31.   Pilgrims from across the republic have descended for a religious festival at the shrine of Khadzi Aul.

32.   A tanker truck flipped and exploded Tuesday on a Brazilian highway, igniting two charter buses returning from a religious festival, firefighters said.

33.   A tanker truck flipped and exploded on a highway early Tuesday, igniting two charter buses returning from a religious festival, firefighters said.

34.   After a major religious festival and a solar eclipse that left some people worried about an ancient demon, most Indians returned to work on Wednesday.

35.   Chinese customarily burn paper money at funerals and religious festivals, believing it is needed by the dead.

36.   City authorities said the store did not have a license to sell fireworks, which are used frequently in religious festivals and at soccer matches.

37.   Due to a local religious festival, there were more people in the village than usual when the flood hit.

38.   Environmentalists and judges want Muslim mosques and Hindu temples to turn down the sound, which can reach earsplitting levels, especially during religious festivals.

39.   Hindu men and women often go without food for an entire day during religious festivals and ascetics are known to have gone hungry for months.

40.   In a multi-racial society like ours, religious festivals convey messages of peace, goodwill, forgiveness and reconciliation.