NABLUS, June 12, 2016 (Xinhua) -- A Samaritan man participates in a traditional ceremony celebrating the giving of the Torah on "Shavuot festival", atop Mount Gerizim near the West Bank city of Nablus, on June 12, 2016. (Xinhua/Nidal Eshtayeh)

NABLUS, June 12, 2016 (Xinhua) -- A priest of the ancient Samaritan community holds up a Torah scroll during a traditional ceremony celebrating the giving of the Torah on "Shavuot festival", atop Mount Gerizim near the West Bank city of Nablus, on June 12, 2016. (Xinhua/Nidal Eshtayeh)

NABLUS, June 12, 2016 (Xinhua) -- A priest of the ancient Samaritan community holds up a Torah scroll during a traditional ceremony celebrating the giving of the Torah on "Shavuot festival", atop Mount Gerizim near the West Bank city of Nablus, on June 12, 2016. (Xinhua/Nidal Eshtayeh)

NABLUS, June 12, 2016 (Xinhua) -- A priest of the ancient Samaritan community holds up a Torah scroll during a traditional ceremony celebrating the giving of the Torah on "Shavuot festival", atop Mount Gerizim near the West Bank city of Nablus, on June 12, 2016. (Xinhua/Nidal Eshtayeh)

NABLUS, June 12, 2016 (Xinhua) -- A Samaritan boy participates in a traditional ceremony celebrating the giving of the Torah on "Shavuot festival", atop Mount Gerizim near the West Bank city of Nablus, on June 12, 2016. (Xinhua/Nidal Eshtayeh)

NABLUS, June 12, 2016 (Xinhua) -- Samaritans participate in a traditional ceremony celebrating the giving of the Torah on "Shavuot festival", atop Mount Gerizim near the West Bank city of Nablus, on June 12, 2016. (Xinhua/Nidal Eshtayeh)