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Prior Buda Badmaev, left, throws Soor structure representing community's bad karma into a ritual fire before the celebration of the New Year of the Red Monkey in the Datsan Gunzechoinei Buddhist temple in St. Petersburg.
- Categories: Religion & Belief, Arts, Culture & Entertainment, Human Interest
- Location: St. Petersburg, Russia
- Event date: 07.02.2016
- Date published: 07.02.2016
- Author: Alexei Danichev
- Credit: Sputnik
- Source: Sputnik
- Original: Digital
- Media: JPEG, 3333x2249px, 4.8Mb