Widely regarded as the world's most important event for international art, the festival is celebrating its 54th exhibition next year.

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Pope Francis has led services to mark Good Friday as part of the Easter triduum, the Catholic Church's most important festival that recalls Jesus Christ's crucifixion and resurrection.

BBC: Pope Francis leads Good Friday services in Rome

But we should not lose sight of the fact that these are traditional celebrations around a great religious festival, one of the most important in the Christian year.

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One of the most important dates in the Hindu religious calendar, the festival attracts millions of participants from India and around the world, who bathe in the confluence of the Ganges and Yamuna and mythical Saraswati Rivers to cleanse their sins.

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The festival has fast become one of the most important in Miami.

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