The Lathmar Holi festival is based on a Hindu legend, according to which Lord Krishna traveled from his home village of Nandgaon to Barsana to tease his lover Radha. Radha and her entourage took offense at his advances and drove Krishna out of the village. Today the legend is celebrated at the Radha Rani temple in Barsana. Each year, men from Nandgaon travel to Barsana, where they are greeted by women wielding lathis (sticks). The festivities last for over a week in which participants throw colored powders and liquids at each other and drink copious amounts of a traditional brew called Thandai.
During the last few weeks dozens of brotherhoods carry their icons to their churches, following the traditional rituals surrounded by the light of candles.
Boys and girls from the Islamic community and born in Spain attend classrooms to learn the Arabic language in the Islamic Mosque of the city of Vendrell. In addition to learning written and read Arabic, they are taught the prayers and chapters of the Holy Book of the Koran. These classes are carried out in addition to the Islamic Mosque, where these boys and girls study in public or private schools where they attend the mandatory teaching courses of the Government of Catalonia, which are mostly taught in the Catalan language.
At approximately 9:50 am, police responded to the 600 block of North 38th Street, Monday morning. Police were met by a male who was doing work in the rear of the property and the male directed police officers to a duffel bag that contained the "severely decomposed remains of a child." At this time, the gender is unknown.
Slovakia is set to conduct its first round of presidential elections on March 23, 2024, followed by the second round on April 6, 2024. The leading contenders, according to current presidential polls, are Peter Pellegrini, the current speaker of the Slovak National Council, and Ivan Korcok, a former Slovak foreign minister followed by Stefan Harabin and Igor Matovic.
Every year the falleros complete a floral mantle for the Virgen de los Desamparados during the Offering of the Fallas. Approximately 1 million tourists came to Valencia to enjoy the Fallas festivals, in the city.
At least eight people were killed and several others injured after an under-construction five-storey building collapsed in the Garden Reach area of Kolkata, on Monday.
On the Day of Defenders of Ukraine 2023, the Memorial to the Fallen Heroes of Ukraine was solemnly consecrated in Odesa. The memorial was created in the Glory and Freedom Square.
The Celebration of Lent and Holy Week in Guatemala is Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity by UNESCO. The procession of Jesus of the Nazarene of the Fall of San Bartolomé Becerra from the city of Antigua Guatemala goes through the streets surrounded by thousands of parishioners during the fifth Sunday of Lent.
In mid-March, elections were held in Russia. According to official data, Vladimir Putin, who has been in the government for 25 years, will continue to remain the country’s president. This did not in any way affect the life of the city of Voronezh with a million people 200 km from the front of the Ukrainian war. People continue to go to shopping centers, commute to work, and complain about bad roads and poor public services. The problem of street cleanliness and roads is especially acute in the region in early spring.
The new collection, which will be held in the museum until 2027, shows around 150 works by Spanish artist Pablo Picasso (1881-1973) and 10 of them will be exhibited in the country for the first time.
A rally organised by the Ukrainian community took place in Gdansk. The aim of the rally was to draw attention to the situation of Ukrainian prisoners of war who are being held in inhumane conditions. They lose their health, are subjected to torture and often die. During the rally, clothes were laid out on the pavement as a symbol of the emptiness and longing caused by the separation of families.
Amidst the sacred month of Ramadan, Muslim leaders from France, Jordan, Syria, Tunisia, Algeria, Yemen, Palestine, and other nations in the Middle East attended a conference at NCRI HQ on March 16, 2024, in Auvers-sur-Oise, France.
Working fire on the 1300 block of 14th St Northwest in Washington, DC, United States on March 17, 2024. Fire was at a first floor kitchen restaurant and three story building, the fire on the first floor was knocked down. Fire extended via the ductwork to the roof. Visible fire was extinguished and the incident was brought under control. Five adults living on floors above the restaurant were displaced and the red cross was dispatched to provide assistance.
The spring festival of colours at Radharani temple in Barsana village of India's Uttar Pradesh is the first day of Celebration of the main Holi Festival. This festival the devotees and priests of Barsana Temple throw Laddu (Traditional Sweet) on each other. Holi is a spring festival also known as the festival of colours or the festival of love.
Shein is a Chinese-Singaporean fast fashion retailer. Founded in Nanjing, China, in October 2008 as ZZKKO by entrepreneur Chris Xu, Shein grew to become the world's largest fashion retailer as of 2022.
An anti-AFD demonstration was held in Coburg with speakers from a number of parties and groups addressing a large crowd in Schlossplatz. The event concluded with a chain of lights created by people using the torches of their mobile phones. The speakers at the event included representatives of the Green Party, unions, and local organisations as well as immigrants who have lived in Germany for a number of years.
Thousands attend a protest at Habima Square in Tel Aviv demanding Ultra Orthodox Jews be included in the compulsory military draft, of which they are currently exempt.
Two protests merge outside the Kirya military headquarters in Tel Aviv. One called for immediate elections to oust Netanyahu, the other calling for the release of the hostages still being held by Hamas.
Thousands of people dress in green and join the annual celebration for St Patrick's Day Parade in central London. St Patrick's Day, or the Feast of Saint Patrick, is a religious and cultural Irish holiday held on the traditional death date of Saint Patrick on 17th March.
A mass shooting left seven people shot, two of whom are dead, on Saint Patrick's Day, at approximately 3:00 AM, police responded to the area of 7th and P Street Northwest for a shooting where officers discovered seven people shot, with two pronounced dead.
Russian opposition leader, who recently died in jail, Alexei Navalny, and then his wife Julia Navalna, called opposition to come to the voting polls on the March 17 at noon, to show Russian President, Vladimir Putin the number of people opposing his reign. It is illegal and dangerous to protest against the government in Russia, that is why Navalny suggested the idea of gathering at voting polls at a certain time.
Hundreds of tractors, farmers and ranchers demonstrate again in the center of Madrid to ask for improvements in the sector, including demanding aid to face the droughts suffered by the countryside, in addition to protesting against European policies and their lack of profitability. The demonstration has developed from the Ministry of Ecological Transition to the Ministry of Agriculture.