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HEADLINES & STORIES FROM AROUND THE WORLD: Week-39, 2022

Samaritans mark holiday of Feast of Tabernacles - Even today!

The Samaritans, members of an ancient sect closely associated to Judaism, marked the holiday of the Tabernacles, or Sukkot.

Followers of the religion held an annual pilgrimage ceremony on Mount Gerizim, the sect's holiest site, near Nablus.

Though the Samaritans numbered well over one million in late Roman times, there are now only 712 remaining members, who live mostly on Mount Gerizim and in Holon.

 
Traditional pilgrimage ceremony of the Samaritan sect marking the holiday of the Tabernacles, or Sukkot, on Mount Gerizim near the West Bank town of Nablus.

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