Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar ||| Pituffik, Greenland, Denmark || Thule Air Base

Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-) Calendar

Witnesses said the rush started around midday after some of the 300.000 pilgrims slipped on the temple's steep stone steps, which were wet with coconut water spilled from fruit presented as offerings to the goddess Kalubai.
(25 January 2005)

Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar 1991

There are 3377 births, 3944 deaths, 1122 murders, 498 disasters and 2079 other events about 5733 people in 6441 places until today.

Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-) Calendar is an ongoing project since 1985 by DDV.

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Thule Air Base

Pituffik, Greenland, Denmark.

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