Every April, female silkworm farmers adorn themselves with colourful flowers made of silk or paper and make harvest offerings as part of the Silkworm Flower festival.

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Participants also ward off evil during the festival by bathing in flower-scented water, wearing five-colour silk, hanging plants such as moxa and calamus over their doors, and pasting paper cut-outs in their windows.

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"The BBC decision to suspend Robert Kilroy-Silk's daily talk show deserves a warm welcome and praise, " the Arab nationalist paper said.

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