The , the central figure in the rite, would be accompanied by young boy messengers of the , where they would seclude themselves in a cave called a mimuro to perform the ritual.

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A highly auspicious and significant Hindu festival, Dhanteras is celebrated on the 13th lunar day of Krishna Paksha in Ashwin, one of the months of the Hindu calendar. This year it falls on ...

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Ivan Kupala is a pagan ritual celebrated in Russia, Ukraine and Belarus which originally marked the summer solstice But as Christianity came to the region it assimilated the celebrations and moved ...