"From a basic point, there's no weddings, no funerals or christenings, so no services whatsoever, " he said.

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It is performed, usually sitting, to the musical accompaniment of a duduk during weddings, birthdays, christenings and major national cultural events.

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It is performed annually on the first Saturday of October (Epic Day holiday in some villages), during weddings, birthdays, christenings and major national cultural events.

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Women in Rwanda have been handcrafting baskets for centuries, using them as containers to carry food and transport goods or as decorations during weddings and baby christenings.

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No event is too trivial to escape being fixed by croppers, as scrapbooking enthusiasts are known: weddings, christenings and bar mitzvahs, of course, but also first days of preschool and teddy-bear parties.

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The survey suggested that one in five pet owners regularly uses social networking sites Facebook or Twitter to share pet images, and 10% of people have taken their pet to occasions such as christenings or weddings.

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Except at weddings and the christenings that sometimes followed them, there were no young among the congregations of the three churches, and with nostalgia Bartholomew now and again remembered Youth Reach and Youth Action and the Saturday rambles to Kilmashogue and Two Rock.

NEWYORKER: Faith