Faces of the day: The Navratri festival in India

FACES of the Day: Hindu devotees take part in the Navratri festival in Bhopal, India; and an Indian barber cuts the hair of a young girl as part of a ritual during the Hindu festival of Ram Navami, at a temple in Allahabad. Ram Navami is a celebration of the birthday of the Hindu God Lord Rama. Other Hindus carry knives and flex their muscles…

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Young Hindu girls sit together as they are worshipped as "Kumari", or a living goddess, during the Hindu festival of Ram Navami in Kolkata, India, Sunday, April 1, 2012. Ram Navami is a celebration of the birthday of the Hindu God Lord Rama. (AP Photo/Bikas Das)

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