A mythical race between thirteen animals to decide who will become the twelve signs of the Japanese Zodiac is brought to life with this animated short as dragon, ox, monkey, rabbit and more battle it out to gain a place in eternity!
An irreverent and contagious thriller from debut author Joshua Alan Parry. Virus Thirteen a Novel. Find our more at http://us.macmillan.com/virusthirteen/JoshuaAlanParry Thriller
Welcome to Dubai, a bustling seaport metropolis that is home to more than a
million people. The local finals of the Volkswagen Junior Masters recently took
place here. This unique soccer development showcase saw the best under
thirteen teams in the United Arab Emirates battling it out for a chance to play
in the world finals in Spain. Saif Mohammed Sultan Abdullah Sultan ASabaage
participated in the tournament.
The Hallows are thirteen ancient magical treasures, with the potential for great good or absolute evil. For decades, the Keepers guarded the Hallows, but now they are being murdered. Two strangers, Owen and Sarah, must solve the mystery. If they do not succeed the world is doomed for all eternity. Learn about the book here http://bit.ly/ThirteenHallows Learn about the authors here http://bit.ly/DillonScott and here http://bit.ly/ColetteFreedman Fantasy, Adult
Thirteen year old Blake Wyatt travels back in time to try to protect Christopher Columbus‘s mission to the New World. Dagonblud wants the admiral dead, and history destroyed, so he can control the universe. Blake must master his new powers to defeat him—but Dagonblud has other plans.Learn about the book and author here http://bit.ly/WickedPassage Young Adult Fantasy, Middle grade, Adventure, Historical Fiction, thriller, science fiction
flydubai, Dubai's first low cost airline, proved that 13 was a lucky number for the airline, as it expanded its fleet to a total of 13 aircraft by taking delivery of a quartet of new Boeing 737-800 NG's in a number of weeks.
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Kumbha (Kumbh) Mela is a mass pilgrimage centered on the ritual of riverside bathing, it is variously called the the Great Indian Bathing Festival, the Urn Festival, the Pitcher Festival and so forth. It occurs four times every twelve years rotating between Allahabad/Prayaga at the confluence of the rivers Ganga (Ganges), Jamuna (Yamuna) and the concealed Saraswati, Haridwar (Hara Dwar) on the river Ganga (Ganges), Ujjain on the river Kshipra (Shipra), and Nasik on the river Godavari (Gomati)
Bathing in these rivers during the Kumbha (Kumbh) Mela is considered an endeavour of great merit, cleansing both body and spirit. The Allahabad and Haridwar (Hara Dwar) festivals are routinely attended by five million or more pilgrims; the Kumbha (Kumbh) Mela is the largest religious gathering in the world. It may also be the oldest
Two traditions are in circulation regarding the origin and timing of the festival: one that stems from ancient texts known as the Puranas, and the other that connects it with astrological considerations. According to the Puranic epic, the gods and demons had churned the milky ocean at the beginning of time in order to gather various divine treasures including a jar containing a potion of immortality - Ambrosia. As the jar emerged from the ocean the gods and demons began a terrific battle for its possession. During the battle, which according to one legend the gods won by trickery, four drops of the precious potion fell to earth, when Jayantha (Jayanth) the son of the chief deity Indra carried the jar (Kumbha/kumbh) that held the ambrosia in the form of a giant bird - these places became the sites of the four Kumbha (Kumbh) Mela festivals, according to another legend he ran away with the jar and hid them on twelve locations on earth where few drops of ambrosia fell, four of these places are known and identified as the four sites for the Kumbh (Kumbh) Mela, the other eight locations are being researched by our team
The astrological tradition (ascribed to a lost Puranic text and not traceable in extant editions) seems to stem from a very ancient festival called the Kumbha Parva, which occurred at Hardwar every twelfth year when Jupiter was in Aquarius (the Indian name being Kumbha/Kumbh) and the sun entered Aries
At some later time the term 'Kumbha (Kumbh)' was prefixed to the Melas held at Prayaga, Ujjain, and Nasik and these four sites became identified with the four mythical locations of the immortality potion - Ambrosia. In theory the Kumbha (Kumbh) Mela festivals are supposed to occur every three years, rotating between the four cities. In practice the four-city cycle may actually take eleven or thirteen years and this because of the difficulties and controversies in calculating the astrological conjunctions. Furthermore the interval between the Kumbha Mela at Nasik and that at Ujjain is not of three years; they are celebrated the same year or only a year apart. This deviation in practice is intriguing and cannot be fully explained by either astrological or mythological means.
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Greetings from Johannesburg, South Africa. Join us as we catch up with two of the city’s rising young soccer stars, Nodia Mukari and Dylan Bufton. Both boys play for McDuling Motors, a Johannesburg based under thirteen side that is more commonly known as Robertsham Football Club. The team recently won the South African leg of the Volkswagen Junior Masters and as a result they will now be representing South Africa in the world finals, to be held in Madrid in May.
Welcome to Mexico. We’re in the south central province of Puebla where the Mexican finals of the Volkswagen Junior Masters recently took place.
The Volkswagen Junior Masters is an under thirteen tournament in which the best teams from twenty countries will compete in the world finals in Madrid this May.
Puebla local, Alejandro Dresser was one of the young hopefuls who participated in Mexico’s final junior masters match-ups.
Bem-vindo! This is Santos, Sao Paulo home of the famous football club, Santos FC. Global soccer legend, Pele played here for fifteen years. The Santos under thirteen side, recently won the Brazilian Volkswagen Junior Masters. The Volkswagen Junior Masters is a youth soccer tournament that brings together the best junior teams from twenty countries. This year the world finals will be taking place in Madrid in May.
We’re in Moscow to meet the winners of the Russian leg of the Volkswagen Junior Masters – an under thirteen soccer development tournament that takes place during every World Cup year.
