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Wearing white overalls and red fez hats, dozens of Samaritan men slaughtered sheep for Passover Friday as prayers in ancient Hebrew echoed across Mount Gerizim in the Israeli-occupied West Bank.

(250411) -- MOUNT GERIZIM, April 11, 2025 (Xinhua) -- Members of the Samaritan sect participate in the traditional Passover sacrifice on Mount Gerizim, near the West Bank city of Nablus, on April 11, ...

Wearing white overalls and red fez hats, dozens of Samaritan men slaughtered sheep for Passover on April 11 as prayers in ancient Hebrew echoed across Mount Gerizim in the Israeli-occupied West Bank.

a priest and director of the Samaritan Studies Center, told AFP. But the ritual slaughter, as well as the fact that the community's holiest site is Gerizim, not the Temple Mount in Jerusalem ...

Members of the Samaritan sect participate in the traditional Passover sacrifice on Mount Gerizim, near the West Bank city of Nablus, on April 11, 2025. (Photo by Ayman Nobani/Xinhua) Members of the ...

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