Safety first: Church wardens and the priest sprinkling ash on devotees’ heads during Ash Wednesday mass in Kota Kinabalu.
KOTA KINABALU: Catholics worldwide observed Ash Wednesday but due to fear of the Covid-19 outbreak, churches in Sabah took a safer approach by only sprinkling ashes on believers’ heads.
As per practice in Sabah and many other countries worldwide, an important part of Ash Wednesday is to go to mass and then have the priest or church wardens make the sign of the cross with ash on the foreheads of believers.
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