Allahabad , india : a hindu holy man performs a ritual by burning dried cow dung cakes in earthen pots on his head during the magh mela festival .

印度，阿拉哈巴德：一个印度教徒在梅拉节表演了用头顶着土罐子烧干奶牛粪蛋糕的仪式。

Every 12 years millions take part in the 45-day kumbh mela , or grand pitcher festival , which includes ritual bathing in this and other rivers .

每过12年，就有数百万人参加为期45天的大壶节，其中包括在这里和其它河里沐浴的仪式。

It is much harder to mitigate the side-effects of piety in places like india , where hindu gatherings on the banks of the ganges ( especially a peripatetic cycle of festivals known as kumbh mela ) attract tens of millions of people .

而在印度的宗教圣地要减少副作用就要困难得多，数以千万记的印度教众集合在恒河岸边（尤其在kumbhmela节巡游时更是如此）。