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Varanasi, India
5 customs and traditions in Varanasi — what they are, and how to take part without causing offence.
The nightly fire ritual with brass lamps, conch and bells, performed by young priests in step.
Rowing along the ghats as the city bathes — the classic first morning.
Gold-brocaded silk saris woven here, taking weeks for the fine ones.
Traditional mud-pit wrestling gyms along the ghats, training at dawn.
Betel leaf folded with areca and sweeteners, chewed after meals — Banarasi paan is its own institution.
