21. As the fifth day of talks wound down in the Chechen capital, Grozny, weary demonstrators supporting Chechen President Dzhokhar Dudayev chanted prayers outside. 22. At a Buddhist temple in central Taipei, voters chanted prayers in the incense-filled air, then headed for curtained ballot booths. 23. Besides some elders chanting Islamic prayers outside the parliament building, the city center was empty. 24. But before that, she will offer you the wai as she softly chants a prayer. 25. Chanting midday prayers, mullahs blessed the bodies of the dead who were being brought wrapped in clothing and blankets for ritual cleansing to the mosque before being buried. 26. Chanting prayers, tens of thousands of people took refuge in concrete storm shelters Sunday fearing a powerful cyclone that threatened to maul the southern coast of Bangladesh. 27. Diggers paused for just a moment as a Koranic prayer was chanted. 28. Elaborating, Jegadeesan said in carrying out the rites, nine men are seated around a fireplace, chanting prayers for four hours. 29. For lack of a gravesite, relatives often come to the hall to chant a prayer for the dead. 30. Hindu priests chanted prayers over loudspeakers within the hall. |