DELHI, India (RNS) — Kumbh Mela, a festival that every 12 years draws hundreds of thousands of devotees to the city of Prayagraj, in northern India, has become the latest battleground for ...
A “stampede-like situation” at one of the biggest religious festivals in India, the Maha Kumbh Mela, led to multiple casualties on Wednesday, police said. A massive crowd, estimated to be 100 million, ...
St. Anthony’s Feast, the largest Italian religious festival in New England is back in Boston’s North End. This year the festival marks its 150th year and thousands of visitors are expected to attend ...
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) — Thousands of Ethiopians gathered in the capital Thursday to celebrate an annual religious festival distinguished by the lighting of bonfires according to the beliefs of ...
Unruly and aggressive religious celebrations are damaging ethnic harmony in the multi-ethnic region - and reminding some of the dangerous atmosphere of the 1990s. The Mayor of Novi Pazar, a ...