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BBC News
15 hours ago
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Thousands set to parade through Leicester for Rath Yatra festival
Thousands of people are expected to join a procession as part of a Hindu festival in Leicester later this Festival of Chariots, known as Rath Yatra, will take place on 22 International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON) Leicester - a Hare Krishna branch of Hinduism which organises the event - said a 40ft (12m) chariot will be hand-pulled through the city accompanied by a procession which will involve music and Das, president of ISKCON Leicester, said Rath Yatra is a festival of "reunion" and is "open to everyone". The traditional Rath Yatra is a celebration dating back more than 5,000 years and is believed to be the oldest chariot procession in the Leicester said the procession would start at 11:30 BST in Gallowtree Gate and would go along the Golden Mile before arriving in Cossington Park at 14:30 for a free festival.
BBC News
6 days ago
- General
- BBC News
BBC Learning English - Learning English from the News / Kumbh Mela: 400 million to attend world's largest festival
(Photo by Ritesh Shukla/ Getty Images) ____________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________ The story The Kumbh Mela festival, the largest religious gathering in the world, has begun in the northern Indian city of Prayagraj. 400 million people are expected to attend throughout the 45-day period, authorities say. The festival can be seen from space. The Hindu festival is held once every 12 years, but this year it's particularly significant because of a rare alignment between the Sun, the Moon and Jupiter, which happens only once every 144 years. News headlines India's Maha Kumbh Mela festival gets under way for first time in 144 years The Guardian India's Maha Kumbh festival sees 15 million people take holy dip on first day Reuters Kumbh Mela, explained: Its mythology, history, astrology, and why millions flock to it The Indian Express Key words and phrases under way in progress You can't enter the venue once the concert is under way. dip a brief swim After hiking all day, a quick dip in the lake felt amazing. flock move in a crowd Tourists flock to the city every summer. Next Learn more English vocabulary from the news with our News Review archive.
CNA
13-05-2025
- CNA
Malaysian road accident kills nine paramilitaries
KUALA LUMPUR: At least nine members of a Malaysian paramilitary force were killed on Tuesday (May 13) when their transport truck collided with a lorry, emergency services and media said. It happened when the unit was returning to the northern Malaysian city of Ipoh after guarding a Hindu festival, Perak Emergency Services said in a statement. "A police truck collided with a truck carrying gravel, trapping three victims in the front with 15 others in the back," the statement said. Initial reports said eight members of Malaysia's Federal Reserve Unit were killed, plus the driver of their vehicle. A ninth paramilitary member later died of his injuries, news reports said. "Two others remain in critical condition and a further seven are being treated for moderate injuries," Perak police chief Bakri Zainal Abidin told the New Straits Times newspaper. Police arrested the 40-year-old lorry driver in connection with the accident, he added. Malaysian news outlet The Star reported that the lorry driver did not sustain any injuries. 'An investigation is currently underway to determine the cause and for us to gather further information that may assist in the case," Abidin told reporters at the Teluk Intan Hospital's mortuary. 'As part of preliminary procedures, we conducted a drug test on the driver. So far, the results are negative." Malaysia has one of the highest road accident death tolls in Southeast Asia, with somebody dying in a car accident almost every two hours, The Star newspaper reported in March.
