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Sacrificing hair is common in Indian pilgrimages. Once a wish is fulfilled, the believer offers it as a token of gratitude. The barbers do a good business in Kumbhafair (Kumbhamela). Kumbha mela is a Hindu pilgrimage that occurs four times every twelve years and rotates among four locations: Prayag (Allahabad), Haridwar, Ujjain and Nashik. Each twelve-year cycle includes one Maha Kumbha Mela (Great Kumbha fair) at Prayag, which is attended by millions of people, making it the largest gathering anywhere in the world. India.
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Sacrificing hair is common in Indian pilgrimages. Once a wish is fulfilled, the believer offers it as a token of gratitude. The barbers do a good business in Kumbhafair (Kumbhamela). Kumbha mela is a Hindu pilgrimage that occurs four times every twelve years and rotates among four locations: Prayag (Allahabad), Haridwar, Ujjain and Nashik. Each twelve-year cycle includes one Maha Kumbha Mela (Great Kumbha fair) at Prayag, which is attended by millions of people, making it the largest gathering anywhere in the world. India.
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Sacrificing hair is common in Indian pilgrimages. Once a wish is fulfilled, the believer offers it as a token of gratitude. The barbers do a good business in Kumbhafair (Kumbhamela). Kumbha mela is a Hindu pilgrimage that occurs four times every twelve ye