Josefina Roman Cardona celebrated her big day surrounded by five generations of her family
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If you like this post, please buy me a beer for $3 8-)The wedding was performed to please Lord Indra, the divine figure regarded as Lord of Rain by Hindus so that he showers rain.
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If you like this post, please buy me a beer for $3 8-)Varanasi, June 24 : Following a delayed monsoon, locals in holy city of Varanasi organised the mythical marriage of frogs to please the rain gods on Thursday.
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If you like this post, please buy me a beer for $3 8-)Patty Griffin may not be a household name, but chances are you know her work. She has written for the Dixie Chicks (”Let Him Fly”), Solomon Burke and more recently Kelly Clarkson and Crystal Bowersox have covered “Up To the Mountain” on American Idol.
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If you like this post, please buy me a beer for $3 8-)In the chaos after the quake, Marie Lud Francois sent her two older children to an orphanage. But months later, her house remains in ruins, money is scarce, and hopes of bringing them home remain dim. She woke before dawn to get the charcoal going. The tents and rusted shacks on Ruelle Porcelaine were quiet. A faint mist drifted down on the tarps as she boiled a bit of fish and sweet potato in a …
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If you like this post, please buy me a beer for $3 8-)Zenani Mandela, who had just turned 13, was killed in car crash on way home from World Cup opening concert on Friday The 91-year-old former South African president, Nelson Mandela, today joined grieving family members at his great-granddaughter’s funeral. Zenani Mandela, who had just turned 13, was killed in a car crash on her way home from the World Cup opening concert in the early hours of …
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If you like this post, please buy me a beer for $3 8-)Since 1963, Emma Herr, 85, has been the organist, choir director and member of Christ United Methodist Church at Main and Boiling Springs Avenue.
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If you like this post, please buy me a beer for $3 8-)Anyone who has heard the majestic swell of a fine pipe organ can easily understand why it is loved by musicians and lovers of its sound everywhere: from the march of a wedding ceremony to the transcendent hymns and “joyful noise” at a church service, to the solemn contemplation of a funeral service.
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