Tue, 07 Feb 2012 07:50:02 +0100 (AP) - A Hindu devotee performs a ritual bath during the Thaipusam festival at Batu Caves in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2012. The festival is rooted in Hindu legend and was brought from southern India by 19th century immigrants who came to the Malaysian peninsula to work in rubber estates and government offices. (AP Photo/Lai Seng Sin)
Postneshin Jelaleddin Loras (R), Spiritual Director and President ...
Sun, 29 Jan 2012 10:30:02 +0100 (Reuters) - Postneshin Jelaleddin Loras (R), Spiritual Director and President of the Mevlevi Order of America, conducts a Sama ceremony in the ritual hall of his house as he is flanked by a group of whirling dervishes, in the central Anatolian city of Konya January 28, 2012. People who named themselves whirling dervishes or semazen, share the teachings of the 13th century poet and mystic Mevlana, known also as Rumi, and perform Sufi whirling regularly. Sufi whirling is part of a formal ceremony known as Sama, one of the many Sufi ceremonies performed to try to reach religious ecstasy. It has even become a tourist attraction in modern Turkey, while a group people still retain it as part of their religious practice. Picture taken January 28. REUTERS/Umit Bektas (TURKEY - Tags: SOCIETY TRAVEL RELIGION)
Tibetan dancers perform a ritual dance in front of spiritual ...
Tue, 10 Jan 2012 12:00:02 +0100 (AP) - Tibetan dancers perform a ritual dance in front of spiritual leader the Dalai Lama, center, on the final day of Kalachakra Buddhist festival, in Bodh Gaya, Bihar, India, Tuesday, Jan. 10, 2012. Bodh Gaya is believed to be the place where Buddha attained enlightenment. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)
Shamans perform a ritual in front of pictures of Dutch citizen ...
Fri, 06 Jan 2012 14:30:03 +0100 (Reuters) - Shamans perform a ritual in front of pictures of Dutch citizen Joran Van der Sloot (R) and Peruvian Stephany Flores to ask for spiritual punishment for Van der Sloot, outside the Lurigancho prison in Lima January 6, 2012. Van der Sloot will go on trial on Friday for the murder of Flores. He has also been linked to the 2005 disappearance of a young American woman in Aruba. REUTERS/Pilar Olivares (PERU - Tags: CRIME LAW)
Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama, right, shakes hands ...
Wed, 04 Jan 2012 16:00:07 +0100 (AP) - Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama, right, shakes hands with Hollywood actor Richard Gere during the Kalachakra Buddhist festival in Bodh Gaya, Bihar, India, Wednesday, Jan. 4, 2012. Bodh Gaya is believed to be the place where Buddha attained enlightenment. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)
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