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The Chinese New Year is welcomed with fireworks, whose sound, together with the sound of drums and music, is meant to scare away the demon Nian.

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Death rituals help us to cope with loss and perhaps even feelings of guilt associated with disposing of a corpse.

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· Jun 17, 2016 · 03:30 pm

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Written in Inuktitut in 1969, Canada's first Inuit novel 'Harpoon of the Hunter' has made its Indian debut in Hindi and Marathi.

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· Feb 16, 2016 · 08:30 am
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The European painter's Mughal studies influenced his later Biblical paintings.

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· Jul 15, 2015 · 12:30 pm
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The Chinese New Year is welcomed with fireworks, whose sound, together with the sound of drums and music, is meant to scare away the demon Nian.

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