Dhaka, Oct 13, 2024 (AFP) - Bangladeshi Hindus defy attack worries to celebrate festival

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2024-10-13

In Muslim-majority Bangladesh, vast crowds celebrate the biggest Hindu festival of the year under tight security, after a spate of attacks against the minority following the ouster of the autocratic premier. Whirling dancers jump to ear-popping loud music for Durga Puja on Sunday, a joyful culmination of a week of prayer and party for the South Asian nation's Hindu devotees, who make up less than a tenth of its 170 million people. "We pray for a......

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