Hemingway called it "death in the afternoon" and fight-goers think of it as la fiesta (a word that can mean feast, party or celebration).

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Both Muslims and Hindus, however, try to ensure that disposal of a body take place before sundown on the day of death, even if close relatives cannot attend the obsequies, or at the very latest at sunrise the next day if death occurs late in the afternoon.

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By Sunday afternoon, the death toll in Port Said had climbed to 38 over the weekend, health officials said.

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Police assumed that when Mr Kato was bludgeoned to death with a hammer, on the afternoon of January 26th, he was just another victim in the series.

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