive motorcycles on circular track 'Bike circus' that is a traditional and entertaining game of rural Bangladesh that has been carried on for generations, also known as the death-defying game. on March 26, 2025 in Bogura, Bangladesh. Photo by Shafiul Alam/Eyepix Group/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Bike Circus - Bangladesh

A man drives a motorcycle on circular track 'Bike circus' that is a traditional and entertaining game of rural Bangladesh that has been carried on for generations, also known as the death-defying game. on March 26, 2025 in Bogura, Bangladesh. Photo by Shafiul Alam/Eyepix Group/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Ancient court football at Kyoto shrine

People clad in traditional attire play "kemari," a football game played by nobles in Japan's Heian period, at Shimogamo shrine in Kyoto on Jan. 4, 2025.

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Ancient court football at Kyoto shrine

People clad in traditional attire play "kemari," a football game played by nobles in Japan's Heian period, at Shimogamo shrine in Kyoto on Jan. 4, 2025.

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Ancient court football at Kyoto shrine

People clad in traditional attire play "kemari," a football game played by nobles in Japan's Heian period, at Shimogamo shrine in Kyoto on Jan. 4, 2025.

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Japanese "karuta" card game

Women in traditional attire from the ancient Heian period play "karuta," a traditional Japanese card game, during an annual New Year's ceremony at Yasaka shrine in Kyoto on Jan. 3, 2025.

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Japanese "karuta" card game

Women in traditional attire from the ancient Heian period play "karuta," a traditional Japanese card game, during an annual New Year's ceremony at Yasaka shrine in Kyoto on Jan. 3, 2025.

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Japanese "karuta" card game

Women in traditional attire from the ancient Heian period play "karuta," a traditional Japanese card game, during an annual New Year's ceremony at Yasaka shrine in Kyoto on Jan. 3, 2025.

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Folk game of ashyk

ODESA REGION, UKRAINE - DECEMBER 24, 2024 - Young people learn to play the traditional folk game of ashyk which is on the National List of Elements of Intangible Cultural Heritage of Ukraine, Odesa region, southern Ukraine. Ashyk is widespread in places where Bulgarians and Gagauz live in the south of Odesa region. A player has five sheep bones that are tossed like dice.

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Folk game of ashyk

ODESA REGION, UKRAINE - DECEMBER 24, 2024 - Young people learn to play the traditional folk game of ashyk which is on the National List of Elements of Intangible Cultural Heritage of Ukraine, Odesa region, southern Ukraine. Ashyk is widespread in places where Bulgarians and Gagauz live in the south of Odesa region. A player has five sheep bones that are tossed like dice.

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Folk game of ashyk

ODESA REGION, UKRAINE - DECEMBER 24, 2024 - Young people learn to play the traditional folk game of ashyk which is on the National List of Elements of Intangible Cultural Heritage of Ukraine, Odesa region, southern Ukraine. Ashyk is widespread in places where Bulgarians and Gagauz live in the south of Odesa region. A player has five sheep bones that are tossed like dice.

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Folk game of ashyk

ODESA REGION, UKRAINE - DECEMBER 24, 2024 - Young people learn to play the traditional folk game of ashyk which is on the National List of Elements of Intangible Cultural Heritage of Ukraine, Odesa region, southern Ukraine. Ashyk is widespread in places where Bulgarians and Gagauz live in the south of Odesa region. A player has five sheep bones that are tossed like dice.

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Folk game of ashyk

ODESA REGION, UKRAINE - DECEMBER 24, 2024 - Young people learn to play the traditional folk game of ashyk which is on the National List of Elements of Intangible Cultural Heritage of Ukraine, Odesa region, southern Ukraine. Ashyk is widespread in places where Bulgarians and Gagauz live in the south of Odesa region. A player has five sheep bones that are tossed like dice.

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Folk game of ashyk

ODESA REGION, UKRAINE - DECEMBER 24, 2024 - Young people learn to play the traditional folk game of ashyk which is on the National List of Elements of Intangible Cultural Heritage of Ukraine, Odesa region, southern Ukraine. Ashyk is widespread in places where Bulgarians and Gagauz live in the south of Odesa region. A player has five sheep bones that are tossed like dice.

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Folk game of ashyk

ODESA REGION, UKRAINE - DECEMBER 24, 2024 - Young people learn to play the traditional folk game of ashyk which is on the National List of Elements of Intangible Cultural Heritage of Ukraine, Odesa region, southern Ukraine. Ashyk is widespread in places where Bulgarians and Gagauz live in the south of Odesa region. A player has five sheep bones that are tossed like dice.

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Folk game of ashyk

ODESA REGION, UKRAINE - DECEMBER 24, 2024 - Young people learn to play the traditional folk game of ashyk which is on the National List of Elements of Intangible Cultural Heritage of Ukraine, Odesa region, southern Ukraine. Ashyk is widespread in places where Bulgarians and Gagauz live in the south of Odesa region. A player has five sheep bones that are tossed like dice.

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Folk game of ashyk

ODESA REGION, UKRAINE - DECEMBER 24, 2024 - Young people learn to play the traditional folk game of ashyk which is on the National List of Elements of Intangible Cultural Heritage of Ukraine, Odesa region, southern Ukraine. Ashyk is widespread in places where Bulgarians and Gagauz live in the south of Odesa region. A player has five sheep bones that are tossed like dice.

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Folk game of ashyk

ODESA REGION, UKRAINE - DECEMBER 24, 2024 - Young people learn to play the traditional folk game of ashyk which is on the National List of Elements of Intangible Cultural Heritage of Ukraine, Odesa region, southern Ukraine. Ashyk is widespread in places where Bulgarians and Gagauz live in the south of Odesa region. A player has five sheep bones that are tossed like dice.

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Folk game of ashyk

ODESA REGION, UKRAINE - DECEMBER 24, 2024 - Young people learn to play the traditional folk game of ashyk which is on the National List of Elements of Intangible Cultural Heritage of Ukraine, Odesa region, southern Ukraine. Ashyk is widespread in places where Bulgarians and Gagauz live in the south of Odesa region. A player has five sheep bones that are tossed like dice.

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Folk game of ashyk

ODESA REGION, UKRAINE - DECEMBER 24, 2024 - Young people learn to play the traditional folk game of ashyk which is on the National List of Elements of Intangible Cultural Heritage of Ukraine, Odesa region, southern Ukraine. Ashyk is widespread in places where Bulgarians and Gagauz live in the south of Odesa region. A player has five sheep bones that are tossed like dice.

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Afghanistan's Traditional Sport Buzkashi - Kabul

People participate in Afghanistan's traditional sport Buzkashi (goat grabbing) in Kabul, Afghanistan, on December 11, 2024. In the game, which will last for 10 days, the horse riders would do their best to grab the carcass of a calf and put it in the circle specified on the game ground. Photo by Saifurahman Safi/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Afghanistan's Traditional Sport Buzkashi - Kabul

People participate in Afghanistan's traditional sport Buzkashi (goat grabbing) in Kabul, Afghanistan, on December 11, 2024. In the game, which will last for 10 days, the horse riders would do their best to grab the carcass of a calf and put it in the circle specified on the game ground. Photo by Saifurahman Safi/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Afghanistan's Traditional Sport Buzkashi - Kabul

People participate in Afghanistan's traditional sport Buzkashi (goat grabbing) in Kabul, Afghanistan, on December 11, 2024. In the game, which will last for 10 days, the horse riders would do their best to grab the carcass of a calf and put it in the circle specified on the game ground. Photo by Saifurahman Safi/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Afghanistan's Traditional Sport Buzkashi - Kabul

People participate in Afghanistan's traditional sport Buzkashi (goat grabbing) in Kabul, Afghanistan, on December 11, 2024. In the game, which will last for 10 days, the horse riders would do their best to grab the carcass of a calf and put it in the circle specified on the game ground. Photo by Saifurahman Safi/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Nigeria Traditional Boxing - Abuja

The Dambe boxers fight during a game in Abuja, Nigeria, on November 28, 2024. Originating from West Africa, "Dambe", meaning "boxing" in Hausa, is a traditional Nigerian martial art. Photo by Wang Guansen/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Nigeria Traditional Boxing - Abuja

The Dambe boxing fans watch the game in Abuja, Nigeria, on November 28, 2024. Originating from West Africa, "Dambe", meaning "boxing" in Hausa, is a traditional Nigerian martial art. Photo by Wang Guansen/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Nigeria Traditional Boxing - Abuja

The Dambe boxing referee reacts during a game in Abuja, Nigeria, on November 28, 2024. Originating from West Africa, "Dambe", meaning "boxing" in Hausa, is a traditional Nigerian martial art. Photo by Wang Guansen/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Nigeria Traditional Boxing - Abuja

A Dambe boxer (top) celebrates after winning a game in Abuja, Nigeria, on November 28, 2024. Originating from West Africa, "Dambe", meaning "boxing" in Hausa, is a traditional Nigerian martial art. Photo by Wang Guansen/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM