Sat, 28 Jan 2012 13:00:02 +0100 (Reuters) - Villagers prepare to smear blood on banknotes during a festival at the Nem Thuong village in Bac Ninh, about 40 km (25 miles) north of Hanoi, January 28, 2012. Organized by the villagers, the festival is held on the sixth day of the first month of the lunar calendar to worship the village's deity Doan Thuong, an anti-royal military general who lived in 13th century. Every year, thousands of people from the village and nearby villages will gather to smear the blood of the pig on their banknotes in the belief that it would bring luck in the new year. The festival is known as the most brutal in the country and is condemned by many, including some who called on the government to stop the festival. REUTERS/Kham (VIETNAM - Tags: SOCIETY ANIMALS)
Villagers stroll through former village farmland now used as ...
Mon, 23 Jan 2012 03:40:02 +0100 (Reuters) - Villagers stroll through former village farmland now used as a dumping site for construction waste in Wanggang in the northern suburbs of Guangzhou, the provincial capital, January 19, 2012. The villagers recently staged a mass protest outside a city government office, angered at a local village Communist Party chief whom they accuse of illegally plundering their farmland, allowing it to be leased off for dumping and commercial purposes. Picture taken January 19, 2012. REUTERS/James Pomfret (CHINA - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST)
In this Wednesday, Jan. 18, 2012 photo, villagers stand near ...
Sat, 21 Jan 2012 12:50:02 +0100 (AP) - In this Wednesday, Jan. 18, 2012 photo, villagers stand near the body of an avalanche's victim in Raghistan, Badakhshan province, north of Kabul, Afghanistan. Around 29 people have died in avalanches reported since Monday in Badakhshan province, according to the Afghan National Disaster Management Agency and at least 40 more people have been injured and rescuers were struggling to reach areas of Afghanistan's mountainous northeast that have been cut off by heavy snows. (AP Photo/Sharif Shayeq)
Villagers look at buffaloes fighting during a Rambu Solo ceremony ...
Tue, 03 Jan 2012 15:40:02 +0100 (Reuters) - Villagers look at buffaloes fighting during a Rambu Solo ceremony in Tana Toraja in Indonesia's South Sulawesi province January 3, 2012. Rambu Solo is a traditional death ritual practised by Tana Toraja residents. When a person dies, animals such as pigs, chickens and buffaloes are sacrificed as the locals believe the animals carry the soul of the deceased into heaven. The number and type of animal killed reflects the social status of the dead person. After the animals are killed, a feast is thrown and the body of the deceased carried up a hill into a resting house. The ceremony on Tuesday was for Agnes Datu Sarungallo, who died in August 2011. Her family killed 200 buffaloes and 500 other animals to feed to guests. REUTERS/Yusuf Ahmad REUTERS/Yusuf Ahmad (INDONESIA - Tags: SOCIETY ANIMALS)
Villagers catch fish from stagnant muddy water on a paddy field ...
Sun, 01 Jan 2012 17:00:01 +0100 (AP) - Villagers catch fish from stagnant muddy water on a paddy field on the outskirts of Purulia, West Bengal state, India, Sunday, Jan. 1, 2012. (AP Photo/Bikas Das)
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